Woke at Northern Stage
Dates: (10/2/2022 - 11/12/2021 )
Northern Stage |
By Apphia Campbell & Meredith Yarbrough
Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Phone: 0191 230 5151
Tickets: From £10
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From the creator of the hit show Black Is The Color Of My Voice comes a new story about the 20th Century African American experience. Against a powerful soundtrack of original music and traditional gospel and blues, two women, 42 years apart become involved in the struggle for civil rights.One, a notorious Black Panther Assata Shakur; the other, Ambrosia a present-day university student enrolling as the 2014 Ferguson riots begin. Both challenge the American justice system, become criminalized through political activism, and ultimately are faced with the same choice: stay and fight, or flee?Woke won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First Award for its premiere season, and was highly commended by the judges of the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award.
News About Woke at Northern Stage
Northern Stage Announces Spring 2022 Season, THIS IS NOW
November 23, 2021Following its Housewarming programme - open hearted work that celebrated connection and community, This is Now invites artists and audiences to join a yearlong conversation about who we are and who we want to be; to think deeply about the important questions of our time, and to find refuge in coming together to imagine our way through the world we live in, right now.
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