Afternoon Play - Eight Feet High and Rising

By Ali Taylor. Giant. Upstairs. Ten quid a look. A touchingly real and comically disingenuous story about the awkwardness of being misshapen, and the misery of not fitting in. Liam ..... James Alexandrou Ethel ..... Candassaie Liburd Pat ..... Marcella Riordan Sarah-Jane ..... Julia Deakin Diane ..... Sophie Pemberton Sandra ..... Manjeet Mann Teacher ..... Inam Mirza Crowd ..... Members of the National Youth Theatre Directed by Jessica Dromgoole With James Alexandrou. Best known for playing Martin Fowler in EastEnders, James has since appeared in the play The Homecoming opposite Harold Pinter for BBC Radio 3, and worked with the RSC and Globe Theatres.