Top billed cast

1. 

   Christine Bottomley

   Lisa Thompson

2. 

   Manjinder Virk

   Lorraine Dunbar

3. 

   Natalie Gavin

   The Girl

4. 

   George Costigan

   Jimmy 'The Wig'

5. 

   Monica Dolan

   Ann Hamilton

6. 

   Neil Dudgeon

   Steve Saul

7. 

   Jimi Mistry

   Yousaf

8. 

   Robert Emms

   Young David

9. 

   Kate Rutter

   The Mother

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-16

Using a combination on documentary style film making and some more theatrical re-enactments, this takes a candid approach to it’s telling of the story of troubled playwright Andrea Dunbar - probably most famous for her “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”. The arbor in question is a street on the 1950s Buttershaw housing estate in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, and it’s primarily through the eyes of those portraying her children that we get a glimpse of the booze and drug-fuelled lives of many who lived in this working class community. Lorraine (Manjinder Virk) and Lisa (Christine Bottomley) quite...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$21,268.00

Keywords

• prison
• autobiography
• interracial relationship
• domestic abuse
• playwright
• drugs
• woman director
• mixed race child
• bradford