Flipping the Script: the best untold stories of Black Britain

Talawa’s series of play readings showcasing the best in Black British writing returns to the Young Vic.

8th September, 7pm
White Paper by Stevie Amuzu
A mother or monster whose desperate search for her biological parents brings the sins of the past to her mixed race children. An intensely funny and gut wrenching piece.

8th October, 7pm
Mr. Atlantic by Atiha Sen-Gupta; excerpts from Rigged by Robert Hutchinson; Dice by Harold Kimmel
From Cuba to Catford, three surreal short stories that combine comedy with migration and the search for celebrity.

12th November, 7pm
Maybe Father by Charlene James
A young couple, and most of their friends, deal with the turbulent consequences of an unexpected pregnancy in this sharply observed and entertaining story.

Stevie Amuzu has written various short stories, plays and poetry, some of which have been published in Twisted Tongue and showcased at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley.

Atiha Sen-Gupta has taken part in several collaborative pieces of theatre including writing Doors don’t just grow on trees with Roy Williams and Waiting for Leroy with Tanika Gupta. In October, her first full-length play What Fatima Did will be produced at the Hampstead Theatre.

Robert Hutchinson has just released Rigged as an independent film.

Harold Kimmel has written several plays. Dear Comrade Frikkie was given a rehearsed reading by Tiata Fahodzi, and The Cell was performed at a Festival of South African Plays, Durban.

Charlene James is an actress and Maybe Father is her first play.

Flipping the Script takes place at the Young Vic between September and November.

Address: Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ
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