Join the cast of Testmatch as they visit Lord’s Cricket Ground and learn about cricket from the professionals… all for the UK Premiere of Kate Attwell’s exciting new play exploring power, history, colonialism, gender and sexuality through the lens of women’s cricket.
Check out the gallery for a first look into the rehearsal process. Want to know more about the show? Find out more here.
We donned our glad rags and joined our friends at the 2020 Off West End Awards in the beautiful grand hall at Battersea Art’s Centre. We’ve been blown away by the incredible responses to Equus, our co-production with Theatre Royal Stratford East, from critics and audiences across the country, and we’re thrilled that the production took home three awards including Best Director (Ned Bennett), Best Lighting (Jessica Hung Han Yun) and Best Production.
Go team!
Click here for the full list of winners.
This week saw a workshop to further develop the show Mugabe, My Dad and Me with Tonderai Munyevu (writer and actor), John R Wilkinson (director), Nicolai Hart-Hansen (designer) and Millicent Chapanda (Mbira player).
Millicent Chapanda holding an Mbira
Tonderai, John, Nicolai and Millicent all put their heads together and explored questions and ideas around the script, the staging, design and music – and how all these fabulous ingredients might work together.
We’re looking forward to seeing the progress the show makes from this brilliant creative process with this brilliant creative team.
Check out more info on this co-production with York Theatre Royal in association with Alison Holder here.
Mugabe, My Dad and Me is written and performed by Tonderai Munyevu. Tonderai is an actor, writer and director for theatre, screen and radio. Born in Zimbabwe and raised in London. As well as comedy and drama he has also written prose (fiction and non-fiction) including the short stories Bullets (Black and Gay In The UK Anthology, Team Angelica Publishers) and A Dispatch From Zimbabwe: The Visiting Hours for The Johannesburg Book Of Reviews.
He is a founding member and co-artistic director of the international Shakespearean troupe Two Gents Productions renowned for their mix of new writing and classical adaptations including the acclaimed Two Gentlemen of Verona, Kupenga Kwa Hamlet, Magesti and The Importance of Being Earnest. His latest play Mugabe, My Dad and Me was shortlisted for The Alfred Fagon Award 2019 and will premiere at York Theatre Royal in a collaboration with English Touring Theatre.