'I am the slave ship. Wrecked. Empty. I am a shark, livid with the desire for blood. I am the sea, boiling with fury.' Amid the gloom of Victorian England, Thomas, a black sailor prepares to take one last voyage, while an ageing Turner seeks artistic inspiration in a half-remembered story. In 21st-century London, an actress finds herself handcuffed by history - two centuries after abolitionists won her ancestors their freedom.T0809949465Producer Royal Exchange. Producer National Theatre. Director Miranda Cromwell. Design Laura Hopkins. Lighting Jessica Hung Han Yun. Sound Elena Pena. Music Femi Temowo. Music Elizabeth Westcott. Director Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster (movement director). Director Yarit Dor (fight director). Performer Anthony Aje (Billie). Performer Paul Bradley (Turner / Roy). Performer Karl Collins (Thomas / Trever). Performer Kiza Deen (Lou / Olu). Performer Rochelle Rose (Essie / Lucy). Performer Matthew Seadon-Young (Ruskin / Johnson / Decker). Performer Kudzai Sitima (Jess / Jeanie). Performer Cathy Tyson (Danby / Mary / Meg / Shona). Performer Everal A Walsh (Clarke / Pearson / Benjamin). Performer Luke Wilson (Caesar / Reuben). | |
| 25 Aug 21 to 9 Oct 21 | Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L01139800002 |
T0246264990Winner of the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award, Winsome Pinnock's astonishing new play retells British history through the prism of the slave trade. Fusing fact with fiction, past with present, the powerfully personal with the fiercely political, this epic production asks who owns our past - and who has the right to tell its stories?Producer Royal Exchange. Director Miranda Cromwell. Design Laura Hopkins. Lighting Jessica Hung Han Yun. Sound Elena Pena. Music Femi Temowo. Music Elizabeth Westcott. Performer Kiza Deen (Lou). Performer Karl Collins (Thomas). Performer Paul Bradley (J M W Turner). Performer Anthony Aje. Performer Natey Jones. Performer Rochelle Rose. Performer Matthew Seadon-Young. Performer Kudzai Sitima. Performer Cathy Tyson. Performer Everal A Walsh. Performer Femi Temowo (musician). | |
| 12 Mar 20 to 17 Mar 20 | Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491 listing details L01534623980 |
