Details

Each beginning has an end in it. Every birth, a death within it. Every sound, silence within it. Every vow, betrayal behind it. Thirty miles outside Johannesburg, a group of school friends decide to spend the night in a network of underground caves. The area is known as the Cradle of Humankind. The oldest pre-human remains have been found there, including a four million year-old ape-man called Little Foot. As the friends go deeper underground, forces are unleashed between them and around them. Part reality, part nightmare, South African playwright Craig Higginson's dark and poetic play takes us on an unforgettable journey into our unconscious ancestral memory.

Cast/Performers

Holly Lancaster (Coco), Kitty Phillips (Rebecca), Ella Pound (Moby), Jamal Simon (Wiz), Joshua Williams (Braai), Leondre Ansah (Little Foot / Chorus), Keiron Bonnick (Little Foot / Chorus), Francesca Johnson (Little Foot / Chorus), Abigail Kelly (Little Foot / Chorus), Tsipora St-Clair Knights (Little Foot / Chorus)

Creatives/Company

Author: Craig Higginson
Presented by: Southwark Playhouse Young Company
Director(s): Lucy Dear, Ibrahim Shote, Ronin Traynor (fight director)
Design: Eloise Philpot
Producer: Emily Megson
Costume(s): Eloise Philpot, Emily Megson
Lighting: Hector Murray
Other(s): Mikey Brfett (puppetry consultant), Oliver Hymans (puppetry consultant)
Stage Manager(s): Stephanie Hammersley, Frederick Zennor (deputy)