The Coat
A jacket donated to the Jungle refugee camp in Calais is returned years later to the original owner, surfacing painful memories for both donor and recipient. With Toby Jones.
Having been resident in London for nearly ten years, Abraham is about to become a British citizen. To make peace with his past he needs to return a coat he received as a donation while living in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, his final stage before arriving in the UK.
He tracks down the original owner of the jacket, a solitary older man called Tom. Both Abraham and Tom are forced to revisit chapters from their pasts they would rather forget. A story about forced migration, asylum, and acceptance.
Abraham 鈥� Tewodros Aregawe
Tom 鈥oby Jones
Amara 鈥� Bethlehem Wolday Myers
Dawit 鈥� Abel Atsede
Registrar 鈥� Stephanie Lane
With Gvantsa Kartlelishvili and Sara Zeus
Written by Dawn Harrison
Director: Pavlos Christodoulou
Sound Design by Alisdair MacGregor
Executive Producer: Jeremy Mortimer
Music by Goitom Fesshaye
A Reduced Listening production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4鈥�
Produced in association with Phosphoros Theatre, a theatre company staging performances with and for refugees and asylum seekers.
Thanks to Rafa艂 Ko艂acki for permission to use field recordings from "Hijra. Noise from the Jungle".
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