starring Lenny Henry, Cherrelle Skeete, Leo Wringer, Martina Laird, Dexter Flanders and Aaron Pierre as Hedley. The season ended with a co-production with English National Opera for Benjamin Britten's community opera Noye's Fludde directed by Lyndsey Turner and featured different community groups and schools across Newham and East London. Equus won three Off-West End Awards in 2020, including Best Production, Best Director (Ned Bennett) and Best Lighting Design (Jessica Hung Han Yun). Fall's second season (Sep 2019 – Jul 2020) opened with Katori Hall's Our Lady of Kibeho and included the return of Ballet Black, pantomime Dick Whittington, Eclipse Theatre's new play The Gift by Janice Okoh and Frantic Assembly's 25th anniversary play I Think We Are Alone by Sally Abbott and co-directed by Kathy Burke and Scott Graham. The rest of the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included a new verbatim play by Nadia Fall Welcome To Iran in co-production with the National Theatre, an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist by Bryony Lavery for Ramps on the Moon and a revival of Roy Williams' seminal play Sucker Punch, directed by Roy Alexander Weise. The productions Noye's Fludde and Our Lady of Kibeho were nominated for Olivier Awards, winning Outstanding Achievement in Opera for The Children's Ensemble in Noye's Fludde. References Sources Guide to British Theatres 1750–1950, John Earl and Michael Sell pp. 142 (Theatres Trust, 2000) Bibliography Coren, Michael – Theatre Royal: 100 Years of Stratford East – Quartet, 1984 External links Official website Theatres in the London Borough of Newham Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Newham Grade II* listed theatres 1884 establishments in England Stratford, London