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T01142541449Company Kernel Theatre Company. Director Ricky Dujany. | |
| 20 Mar 18 to 14 Apr 18 | The Cockpit, Inner London :: V182 listing details L0581488370 |
T877766138Produced by the Kernel Theatre Company with an all-black cast of actors, the 90 minute production explores how Sankara's marxist and pan-African philosophy fight against the odious debt and imperialism, incurring the resentment of the Burkinab? middle class, the French colonial rulers and the world's political leaders. It also looks at the man's passion for justice and gender equality - he was the first African president to appoint women to his cabinet and he was amongst the first in Africa to promote mass vaccination and refuse foreign aid. 'Sankara's larger than life but little known tale of revolution, power and an early tragic death is Shakesperian in its magnitude. I wanted to share it with new audiences and raise awareness of the legacy of imperialism that continues to hinder the economic and social progress of many African nations' said Italian playwrite Dujany.Company Kernel Theatre Company. Performer Joseph Akinola (Thomas Sankara). Performer Chris Machari (Blaise Compaore). Performer Lukwesa Mwamba). Performer Chantal Compaore (Bimpe Adeyemo). Performer Zayne Iyani (Henri Zongo). Performer James Mbanefo (Jean Lingani / Charles Taylor). Performer Peter Wells (Francois Mitterrand / Jacques Focart). Performer Ricky Dujany (John Smith). Performer Tony Mcpherson (Felix Boigny). | |
| 18 Aug 16 to 19 Aug 16 | The Cockpit, Inner London :: V182 listing details L462118380 |
The play charts the turbulent changes to Burkina Faso's political scene in the 1980s, following Sankara's successful ousting of the corrupt French imperialist rulers.
