The Coat

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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 … Tewodros Aregawe Tom …Toby Jones Amara … Bethlehem Wolday Myers Dawit … Abel Atsede Registrar … 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 BBC Radio 4​ Produced in association with Phosphoros Theatre, a theatre company staging performances with and for refugees and asylum seekers. Thanks to Rafał Kołacki for permission to use field recordings from "Hijra. Noise from the Jungle".