Welcome Home Jacko
By Mustapha Matura
Year staged: 1979
Opening night: 12/06/1979
Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979
Staged in: The Factory
Cast Size: 7
Synopsis
Welcome Home Jacko was inspired by a visit Matura made to a youth club in Sheffield in the 1970s. The play examines the lives of four West Indian teenagers and is concerned with the experience of disaffected second generation young black Britons.
Original Cast
Dorett Thompson
Gail
Gordon Case
Jacko
Alrick Riley
Fret
Chris Tummings
Dole
Trevor Laird
Zippy
Victor Romero Evans
Marcus
Maggie Shevlin
Sandy
Production Team
Charlie Hanson
Director
Additional Materials
Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/013
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/014
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/016
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Flyer
Ref: TFRS198
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive
Photograph
Ref: TFRS196
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