Say Hallelujah by Jimi Rand. Director, Malcolm Frederick.
Eden by Steve Carter. Director, Alby James.
Blood, Sweat and Fears by Maria Oshodi. Director, Yvonne Brewster.
Riverside Studios: February – May 1990.
Say Hallelujah, by Jimi Rand. Opening 23 February 1990.
Director Malcolm Frederick. Designer Jaqueline Gunn. Lighting Designer Larry Coke. Actors: Beejaye, Anthony Corriette, Stephen Kalipha, Janet Kay, Paul Mackenzie, Josephine Melville, Marsha Millar, Herbert Norville, Basil Otoin, Ellen Thomas.
Say Hallelujah is set in D’Coursey’s corner store where a series of characters portraying various aspects of black life in London pass through. The play represents a microcosm of black society in Britain.
Eden, by Steven Carter. Opening 30 March 1990.
Director Alby James. Designer Clary Salandy. Lighting Designer Larry Coke. Music Composer Steven Woodcock, Actors: Freddie Brooks, Burt Caesar, Lachele Carl, Jaye Griffiths, Alibe Parsons, Sylvester Williams, Steven Woodcock, Angela Wynter.
Eden is set in Harlem in 1927 in the aftermath of Marcus Garvey’s campaign for black nationalism. The play explores the animosities and mutual suspicion that bedevilled relations between American blacks and West Indian immigrants.
Blood Sweat And Fears, by Maria Oshodi. Opening 21 April 1990.
Director Yvonne Brewster. Designer Helen Turner. Lighting Designer Larry Coke. Actors: Roger Griffiths, Yazmine Judd, Christine McEachern, Gregory Munroe, Mo Sesay, Heronimo Sehmi, Teohna Williams, Stacey Zuckerman.
Blood, Sweat and Fears is set in a chain food store. The play focuses on the plight of sufferers from sickle cell anaemia - a life threatening hereditary condition that affects especially people of Afro-Caribbean descent - and explores broader issues about the strain experienced by victims of invisible disabilities.
Performed at Riverside Studios, 23rd Apr – 12th May 1990.
