Details

1968. Midlands MP Enoch Powell has something to say. Something he feels needs to be said. Something that could divide Britain forever. 1992. Oxford academic and daughter of a Caribbean immigrant, Rose Cruickshank wants answers. Enoch's controversial words about immigration shattered her childhood. Now she wants to know what led him to say them. Will a meeting with the man himself allow her to find the inner peace she desperately craves?

Cast/Performers

Ian McDiarmid (Enock Powell), Nicholas Le Prevost (Clem Jones), Amelia Donkor (Rose Cruickshank / Joyce Cruickshank), Paula Wilcox (Grace Hughes / Marjorie Jones), Waleed Akhtar (Saeed), Ameet Chana (Sultan / Doctor Sharma), Joanne Pearce (Sofia / Pamela)

Creatives/Company

Author: Chris Hannan
Presented by(s): Oliver Mackwood, Charles Diamond (in association with the Park Theatre)
Company: Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Director(s): Roxana Silbert, Anna Morrissey (movement director), Luke Kernaghan (associate director)
Design(s): Ti Green, Louis Price (video design)
Lighting: Chahine Yavroyan
Sound: Giles Thomas
Other: Stephen Kemble (voice and dialect coach)