Performance

Venue	Royal Exchange
	Other spaces: The Studio/Swan Street Studio
Town	Manchester
County	Greater Manchester
From	18th October 2006
Opened	23rd October 2006
To	25th November 2006
Prices	From £8.00. To £27.50.
What is currently on at Royal Exchange (V491)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

T01172404927
Chicago, 1927. In a recording studio on the city's South Side, a battle of wills is raging. Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, uses every trick in the book to fight her record producers for control of her music. Hardened by years of ill-treatment and bad deals, she's determined that 'Black Bottom', the song that bears her name, will be recorded her way. But Levee, the band's swaggering young trumpet player, plans to catapult the band into the jazz age. His ambition puts them all in danger.

Author

August Wilson

Archive :: production:T01172404927, play:S202747667, venue:V491

Special Performances

11 Nov 06 Audio Described
18 Nov 06 Sign Interpreted

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Royal Exchange Manchester
Director	Jacob Murray
Design	Di Seymour
Lighting	Robert Bryan
Sound	Steve Brown
Performer	Antonio Fargas
Performer	Johnnie Fiori
Performer	Daniel Poyser
Performer	Kay Bridgeman
Performer	Ram John Holder
Performer	Wyllie Longmore
Performer	Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Performer	David Fleeshman
Performer	Patrick Driver
Performer	David Corden

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