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Theatre Productions
Slipping Into Darkness by Jamal Ali. A rich, poetic monologue delivered as a rap, turning a harsh eye on the underside of modern Britain. Director: Malcolm Frederick. Cast: Calvin Simpson. Performed...
1988
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The Cocoa Party by Ruth Dunlap Bartlett. A bittersweet comedy which questions the issue of paternity. Laura and Dennis are two happy children when their estranged father Kenneth arrives unexpectedly...
1986-1987
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11 Josephine House by Alfred Fagon. A romantic comedy set in the St Pauls district of Bristol during the late sixties, it follows the complicated relationships of a religious Caribbean family. ...
1987
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Waiting For Hannibal by Yemi Ajibade. The play is set in 204BC when the Romans are fending off Hannibal and are about to invade Africa. Sophinisba, daughter of Hasdrubal and niece of Hannibal,...
1986
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Ritual by Edgar Nkosi White. The play examines the multiplicity of ritual: rituals of survival, both physical and spiritual experienced by Black people in Britain, as Barzey, a Youth Worker in a...
1985
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A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. The play portrays Big Walter Lee Younger's family, which at his death is left to decide how to spend a $10,000 life insurance payment. The story unfolds with...
1985
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Money To Live by Jacqueline Rudet. The play tells the story of the underpaid, yet independent, Charlene. Her vivacious friend Judy persuades Charlene to join her in the dubious career of stripper and...
1984
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Redemption Song by Edgar Nkosi White. The play is set in Redemption, a village on a Caribbean island. It is a modern version of traditional Jamaican Jonkunnu masquerade, depicting a love triangle and...
1984
Theatre Productions
No Place To Be Nice by Frank McField. The story of Price, an unsuccessful business man who aspires to greater things. His life is a round of never-ending, ominous schemes witnessed patiently by his...
1984
Theatre Productions
The Tooth Of Crime by Sam Shepard. A reggae-soul musical set in a futuristic world where Hoss, an amalgam of Pop superstar, racing driver and warrior, awaits the arrival of Crow, an upstart...
1983
Theatre Productions
Nevis Mountain Dew by Steve Carter. The play is set in the Queens district of New York during the 1950s. Jared Philibert is celebrating his fiftieth birthday and the mood of the occasion intensifies...
1983
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The Nine Night by Edgar Nkosi White. The play draws inspiration from a Jamaican burial rite, called Nine Nights, which helps troubled souls to cross over into the spirit world. In this play the ritual...
1983