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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

Hero's Welcome, A 1989

Hero's Welcome, A

By Winsome Pinnock

A Hero’s Welcome follows the story of three young women growing up in the Caribbean in 1947 an...

Cast Size: 7

Mother Poem 1989

Mother Poem

By Edward Kamau Brathwaite

The stage adaptation of Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s Mother Poem is a combination of dreams, memo...

Cast Size: 3

Prime Time 1989

Prime Time

By Nigel Moffatt

Cast Size: Unknown

Rock in Water, A 1989

Rock in Water, A

By Winsome Pinnock

A Rock in Water was commissioned by the Royal Court Young People’s Theatre, to examine the lif...

Cast Size: 15

Take Back What's Yours 1989

Take Back What's Yours

By Jacqueline Rudet

Although Beatie longs for the idyllic Dominica of her past, where she intends to marry Ronny, she is...

Cast Size: 8

Township Boy 1989

Township Boy

By John Ledwaba , Christo Leach

The play is about a poet from Soweto who was killed in the Soweto revolt in 1976. The show was co-cr...

Cast Size: Unknown

Black Sheep 1988

Black Sheep

By Derrick Cameron

Cast Size: Unknown