Clubnight: Director’s Pitch for ‘The Revlon Girl by Neil Anthony Docking with Wayne Vincent

The Revlon Girl

2026 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. This provides a timely opportunity to stage this powerful play.

Set eight months following Aberfan Disaster of 1966 (in which 144 people were killed; 116 of them children), The Revlon Girl tells the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty. At one of their meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they felt they’d let themselves go. So afraid that people would think them frivolous, they secretly arranged for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.

This is a play packed with character and heartache, entwining the restraints, gossip and sometime irrationality of a small-town community, with the poignancy of a mother’s loss. Much of the sadness in The Revlon Girl comes from the fact these women are trapped by the etiquette of grieving, but due to the relationship and affinity between these five individuals, there are many humorous, uplifting and hopeful moments, allowing this powerful and poignant play to bring much emotion and entertainment to its audience.

The cast is five women, two in their 20s (one lives in Bristol, the other local to Aberfan), and three in their early to mid-thirties, all of whom went to school together in Aberfan.

Come along to the Director’s pitch on 7th Jan to hear more from Director, Wayne Vincent.