Cate Blanchett, the Hollywood actress and UN Refugee Agency Goodwill Ambassador, attended the opening night of Queens Of Syria at London's Young Vic last week. She mingled with over a dozen female Syrian refugees who perform in the play, which recounts their experiences of the Syrian conflict.
The 47-year-old actress wore a floral dress with a tailored black blazer, keeping her look chic and understated. She added reading glasses and minimal makeup, allowing her natural beauty to shine.
Directed by Zoe Lafferty, Queens Of Syria features 13 refugees, none of whom are professional actors. They recall snippets of their lives before the war in 2011. The production will tour UK cities and end with a West End gala at the New London Theatre on 24 July.
Lafferty told the BBC: 'It's not an easy task to take some of the most difficult life experiences you've had and speak about them on stage. This is a few years later, and that time allows us to address some of the more happy memories of Syria and explore what it means to be a refugee.'
Blanchett is also set to make her Broadway debut in December in The Present, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's first play by her husband, Andrew Upton. She will star opposite Richard Roxburgh.
