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Streetwise 1990

Streetwise

By Benjamin Zephaniah

When protagonist Streetwise is the victim of a racist hate crime on the eve of carnival, his friends...

Cast Size: 4

65 With a Bullet 1989

65 With a Bullet

By Michael J Ellis

Switching between modern day England the British Occupied West Indies, the play revolves around the...

Cast Size: 6

Abolition 1989

Abolition

By Gabriel Gbadamosi

The play explores the history of the transatlantic slave trade by examining the political set-up in...

Cast Size: 6

Adam's Dream 1989

Adam's Dream

By Allison West

Directed by Malcolm Frederick this surreal comedy is set in Harlem and tells the story of Adam, an A...

Cast Size: 6

Back Street Mammy 1989

Back Street Mammy

By Trish Cooke

Back Street Mammy explores the consequences of a one night stand.

Cast Size: 4

Beef, No Chicken 1989

Beef, No Chicken

By Derek Walcott

Set in Trinidad, Beef No Chicken is a tragicomedy about a small town facing the encroachment of a si...

Cast Size: 13

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie 1989

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

By Tyrone Huggins

Over one long, steamy, 1950’s summer night Harlem private detective and WWII veteran Molasses Ed Mal...

Cast Size: 10

Cobweb, The 1989

Cobweb, The

By Shango Baku

In these eight vignettes, loosely connected by one Tube carriage, this play explores the lives of it...

Cast Size: Unknown

Gods Are Not To Blame, The 1989

Gods Are Not To Blame, The

By Ola Rotimi

Inspired by Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, The Gods Are Not To Blame follows King Odewale on a rousing jour...

Cast Size: 12

Here Comes A Candle 1989

Here Comes A Candle

By Maria Oshodi

Cast Size: 3