African Snow

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T01002717568 (TRYORK07) Producer York Theatre Royal. Company Riding Lights Theatre Company. Director Paul Burbridge. Design Sean Cavanagh. Music Ben Okafor. Lighting Ben Cracknell. Performer Israel Oyelumade. Performer Roger Alborough. Performer Mensah Bediako. Performer Emmanuella Cole. Performer Antonia Kemi Coker. Performer Chris Jack. Performer Rex Obano. Performer Kenny Thompson.
6 Jul 07 to 7 Jul 07	Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L207345092
26 Jun 07 to 30 Jun 07	Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne :: V478 listing details L01440998183
19 Jun 07 to 23 Jun 07	Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L0186385286
12 Jun 07 to 16 Jun 07	Redgrave Theatre, Bristol :: V858 listing details L1788178540
4 Jun 07 to 9 Jun 07	Hull New Theatre, Hull :: V934 listing details L0198768306
29 May 07 to 2 Jun 07	Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L2083833742
24 May 07 to 25 May 07	New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham :: V140 listing details L843015780
22 May 07 to 23 May 07	Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold :: V810 listing details L514556992
24 Apr 07 to 5 May 07	Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall), West End :: V420 listing details L1626083021
30 Mar 07 to 21 Apr 07	Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L0968835966

Details

Play :: African Snow tells the story of the meeting of two men - cast from opposite sides into the hell of the slave trade. An African, Olaudah Equiano, seized from his home in West Africa and an English sailor, John Newton. Both survived to write remarkable accounts of their experiences and both were urged by Yorkshire MP William Wilberforce to testify before parliament in the eighteenth century campaign for abolition. Together, Equiano and Newton seem to Wilberforce to provide the most cogent argument in winning the political battle. Bringing them face to face, however, is perhaps beyond the scope of human reason. Can victim and abuser ever be reconciled? African Snow takes us to the heart of the human condition, to the place where two men are compelled to confront each other. 25 March 2007 marks the bicentenary of the Act, passed in the House of Commons, abolishing the Trade in African Slaves.

Author

Murray Watts