New writing
Director
November - December 2021
ArtsEd
About this show
James interviews to be the Artistic Director of a theatre but when he doesn’t get the job he is driven by an inexplicable rage, believing that the person he was up against was selected because she is a Black woman, rather than for her ability. This uncompromising and poignant piece by Steven Kavuma confronts unsettling truths about who we are. The play takes audiences on a thought provoking journey of discovery whilst peeling away the emotional turmoil that White people experience when tackling the issue of race.
“The presence of Black people with ambition is what provokes white rage.” – Carol Anderson
James interviews to be the Artistic Director of a theatre but when he doesn’t get the job he is driven by an inexplicable rage, believing that the person he was up against was selected because she is a Black woman, rather than for her ability. This uncompromising and poignant piece by Steven Kavuma confronts unsettling truths about who we are. The play takes audiences on a thought provoking journey of discovery whilst peeling away the emotional turmoil that White people experience when tackling the issue of race.
“The presence of Black people with ambition is what provokes white rage.” – Carol Anderson
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Steven Kavuma
Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson
Designer: Niall McKeever
Lighting Designer: Holly Ellis
Sound Designer: Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Assistant Director: Ségolène Scheuer
Written by Steven Kavuma
Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson
Designer: Niall McKeever
Lighting Designer: Holly Ellis
Sound Designer: Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Assistant Director: Ségolène Scheuer
Written by Steven Kavuma
Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson
Designer: Niall McKeever
Lighting Designer: Holly Ellis
Sound Designer: Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Assistant Director: Ségolène Scheuer
cast
Millie Hikasa
Louis Althorp
Alexander Dunglinson
Harry Ashley