Winner Alfred Fagon Audience Award 2015
A new play about a sugar plantation in Barbados in 1807. Written by Matilda Ibini (Soho Theatre Resident Writer; BBC Writersroom10)
Commissioned and Directed by Clemmie Reynolds and BurnOut Theatre.
Opened at Theatre503 March 2015; toured across the UK to cities involved in the transatlantic slave trade; performed at theatres, museums, schools, churches, community halls and site-specifics locations.
Original Music by James Reynolds. Supported by Farnham Maltings, Arts Council England, Victoria and Albert Museum. Dramaturgically supported by Theatre503, Graeae, Soho Theatre.
“Evocative, atmospheric…Vividly staged in all its distressing force” – The Stage
“An absolute scorcher…overwhelmingly compelling” ***** 5 STARS – LondonTheatre1
“Dreamy choral harmonies“ – TimeOut