Details

'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.

Cast/Performers

Anthony Aje (Billie), Paul Bradley (Turner / Roy), Karl Collins (Thomas / Trever), Kiza Deen (Lou / Olu), Rochelle Rose (Essie / Lucy), Matthew Seadon-Young (Ruskin / Johnson / Decker), Kudzai Sitima (Jess / Jeanie), Cathy Tyson (Danby / Mary / Meg / Shona), Everal A Walsh (Clarke / Pearson / Benjamin), Luke Wilson (Caesar / Reuben)

Creatives/Company

Author: Winsome Pinnock
Producer(s): Royal Exchange, National Theatre
Director(s): Miranda Cromwell, Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster (movement director), Yarit Dor (fight director)
Design: Laura Hopkins
Lighting: Jessica Hung Han Yun
Sound: Elena Pena
Music(s): Femi Temowo, Elizabeth Westcott