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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

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)

Additional Materials

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS/3264

British Library

Link to Press Cuttings, Marketing Materials, Production Photos and more

Press Cuttings, Marketing Materials, Production Photos and more

Half Moon Theatre Archive (Stages of Half Moon)

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