Passports to the Promised Land
By Felix Cross
Year staged: 2001
Opening night: 21/02/2001
Theatre Company: Nitro (Black Theatre Co-operative); 1979
Staged in: Greenwich Theatre
Cast Size: 9
Synopsis
Jordan is on a voyage of discovery. At nineteen years of age he leaves the Caribbean for England in search of his father. But rather than reaching England’s shores, his journey leads him unexpectedly to a far more distant destination. At the gates of Heaven, Jordan watches his family as they build a new life and the spirit of the Caribbean moves us from the 1960s to today’s streets of Notting Hill. Calypso and reggae meet gospel and lovers’ rock, fused with the sounds of hip-hop and rap to produce a story of love and revenge.
Original Cast
Gary Bryden
Horace De Souza
C. Gerod Harris
Jordan Brown
Charlie Folorunsho
St Peter
Michael Samuels
Reverend Hudson
Enyonam Gbesemete
Myrtle Harris
Lesley-Ann Wells
Gloria De Souza
Melanie Hudson
Agnes Brown
Mark McLean
Solomon Harris
Allyson Brown
Elizabeth De Souza
Gary Bryden
Horace De Souza
C. Gerod Harris
Jordan Brown
Charlie Folorunsho
St Peter
Michael Samuels
Reverend Hudson
Enyonam Gbesemete
Myrtle Harris
Lesley-Ann Wells
Gloria De Souza
Melanie Hudson
Agnes Brown
Mark McLean
Solomon Harris
Allyson Brown
Elizabeth De Souza
Production Team
Graham Devlin
Director
Allen Ali
Designer
Marise Rose
Designer
Graham Devlin
Director
Allen Ali
Designer
Marise Rose
Designer
Additional Materials
Audience Survey
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Show Reports
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Photographs
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Video Recording
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Poster (A3)
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Programme
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Flyers
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Audio Recording (Instrumental)
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Audio Recording (Cast)
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