Michael X
By Vanessa Walters
Year staged: 2021
Opening night: 04/06/2021
Staged in: Almeida Theatre
Cast Size: 3
Synopsis
Orator and Black Power activist Michael X addresses the crowd at the 1965 Racial Adjustment Action Society, ‘the lifeblood of the Black man in Britain.’ His incendiary speech takes in his journey from Trinidad to Notting Hill and the destruction of the Caribbean dream in the face of British racism.
Original Cast
Martina Laird
Cast
Mika Onyx Johnson
Cast
Tomi Ogburo
Cast
Production Team
Dwayne Barnaby
Movement Consultant
Cherrelle Skeete
Director
Naomi Denny
Assistant Director
Shiloh Coke
Composer