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TIATA DELIGHTS ’07
A festival of African playreadings
Monday 23 April – Saturday
28 April at 8pm
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street,
London W1D 3NE
All tickets: £5
Booking: 0870
429 6883 or www.sohotheatre.com
Info:
www.tiatafahodzi.com
Following the company's 2006 summer hit The Estate at Soho
Theatre, Tiata Fahodzi begins its 10th
anniversary year of placing Africans at the heard of
British Theatre with Tiata Delights 07, a week-long performance
of readings of new work from emerging and established African
writers.
The plays written by African playwright
resident in Britain are from Ethiopia,
Sierra Leone, Ghana,
Malawi, Tanzania
& Nigeria and will feature
live musical accompaniment from James Lascelles and Juwon
Ogungbe.
Programme
Monday 23 April
High Life by Lizzy Dijeh (Nigeria) Directed by Olusola Oyeleye
Nigerian families at war; pride, honour and courage.
Tuesday 24 April
Zuva Crumbling by Lucian G. W. Msamati
(Tanzania) Directed by Svetlana Dimcovic
Hard-hitting political drama based on recent events in Zimbabwe.
Wednesday 25 April
A Journey Remembered by Nayesh Radia
(Malawi) Directed by Femi Elufowoju, jr
The despair of slavery devastating lives centuries later.
Thursday 26 April
Oxford Street by Levi David Addai (Ghana)
Directed by Syan Blake
First and second generation Ghanaians in an Oxford Street
store explore ambition and responsibility.
Friday 27 April
The Man Who Committed Thought / African
Experimental Odes (double bill)
by and starring Patrice Naiambana (Sierra Leone) Directed
by Adaora Nwandu
An unmissable evening with the extraordinary Edinburgh Fringe
First Winner and RSC ensemble member.
Saturday 28 April
The Quest (Filega) by Beminabu Kebede
(Ethiopia) Directed by Femi Elufowoju, jr
Spying, secrets, and fatal passions in a plot of Shakespearean
proportions set in the Ethiopian highlands. Originally broadcast
in Amharic for the BBC World Service. UK stage premiere.
Full notes to editors are available.
Press contact: Thomas
Kell - 020 7223 3800 / thomas@tiatafahodzi.com
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