Syncopated
By Varaidzo
Year staged: 2025
Opening night: 23/09/2025
Theatre Company: alawa Theatre Company; 1986
Staged in: Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Cast Size: 3
Synopsis
Love stories can happen anywhere. In the present or the past, in the head or the heart. But when Him and Her meet by chance at the Liverpool docks and unearth the hidden history of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra – the original jazz pioneers – could this be the start of something new, or are they stuck repeating another love story from a hundred years earlier?
Original Cast
Joseph Munroe-Robinson
Him / Frank
Teddy Oyediran
Her / Penny
Joseph Munroe-Robinson
Him / Frank
Teddy Oyediran
Her / Penny
Production Team
Claudette Williams
Dialect Coach
Tian Glasgow
Director
Gary Horner
Voice Coach
Keshi Raghu
Set and Costume Designer
Danni Skerritt
Sound Designer
Stella Okafor-Ross
Lighting Designer
Yandass
Movement Director
Claudette Williams
Dialect Coach
Tian Glasgow
Director
Gary Horner
Voice Coach
Keshi Raghu
Set and Costume Designer
Danni Skerritt
Sound Designer
Stella Okafor-Ross
Lighting Designer
Yandass
Movement Director