To be free is very sweet.
When one woman tells of her extraordinary journey to overcome the brutality of slavery, she becomes a beacon for the British anti-slavery movement.
Born into slavery in the British colony of Bermuda, Mary Prince went on to become an auto-biographer and champion of freedom. Her book had an electrifying effect on the abolitionist movement helping to free many Africans in bondage. Through theatre, song, music, drumming and dance, this masterpiece of Black British theatre is inspired by the storytelling traditions of the West African Griot.
Edmead has sensitively and powerfully brought Mary’s story to life. It’s all too easyto disregard the past as nothing but history, but hearing Mary’s words from over 200 yearsago – the anguish of a mother separated from a child, the pain of finding oneself trappedwith no means of escape, the sorrow of being forced to leave friends, family, and country –well, the past isn’t that much of a foreign country, is it?
StageTalk Magazine
Event: Thursday 30 March, 8:00pm
Tickets: £14 / £12 concessions.
