An
Òran Mór production, coming to the CatStrand during the Dumfries and
Galloway Arts Festival, has just received a five-star review from a
national newspaper.
Voices
from the Black that I am, part of the celebrated Glasgow venue's Play, a
Pie and a Pint programme and supported by the National Theatre of
Scotland, was hailed as "illuminating, challenging and profound" by Mary
Brennan who gave the production top marks in this week's Herald
Scotland. The review can be read here: http://www. heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/ stage/review-theatre.24211794
The ground-breaking
lunchtime theatre programme visits the New Galloway venue with
reflections on the drama of one of the world’s most celebrated Jamaican
playwrights.This
is an exciting opportunity to see and hear four quality actors
reflecting on the themes of Karl O’Brian Williams’ outstanding
award-winning play, The Black That I Am.
Featuring the monologues of Katrina Beckford, Tunji Lucas, Linden Walcott-Burton and Angela Wynter, Voices from the Black That I Am is
a theatrical meditation of questions on issues of blackness, gender,
sexuality and nationalism. It is the personal journey of a black
Caribbean immigrant navigating foreign territory. Underlying each
monologue is Sankofa: the Ghanaian philosophy of looking back to go forward.
The event takes place at The CatStrand, New Galloway, on Sunday, 18 May,
and will take the form of Òran Mór’s popular lunchtime programme of
watching a play while enjoying a pint and a pie in an informal, relaxed
and cheerful setting.
Hailed
by The Scotsman as ‘One of the most magical theatre initiatives of the
last decade’, A Play, A Pie and a Pint is a collaboration with The
National Theatres of Scotland and has been presented to audiences across
the world’s stages. The project produces the work of many of Scotland’s
best known writers, as well as presenting the work of new young
playwrights and comes to Dumfries and Galloway as part of a special
tour.
The event is part of Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival’s core programme and takes place at 7.30pm.
Tickets from the Midsteeple Box Office, Dumfries, tel: 01387 253383 or from The CatStrand, New Galloway, tel: 01644 420374.
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