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Pigs and Dogs
2 Male, 1 Female
"You western-backed goats, They forced us into slavery and killed millions. Now they want us to accept the sinfulness of homos. It shall not work" In 2014, Uganda passed an Anti-Homosexuality Act which…
Plays from the Arab World
A collection of five extraordinary plays exploring and reflecting contemporary life across the Near East and North Africa In 2007 the Royal Court Theatre’s International Department and the British Council…
Resurrections
8 Male, 2 Female
Resurrections is set in Bandele’s homeland, Nigeria. Subversive and satirical drama takes us into a world where shady drug dealers and corrupt lawyers operating within a Byzantine legal system are visited…
Ruined - 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize A rain forest bar and brothel in the brutally war-torn Congo is the setting for Lynn Nottage's extraordinary play The establishment's shrewd matriarch, Mama Nadi, keeps…
Scent of Magnolia - A Tribute to the Life and Music of Billie Holiday
0 Male, 1 Female
The story of a young woman who rose above poverty, rape, bigotry, prostitution and imprisonment to become one of the most memorable and celebrated artists of the Twentieth Century This one woman show portrays…
Sorrows and Rejoicings
1 Male, 3 Female
Two women meet in a small Karoo village after the funeral of David, the man they both loved One is white and was his wife. The other is black and the mother of his child. David, who was driven into exile…
Soyinka Plays 1 - The Trials of Brother Jero & Jero’s Metamorphosis & Death and the King’s Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman - 'A transfixing work of modern world drama'- Independent Madmen and Specialists 'A luminous play, examining the way in which war exposes and clarifies human conduct' - Observer…
Soyinka Plays 2 - A Play of Giants & From Zia with Love & A Source of Hyacinths
** 50% DISCOUNT ** A Play of Giants A savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy…
Strands
6 Male, 0 Female
This collage of monologues, songs, and dance speaks of the power of African-American manhood The piece is driven by the rhythm of the drum, transforming this rhythm from the tribal call all the way to…
Talking Bones
2 Male, 3 Female
In Talking Bones, Ruth, dignified, aristocratic and Bohemian, is trying to settle her affairs and family before she dies She hears voices and always interprets them to have special meaning in her life…