B is for Black
By Courttia Newland
Year staged: 2003
Opening night: 01/10/2003
Theatre Company: The Post Office Theatre
Staged in: Oval House Theatre
Cast Size: 8
Synopsis
B IS FOR BLACK follows the rise, then fall from grace of Ben Nelson. A Black man who attended Oxford, Ben eagerly begins his first day at West Chamberlayne Arts (WCA),
a government funded arts organisation. Ben is determined to show his new colleague, Imani, promoter of a local Pan-African movement, that he isn’t just another Uncle Tom.
However, when Ben’s White middle class wife and father-in-law appear at the WCA office, Imani begins to doubt the validity of his claims. Does Imani want Ben to break his
White middle class ties, and will she stop at nothing to achieve this?
Original Cast
Carol Moses
Imani Shaw
Joel Trill
Ben Nelson
Ronald Markam
Raymond Armitage
Dominick Golding
Michael Cerwin
Daniel Booth
Jones
Veronica Isabel
Spender
Emma Rand
Kate Nelson
Akpome Macaulay
Don Kenworthy
Carol Moses
Imani Shaw
Joel Trill
Ben Nelson
Ronald Markam
Raymond Armitage
Dominick Golding
Michael Cerwin
Daniel Booth
Jones
Veronica Isabel
Spender
Emma Rand
Kate Nelson
Akpome Macaulay
Don Kenworthy
Production Team
Riggs O'Hara
Director
Clara Cormack
Sound Designer
Riggs O'Hara
Director
Clara Cormack
Sound Designer