SOLD
"To Be Free is very sweet"
SOLD - A forgotten story giving Mary Prince's first-hand account of brutality at the height of the slave trade. This true story is told with traditional African storytelling fused with theatre, song, drumming and dance.
After five awards, taking Mary Prince's story home to Bermuda - opening the 2022 Bermuda Festival, playing the Physical Theatre Festival Chicago, continuing to tour nationally, we started our 4th year at the Cayman Arts Festival. SOLD continues it's 2023 journey with a Spring tour in association the House Theatre Network
MARCH
- Fri 10 Quarry Theatre, BEDFORD
- Sun 12 The Kenton Theatre HENLEY ON THAMES
- Tue 14 Ropetackle SHOREHAM BY SEA
- Fri 17 Norden Farm MAIDENHEAD
- Wed 22 The Woodville (Studio) GRAVESEND
- Thur 23 Horton Chapel Arts EPSOM
- Sun 26 Guildhall (studio) PORTSMOUTH
APRIL
- Fri 14 The Theatre CHIPPING NORTON
- Sat 15 The Electric Theatre GUILDFORD
- Tue 18 Theatre Royal WINCHESTER
- Wed 19 Connaught (studio) WORTHING
- Thur 20 South Street READING
- Fri 21 The Elgiva CHESHAM
- Sat 22 Artsdepot (studio) LONDON
- Tue 25 South Hill Park BRACKNELL
- Wed 26 Theatre GREENWICH
- Thur 27 Mill Arts BANBURY
- Sat 29 Cornhall DISS
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“Mary's story is one of the unassuming heroine. Her strength and resilience to stay alive through the horrors of British chattel slavery, to fall in love, work for her freedom and share her story to help bring slavery to an end, was a huge achievement for an enslaved West Indian woman in 1831..”
Meet SOLD's TOURING Team FOR Spring 2023
Amra Angie Anderson
Amra Angie Anderson
Amra Angie Anderson
Drummer/Performer/ African soundscapes “ Amra powerfully infuses charm with her talking drum, fuelling the show with an earthy, spiritual, soulful language”
Lola May
Amra Angie Anderson
Amra Angie Anderson
Performer - welcoming Lola May to the Kuumba Nia Arts family playing Mary Prince and multiple characters in her life with poise and heart.
Clare Milner
Amra Angie Anderson
Clare Milner
Production Manager - welcoming Clare to Kuumba Nia Arts family, she shall be lighting up the stage, supporting behind the scenes and keeping the tour on track.
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