Flash Trash
By Barbara Gloudon
Year staged: 1986
Opening night: 16/12/1986
Theatre Company: London; Half Moon Theatre
Staged in: Half Moon Theatre, Mile End (1979 - 1990)
Cast Size: 20
Synopsis
Join forces with Mama Queenie and the poor people of Trash Town in their daily struggle to survive. Marvel as they prove with talent and flash that they may be ‘Trash Towners’ by name but not by nature. Laugh as King Nuff and the rich folk of Ready Heights bolt and bar their doors’ coz they don’t really like to see the poor. Along the way you meet the Count of Crossroads, Lord Bag and Pan, cheeky young Khuskhus and the streetwise Windscreen Brigade, as well as King Nuff’s ‘orrible daughter the princess polyester. First performed in Jamaica in 1985, ‘Flash Trash’ had its British Premiere at the Half Moon Theatre.
Original Cast
Lenny Algernon Edwards
Zacky
Claire Benedict
Mama Queenie
Brian Bovell
Princess Polyester
Michael Buffong
Dukie
Seeta Indrani
Esmerelda
Vicky Licorish
Khuskhus
Robert Phillips
King Nuff
David Presscott
Count of Crossroads
Cleo Sylvestre
Mattie
Chris Tajah
Lorg Bag and Pan
Astra Rice
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Alicia Rice
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Karen Thompson
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Rukiye Ali
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Tairi Hassen
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Christine Adesina
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Andrew Hurteau
Guardie
Lenny Algernon Edwards
Zacky
Claire Benedict
Mama Queenie
Brian Bovell
Princess Polyester
Michael Buffong
Dukie
Seeta Indrani
Esmerelda
Vicky Licorish
Khuskhus
Robert Phillips
King Nuff
David Presscott
Count of Crossroads
Cleo Sylvestre
Mattie
Chris Tajah
Lorg Bag and Pan
Astra Rice
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Alicia Rice
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Karen Thompson
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Rukiye Ali
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Tairi Hassen
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Christine Adesina
Windscreen Brigade (Ensemble)
Andrew Hurteau
Guardie
Production Team
Ellen Cairns
Designer
Felix Cross
Musical Director
Yvonne Brewster
Director
Wendy Marshall
Assistant Designer
Ruth Young
Costume Maker
Nina Murden
Costume Maker
Vivienne Rochester
Choreographer
Dee Kaye
Lighting Designer
William Flowers
Sound
Derek Chai
Band (Bass Guitar)
Ciyo Brown
Band (Guitar)
Sam Kelly
Band (Drums)
Stephen Kas
Band (Keyboard)
Ellen Cairns
Designer
Felix Cross
Musical Director
Yvonne Brewster
Director
Wendy Marshall
Assistant Designer
Ruth Young
Costume Maker
Nina Murden
Costume Maker
Vivienne Rochester
Choreographer
Dee Kaye
Lighting Designer
William Flowers
Sound
Derek Chai
Band (Bass Guitar)
Ciyo Brown
Band (Guitar)
Sam Kelly
Band (Drums)
Stephen Kas
Band (Keyboard)
Additional Materials
Stages of Haf Moon (Half Moon Theatre Archive)
Stages of Half Moon