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One Rule

By Mustapha Matura

Year staged: 1981

Opening night: 12/05/1981

Theatre Company: Black Theatre Co-operative; 1979

Staged in: Riverside Studios

Cast Size: 8

Synopsis

Directed by Charlie Hanson, this is a play about an ambitious reggae band. Tick, the idealistic bassist of the band, challenges his former musical hero Errol Black on the implications of success and the risk of ‘selling out’.

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One Rule

Publisher: Alexander Street Press

Year published: 2010

Original Cast

Vas Blackwood

Bee

Gordon Case

Errol

Chris Tummings

Rif

Steven Woodcock

Dub

Larrington Walker

Ivan

Keith Hazemore

Lenny

Victor Romero Evans

Tick

Katrin Cartlidge

Suzie

Production Team

Charlie Hanson

Director

Liz da Costa

Designer

Yasmin Pettigrew

Costumes

Victor Romero

Music

John Collins

Music

Gordon Case

Lyrics

Victor Romero

Lyrics

Roy Truman

Sound

David Richardson

Lighting

Additional Materials

Link to Production File

Production File

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/1

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Publicity Material

Publicity Material

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/1/2

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Script

Script

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/1/2

Future Histories at Goldsmiths, University of London

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: NTC/P/T/3/013

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Press Reviews

Press Reviews

Ref: NTC/P/T/3/014

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 1326

British Library

Link to Photographic Negatives

Photographic Negatives

Ref: THM/374/1/710

V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

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