September 23 – 29, 2010
AFROVIBES
FESTIVAL 2010: NO BORDERS
Cutting edge and confronting theatre, dance and visual arts from South Africa
VISION: Afrovibes artistic director
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HE AFROVIBES Festival visits the UK for the first time this October, bringing the best in urban contemporary theatre, dance and visual arts from South Africa. Afrovibes is a biennial event initiated by Dutch partners Stichting Afrovibes (the Afrovibes Be challenged Foundation). and inspired by dynamic Gregory performances demonstrating Maqoma is artistic directhe best of what contemporary tor and he South Africa has to offer. has put together a Mix with artists and performers, take programme part in workshops and discussions, exchange. of work The festival is visitwatch films , chill out and eat a meal containing ing the Parktheater in some of the in the Township Café or make a Eindhoven and MC most exciting, night of it with DJ sets and live Theatre and Bijlmer cutting edge Parktheater in Amsterdam bands and performance and controverbefore it hits London and a sial artists working poetry. UK tour. in South Africa today. It has been made possible In the UK, The Albany, of by funding from the Arts Deptford, Manchester’s the festi- Council, the British Council, Contact Theatre and The val programme, making it a Manchester City Council and Drum, Birmingham host truly far reaching and national ADAD (The Association of Afrovibes for one full week; project . Dance of the African each presenting the core festiNow in its 7th year, Diaspora). val’s South African programme Afrovibes was initiated in the At the time of going to press alongside a fringe programme Netherlands with the concept more partners are still coming of British work. of connecting innovative South on board to host or be At the same time a number African artists with European involved in the fringe proof other theatres throughout countries creating possibilities gramme which will continue to the UK are hosting mini-festifor stimulating cultural grow no doubt right up to the vals or one-off performances
QUESTIONS: Maqoma
“Our society ferments identities, our artists reflect the inherent conflicts” last night when guests fly back to Johannesburg. The full programme for 2010 will feature four major performances: Welcome to Rocksburg: a new play by Paul Grootboom a gritty, unsentimental view of life in the townships today.
A Face Like Mine: which explores the fragmented perceptions of black femininity, culture and identity. Ncamisa! The Women: a one-woman play exploring the fallout of being a lesbian in Khayelitsha township, and the premiere of Mzobane from Via Volcano in association with Breaking Cycles and Benji Reid: a pantsula dance piece that fuses hip-hop, breaking and tap. Central and core to the festival is also The Fringe Festival, unique to each city which will consist of a programme of music, film, dance and spoken word from UK artists; debates, masterclasses and workshops with the visiting South African artists, with opportunities to engage and debate with their UK counterparts. Throughout the festival the public spaces in each venue will be transformed into a South African township shebeen, complete with authentic food and many late night music events. Artistic director of the festival Maqoma was appointed in 2003 and has been working with the festival ever since. Maqoma began formal training as a dancer in 1990 and formed his signature company, Vuyani Dance Theatre Project in 1999. In his position as artistic director of Afrovibes, Maqoma defines the artistic vision of this festival and conceptualises his vision into a theme and a programme. He pre-selects dance and theatre productions in South Africa to be reviewed by a European selection team of artistic directors, programmers and the Afrovibes board.
In 2009 the international selection and review team for the festival in 2010 comprised of representatives of five theatres in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, plus UK Arts International (who produced the highly successful stage adaptation of The Harder They Come) As a South African based but internationally working choreographer, with firm roots in South Africa’s cultures and traditions, Maqoma feels that he is able to connect African and western contemporary arts and cultures. Maqoma, explains how the work presented explores identity: “Our society ferments identities, our artists reflect the inherent conflicts, conflicts with themselves, contradictions, brutalities and beauties of who we are, where we come from and where we aregoing.” He questions the public concept of South Africa as the ‘Rainbow Nation.’ Art and artists continue to explore exciting concepts of identity, which are not defined by simple black or white. But identities that have crossed colour and border lines; the identity that has suffered intolerance and has had many varied manifestations. “My artistic vision is about complexities of inter-culturalism, of myths and histories, of values and social structures, of the known and the unknown, where the rural impinges on the urban. “This vision does not take shape out of a vacuum: it evolves out of various strands of socio-political, cultural, rural, urban, contemporary and traditional expression. It therefore defies labels and predictions.” Maqoma talks about how 2010 has been a year where the eyes of the world were on South Africa: “South Africa has hosted the 2010 Soccer World Cup - an interesting observation of such an event is that it is seen outside of the dynamic of cultural practice. “Artists’ reflections on sport are more of a critical reflection of life, taking into consideration their present circumstances amongst the sounds of the vuvuzelas (horns and pipers) and the reflection of a smiling rainbow nation, the biggest mask South Africa has manufactured. “My artistic vision for Cont on page 24
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GRIPPING: Foreplay was a hit in 2008 ANGER: A scene from Welcome To Rocksburg
’I have been studying, working in, and watching theatre for many years and can genuinely say I have very rarely, once, maybe twice left a theatre speechless. Township Stories was one of these occasions. An utterly spellbinding piece that pushed, no, kicked away the boundaries of contemporary theatre. Brutally honest yet delivered with great care, funny, filmic, and intelligently constructed. It is an honour to work with all involved.’ Ben Bennett, assistant director, Welcome to Rocksburg 2010
TOWNSHIP TARANTINO P
AUL GROOTBOOM’S work continues to amaze audiences the world over as he proves himself to be one of the most exciting writers and directors to be working in postapartheid South Africa. Township Stories in 2006 had a sell out run at the Edinburgh Festival, a UK tour and was nominated for a Manchester Evening News Award for Best Visiting Production. There was Foreplay in 2008 which came to the Theatre Royal in Stratford and now there is Welcome To Rocksburg which promises to be the latest success in his trilogy of township thrillers. For anyone who has not yet seen a Paul Grootboom play it is worth knowing that audiences either love him or hate him. Grootboom has an unique and quite confrontational style. Audiences have been known to get up and simply walk out of his performances. When asked about this Grootboom simply says: “In South Africa, they tend to do
issue-oriented plays. And if they deal with violence, they’ll make a play that talks about it and doesn’t show it and that’s not my way. “The reason people are interested in my work is that I’m not afraid to show things people are afraid to show.” It is this style of work, and his approach to getting under the skin of the action on stage that has earned Grootboom the nickname of ‘Township Tarantino’ and this is an apt description for his unique take
on township life. Welcome To Rocksburg is a fast paced, edge of your seat, action-packed rollercoaster of a play. It is a story about a cash in transit heist, the criminals who carry it out, the cops who investigate them and the community they all live in. Central to the story is a a love story – the tragic story of a facially disfigured young man who falls in love with the wrong girl – the girlfriend of a main-man township thug. The hero Kaya is caught up
DRAMA: Township Stories captivated audiences
in a cat-and-mouse game between the criminal underworld and a corrupt police force…who will prevail? The story is told in the tradition of the Hollywood action movie, accompanied by live drumming underscoring the stylised action on stage. Grootboom both writes and directs his work and this closeness to the work seems to make the whole experience even more convincing for an audience. He is certainly a writer that likes to provoke a reaction: “It is important that the audience doesn’t see something fake”. He believes, rightly or wrongly, “that when you stylise violence, it loses some of its horror”. He cites a scene in Township Stories in which a pregnant teenager is beaten by her boyfriend. “The actors hit each other for real there. The intention was exactly to make people feel how horrible violence is.
A Face Like Mine ASANDA PHEWA, creator of the play A Face Like Mine is put under the microscope. KS: Have conventional notions of what it means to be a black South African woman changed? AP: Maybe they’ve become a little unrealistic. You have to be this domestic goddess, go to the gym, have an awesome CEO career, want children, know at least three different vernacular languages, look like Cosmo’s front cover mag, have the car, the house, with the trimmings, be a sexual tiger, be smart as hell, be a yoga pro, a vegan, and have an amazing aptitude for foreign languages all before you turn 30. In a manner of speaking, yes! How does A Face Like Mine deal with these issues?
Well, I take you through the mind of a young woman with the world at her feet and she just wants the relief of being a domestic worker, because she believes the above is too hard and lonely and everyone hates her for trying or hates her for achieving it. It is a lose-lose situation. But everyone respects the domestic worker because to judge that would be judging every mother that had to make that choice. In South Africa, that’s a lot of people’s mothers. What message do you hope that UK audiences will take away from the play? More than anything, I hope the play touches people and rings true for them on some level. I don’t really do plays to give a message. It was a highly personal project for me and I hope people enjoy it. *Questions posed by Kim Seeliger, editor of The South African
To get those kicks real. “The [male] actor,” he adds, unsurprisingly, “had a big problem with that scene.” But, if both Township Stories, Foreplay and now Welcome To Rocksburg can be punishing, they are also exhilarating. Grootboom’s style fuses heart-in-the-mouth stylised movement sequences with direct audience address. They are plays that are as much full of humanity as brutality. “Somebody who kills people,” says Grootboom, “when they are with their mothers, sometimes they are the most beautiful people. That’s what interests me. “And it bothers me if people see only violence and not what we also try to bring across, which is how people are compassionate towards each other.” Grootboom is clear that his plays “don’t represent the whole of South Africa, just the
part that he knows. “There are intelligent people in South Africa who have said to me, ‘You are representing to white people the whole idea that this is all that black people are.’ But he denies this completely. He simply says “I come from the townships and, until I get tired of it, I’ll write about the people I know”. Cont from page 23
Afrovibes 2010 is of work that searches for its place in misplacements and in processes of negotiating a settlement: a home.” Apart from working and producing work for his company, Maqoma teaches and choreographs for other companies and institutions like the Pretoria Technikon, Moving Into Dance, The Dance Factory, Jazzart Dance Company, Siwela Sonke, International Theatre School in Amsterdam, Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble in London and gives international workshops on African dance and culture and choreography. In 2010 He will be touring Beautiful Me, and premiering Bound at Sadlers Wells at the same time as the Afrovibes Festival, before embarking on a European tour. In Spring 2011, Maqoma will be working with the UK’s State Of Emergency on the forthcoming Desert Crossings. * Visit www.afrovibes.nl/en for the latest news and events
TOUCHING: Asanda Phewa
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Shaun Cope can be found at: www.spiritarts.co.uk
DANCER: Jane Sekonya: photo by Lonestar
HERE IS a taster of some of the artistic collaborations that are taking place during the festival, by following just one of the visiting companies in action: Via Volcano.
AMBITIONS: Tyrone Huggins: photo taken by Pervaiz Khan at the Grahamstown Festival in 2009.
TYRONE HUGGINS is Chair of Sustained Theatre WestMidlands Hub www.sustainedtheatre.org.uk Sustained Theatre ensures artists transform the future of our national arts landscape to reflect the diverse and vibrant talent that exists in British society. Sustained Theatre keeps issues relating to black, Asian and minority ethnic theatre artists and practitioners alive and in the national debate. Sustained Theatre develops leadership, encourages critical debate, creates international links & builds national archives.
WEEK ONE: London based dancer and choreographer Jane Sekonya is working with Via Volcano dancers and three young emerging dancers to create a 5 minute curtain-raiser performance to be shown alongside the Via Volcano Mzobane performance on the Wednesday night. “ I am very happy that a group of young cutting edge artists from South Africa are coming to the UK. I will be leading workshops in Kwaito and Zulu Dance, and I’m particularly excited to be
WEEK THREE: Dancers from Manchester based Shockout dance studios will be working with Via Volcano dancers in the final week of the festival to create a special curtain raiser performance for the Festival finale on October 23. collaborating with Via Volcano. ” WEEK TWO “Dance Lab Lets Play - Shaun Cope’s Urban Fusion” Birmingham based choreographer and dancer Shaun Cope spent the summer in South Africa researching pantsula dance which he is now bringing into his work with young people in Birmingham both with his own Urban Fusion classes and with a new dance piece in the making with Ace Youth in Birmingham. Shaun is bringing together a filmmaker, a vocalist and a percussionist plus two other dancers - they will workshop ideas and play with the fusion of form and culture – who knows what will happen!
Getting artists together
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NE OF the key aims of the Afrovibes Festival is to stimulate a series of exchanges and debate between the visiting South African artists and their British and European counterparts. This is in order to explore difference, share resemblances and to foster co-operation or joint ventures. The festival will do this in a range of ways from public discussions and debates, platform events, and post-show discussions but also in a more behind-the-scenes sense simply allow time for artists to explore and work together while they are in the same country. This was one of the core principles that attracted Tyrone Huggins, chair of Sustained Theatre West Midlands to get involved: “In July 2009 I attended the South Africa National Arts Festival in Grahamstown as
part of a delegation of British artists, which was organised and funded by the Arts Council as part of Sustained Theatre. Each member of the delegation had been nominated on the basis of their ability to represent and explore opportunities at Grahamstown on behalf of their region. While I was there I was also representing the Drum in Birmingham as part of the programming team for the Afrovibes Festival. “Whilst there has always been the occasional practice of intercultural exchange between South African and British arts organisations, this has rarely been matched (due to cost) by genuine opportunities for artists from the two countries to meet and share experiences and practice in any depth. To develop and nurture these relationships – from which future artistic col-
laborations may grow, takes time and investment. The ambitions of the Afrovibes Festival UK to create some of these opportunities is a fantastic opportunity. “While at the Grahamstown Festival I was able to talk to artistic director Gregory Maquoma about the concept and practice of Sustained Theatre here in the UK, and our work to support the infrastructure of artists. It is an infrastructure he could not imagine in South Africa. I have subsequently had discussions with Keorapetse Kgositsile, South African Poet Laureate, about how some of the Sustained Theatre ideas may be translated into the many differences of a South African setting. I hope that some of the relationships and collaborations formed during Afrovibes 2010 will grow the seeds for future work.”
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URBAN FUSION: Shaun Cope
UK Arts International in association with The Albany, Contact and The Drum presents
FESTIVAL 2010 NO BORDERS 5-23 October 2010 Cutting edge and confronting theatre, dance and visual arts from South Africa including UK premieres WELCOME TO ROCKSBURG from ‘township tarantino’ Paul Grootboom and new pantsula dance MZOBANE directed by Hip-Hop theatre icon Benji Reid. Eat, Drink and Relax in the ‘Township Cafe’ and enjoy late-night music and many free events in the Festival Fringe.
Touring nationally throughout October – for full tour dates see: www.afrovibes.nl/en or www.ukarts.com 5-10 October THE ALBANY: DEPTFORD 020 8692 4446 12-17 October BIRMINGHAM: DRUM 0121 333 2444
5-8 October NEWCASTLE: LIVE 0191 232 1232
19-23 October MANCHESTER: CONTACT 0161 274 0600
23 October NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE 0115 941 9419
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WHERE TO SEE AFROVIBES
Verbalized: South African soul food for the mind
TAKING THE LEAD: Poet Zena
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HIS OCTOBER, a unique group of poets hit the stage in the UK with an inspirational poetry show called Verbalized. Led by veteran lady of words, Zena Edwards, five up and coming South African poetry stars join forces with five top UK poets to create a show that’s on fire! The Verbalized crew include poets from across the UK, spanning all styles of spoken word, from the fevered mystic raps of Avaes Mohammad, the urgent young voice of Kayo Chingonyi, the earthy wisdom of Dzifa Benson to the ital reasonings of Khadijah Ibrahiim. From South Africa, come five young women poets with totally individual voices: Bulelwa Basse exudes elegant poise, while Mbali Vilakazi is unashamedly passionate. Mpho ya Badimo is electrifying charismatic, stalking the stage like a poet super model, while Masana Mulaudzi’s erudite wordplay defies all expectations. Meanwhile, Naima Mclean’s rich textured songs and poems are the soulful glue holding the show together. “Verbalized is a journey, an exploration of how we, as spoken word artists, shape the world around us”, explains Verbalized’s lead poet, Zena. “The British Council asked me to create a project giving up and coming poets from the UK
and South Africa the opportunity to work together to create something special.” So, in March this year, Zena and five UK poets went to South Africa and literally “rocked the house” in Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesbourg. Audiences were stunned. One audience member said that they had “never seen poetry like this before”. Another confessed that “this show moved me so much, I was crying by the end.” For Cape Town poet, Mulaudzi, Verbalized represents a special opportunity. “When I got the phone call confirming that I had been chosen to do this tour, I just started screaming, I couldn’t believe it.” Masana says that the experience has transformed her work. “It’s a collaboration of hiphop, soul, music, performance, theatre and poetry.” In Verbalized, the poetry is
not just riding over the top of music, the words and the music are two sides of the same coin. Poems flow into songs flow into theatre. Produced by the British Council in collaboration with Sustained Theatre, Verse in Dialog and Manchester’s longrunning Speakeasy collective, Verbalized is touring the UK alongside the groundbreaking Afrovibes festival of SA culture. The Verbalized UK tour launches at The Albany Deptford on October 5 and continues with dates at the Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Drum, Contact Theatre Manchester, and Theatre in the Mill Bradford and Cafe Euro Sheffield. Verbalized is a one-off spoken word experience: ten amazing poets in one joint show that blazes with passion for the word. Catch this poetry fire while it’s burning hot! ROCKED THE HOUSE: Verbalized in Pretoria
FULL LISTINGS OF ALL FREE EVENTS INCLUDING POST SHOWS Tuesday 5th October ‘Producing Internationally’ Workshop - 2 4.30pm Zulu Dance Workshop - 4.30 - 6pm - Free with a ticket to Mzobane Wednesday 6th October Kwaito Dance Workshop - 4.30 - 6pm Free with a ticket to Mzobane ‘More than Skin Deep’ post show talk with Dr Deirdre Osbourne - 8.30pm - After the production of A Face Like Mine
22-25 September Parktheater Eindhoven
VERBALIZED – UK TOUR DATES THU 7 OCTOBER In association with Afrovibes THE ALBANY, Douglas Way, Deptford, LONDON SE8 4AG 9pm. FREE ENTRY Further info: 020 8692 4446 www.thealbany.org.uk THU 14 OCTOBER In association with Word Of Mouth BRISTOL OLD VIC, King Street, BRISTOL BS1 4ED 8pm. Tickets: £10/£7 concessions Box office: 0117 987 7877 www.bristololdvic.org.uk FRI 15 OCTOBER In association with Afrovibes THE DRUM, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, BIRMINGHAM B6 4UU 9.30pm. FREE ENTRY Further info: 0121 333 2444 www.the-drum.org.uk MON 18 OCTOBER In association with Kala Sangam & Word Life THEATRE IN THE MILL, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BRADFORD BD7 1DP Workshop: 6-7.30pm. Performance: 8.30pm Tickets: Workshop £5. Performance £5. Combined ticket: £8 Box Office: 01274 233200 www.brad.ac.uk/theatre WED 20 OCTOBER In association with Signposts & Word Life CAFE EURO, 72 John Street, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire S2 4QU 8.30pm. Tickets: £6/£5 concessions Box Office: seetickets.com THU 21 OCTOBER In association with Afrovibes CONTACT THEATRE, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER M15 6JA 10.30pm. FREE Further info: 0161 274 0600 www.contact-theatre.org PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL & SUSTAINED THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPEAKEASY & VERSE IN DIALOG
AFROVIBES FOR FREE MANY events in the Afrovibes Festival are completely FREE, allowing you to chill out and soak up the atmosphere of the festival. Meet friends, grab a drink and sample South African inspired menu or make a night of it in a series of late night music and spoken word events. Each venue has a series of events programmed in the TOWNSHIP CAF…, a specially designed space serving South African inspired food and drink and a touring photography exhibition.
THE festival visits London, Birmingham and Manchester via Eindhoven and Amsterdam. Experience the dynamism of a full week long programme of events at the following venues…
Thursday 7th October ‘Managing International Participation Projects’ workshop - 10am - 12.30pm ‘Kwa Mashu: Still my Hoe’ Film - 7.45pm ‘Sexuality, art and The State in South Africa’ post show talk with Mojisola Adebayo 8.30pm - After production of Ncamisa! Kiss the Women Verbalized - Spoken word event - 9.15pm Friday 8th October ‘Q&A with Paul Grootboom and Cast’ post show talk - 9.45pm - After production of Welcome to Rocksburg Saturday 9th October ‘Township Theatre’ Workshop - 11am 1pm - Free with a ticket to Welcome to Rocksburg ‘Working Internationally as an Artist’ workshop - 1.30 - 2.30pm Sunday 10th October A selection of short films - 5.40pm Tuesday 12th October Launch event - 6pm Post show Talk with artists - 9.45pm - After Double bill of Ncamisa! Kiss the Women and A Face Like Mine
Friday 15th October ‘Deconstructing Beautiful Me’ workshop with Gregory Maqoma - 3pm - Free with a ticket to Mzobane - open only to experienced dancers Verbalized - spoken word event - 9.30pm Saturday 16th October ‘Commonalities and Difference’ panel event - 4pm Post show talk with artists - 9.45pm - after production of Welcome to Rocksburg Sunday 17th October After show party with live artists and curated by Soweto Kinch - 9pm Tuesday 19th October Launch event/lesbian night Post show talk with artists - 8.30pm - after production of Ncamisa! Kiss the Women Wednesday 20th October Sustained Theatre Post show talk with artists - 10.15pm After production of Welcome to Rocksburg Thursday 21st October Verbalized - spoken word event - 10.30pm Friday 22nd October The Saul Williams Experience: Q&A - 5pm Chuck Perkins: Q&A - 6pm
28 Sep - 3 October MC Amsterdam
12-17 October THE DRUM, BIRMINGHAM Box Office: 0121 333 2444 www.the-drum.org.uk
5-10 October ALBANY, DEPTFORD Box Office: 0208 692 4446 www.thealbany.org.uk
18-23 October MANCHESTER CONTACT Box Office: 0161 274 0600 www.contact-theatre.org
Or dip into one-off performances at a variety of venues throughout the UK as follows:
Welcome To Rocksburg Theatre Royal, Winchester: Tuesday 5th - Wednesday 6th October 7.30pm Box Office: 01962 840440 www.theatre-royal-winchester.co.uk Harrow Arts Centre: Thursday 7th October 8pm Box Office: 0208 416 8989 www.harrowarts.com The Albany, Deptford: Friday 8th - Saturday 9th October 7.30pm (3pm Matinee on Sat) Box Office: 0208 692 4446 www.thealbany.org.uk Barnsley Civic: Friday 15th October 7.30pm Box Office: 0845 180 0363 www.barnsleycivic.co.uk The Drum, Birmingham: Saturday 16th 7.30pm - Sunday 17th October 6pm Box Office: 0121 333 2444 www.the-drum.org.uk Gala Theatre, Durham: Monday 18th October 7.30pm Box Office: 0191 332 4041 www.galadurham.co.uk Contact, Manchester: Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd October 8pm (2pm Matinee on Thurs) Box Office: 0161 274 0600 www.contact-theatre.org Nottingham Playhouse: Saturday 23rd October 7.45pm Box Office: 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
Via Volcano / Breaking Cycles Mzobane The Albany, Deptford: Tuesday 5th - Wednesday 6th October 7.45pm Box Office: 0208 692 4446 www.thealbany.org.uk The Dukes, Lancaster: Wednesday 13th October 7.30pm Box Office: 01524 598500 www.dukes-lancaster.org The Drum, Birmingham: Thursday 14th - Friday 15th October 7.30pm Box Office: 0121 333 2444 www.the-drum.org.uk The New Wolsey, Ipswich: Sunday 17th October 7.45pm Box Office: 01473 295900 www.wolseytheatre.co.uk Contact, Manchester: Saturday 23rd October 8pm Box Office: 0161 274 0600 www.contact-theatre.org
Ncamisa! Kiss the Women Live Theatre, Newcastle; Tuesday 5th Wednesday 6th October 8.30pm Box Office: 0191 232 1232 Web: www.live.org.uk The Albany, Deptford: Thursday 7th 7.30pm and Saturday 9th 8.30pm - Sunday 10th October 7.30pm Box Office: 0208 692 4446 Web: www.thealbany.org.uk The Drum, Birmingham: Tuesday 12th - Wednesday 13th October 7.30pm Box Office: 0121 333 2444 Web: www.the-drum.org.uk Contact, Manchester: Tuesday 19th - Wednesday 20th and Friday 22nd - Saturday 23rd October 7.30pm Box Office: 0161 274 0600 Web: www.contact-theatre.org The Hat Factory, Luton: Thursday 21st October 7.30pm Box Office: 01582 878100 Web: www.thehatfactory.org
A Face Like Mine The Albany, Deptford: Wednesday 6th 7.30pm and Saturday 9th 7pm - Sunday 10th October 6pm Box Office: 0208 692 4446 Web: www.thealbany.org.uk Live Theatre, Newcastle: Thursday 7th - Friday 8th October 8.30pm Box Office: 0191 232 1232 Web: www.live.org.uk The Drum, Birmingham: Tuesday 12 - Wednesday 13th October 8.45pm Box Office: 0121 333 2444 Web: www.the-drum.org.uk The Key Theatre, Peterborough: Thursday 14th October 7.30pm Box Office: 01733 207239 Web: www.peterborough.gov.uk