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Beneatha's Place

Beneatha's Place

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April 2021

Mountview Backstage Theatre

About this show

The UK premiere of Kwame Kwei-Armah's Beneatha's Place, Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, Beneatha’s Place follows Beneatha Younger at two pivotal moments in her life. We meet her as a young woman moving from 1950s Chicago to Nigeria on the eve of its independence from British colonial rule, and as an academic in contemporary America, exploring the nature of identity, community and what it means to become a leader. 

The UK premiere of Kwame Kwei-Armah's Beneatha's Place, Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun and Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park, Beneatha’s Place follows Beneatha Younger at two pivotal moments in her life. We meet her as a young woman moving from 1950s Chicago to Nigeria on the eve of its independence from British colonial rule, and as an academic in contemporary America, exploring the nature of identity, community and what it means to become a leader. 

CREATIVE TEAM

Writer- Kwame Kwei- Armah

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson 

Movement/Choreography - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda 

Set and Costume Design - Nicolai Hart- Hansen 

Lighting Design - Seb Blaber 

Sound Design - Beth Duke 

Assistant Director - Désirée Wenger  

Writer- Kwame Kwei- Armah

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson 

Movement/Choreography - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda 

Set and Costume Design - Nicolai Hart- Hansen 

Lighting Design - Seb Blaber 

Sound Design - Beth Duke 

Assistant Director - Désirée Wenger  

Writer- Kwame Kwei- Armah

Director - Denzel Westley-Sanderson 

Movement/Choreography - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda 

Set and Costume Design - Nicolai Hart- Hansen 

Lighting Design - Seb Blaber 

Sound Design - Beth Duke 

Assistant Director - Désirée Wenger  

cast

Tashinga Bepete

Déja J Bowens

Jacob Bukasa

Adam Jasen

Taya Ming

Elise O’ Meara

Tom Page

Georgia Thrussell