We Need New Names
By NoViolet Bulawayo , Mufaro Makubika
Year staged: 2023
Opening night: 28/04/2023
Theatre Company: Fifth Word
Staged in: Brixton House Theatre
Cast Size: 6
Synopsis
Paradise. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends: four children on the edge of innocence. A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. But when Darling moves to Michigan, the western world she encounters as a teenager is far from the American utopia of her dreams…
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We Need New Names
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books, Little, Brown and Company
Year published: 2013
Original Cast
Munashe Chirisa
Cast
Anashe Danai
Cast
Princess Khumalo
Cast
Tatenda Madamombe
Cast
Lukwesa Mwamba
Cast
Kalungi Ssebandeke
Cast
Production Team
Monique Touko
Director
Jordi M. Carter
Assistant Director
Ingrid Hu
Set and Costume Design
Edward Lewis
Sound Design
Adam King
Lighting Design
Ricardo da Silva
Choreography
Nic Wass
Dramaturgy
Anna Himali Howard
Dramaturgy
Mufaro Makubika
Playwright (Adaptor)
NoViolet Bulawayo
Writer