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Black love

Title
Black love / by Chinonyerem Odimba ; with music by Ben and Max Ringham.
Author
Odimba, Chino
Publication
  • London : Nick Hern Books Limited, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Ringham, Ben
  • Ringham, Max
Description
80 pages; 20 cm.
Summary
"Black Love by Chinonyerem Odimba, with music by Ben and Max Ringham, is an innovative, form-crossing drama that combines real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R & B heritage. It was first presented as a co-production between Paines Plough and Belgrade Theatre Coventry in association with tiata fahodzi, in Paines Plough's the Roundabout at Belgrade Theatre Coventry, on 28 July 2021, before touring the UK. The play is principally set in the small London flat shared by brother and sister, Aurora and Orion. Aurora, known as Roo, is a twenty-two-year-old Black British woman who has lived in London all her life, and works as a youth support worker. Orion is twenty-five, has lived abroad in the past but now lives in London with his sister, and is an actor. The play is partly narrated by the figure of Black Nova, 'a person sometimes - a soundscape sometimes'. Roo and Orion look after each other, filled with the memories of their parents' Black Love; but when that love is threatened, they must confront their own worst fears as they find their way back to each other and to what it means to love whilst Black. The premiere production was co-directed by Chinonyerem Odimba and Katie Posner, and designed by Lydia Denno. It was performed by Leah St Luce, Nathan Queeley-Dennis, Eleanor Sutton and Ayo-Dele Edwards"--About the play
Series Statement
NHB modern plays
Uniform Title
NHB modern plays.
Subject
  • Black people > Music > Drama
  • Man-woman relationships > Drama
  • Siblings > Drama
  • Love > Drama
  • Love
  • Siblings
  • Black people > Music
  • Family members
  • Black people
  • Man-woman relationships
Genre/Form
Drama.
Call Number
Sc D 22-913
ISBN
  • 9781839040245
  • 1839040246
OCLC
1263792531
Author
Odimba, Chino, author.
Title
Black love / by Chinonyerem Odimba ; with music by Ben and Max Ringham.
Publisher
London : Nick Hern Books Limited, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
NHB modern plays
NHB modern plays.
Added Author
Ringham, Ben, composer.
Ringham, Max, composer.
Other Form:
Ebook version : 9781788504065
Research Call Number
Sc D 22-913
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