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Talawa Stories: The Master鈥檚 House

The location is unknown, time doesn鈥檛 live here and, for the first time, the men are gone. But for how long? Four women trapped in The Master鈥檚 House work to plot their escape.

Talawa Stories from the UK鈥檚 outstanding Black Theatre Company presents a haunting and urgent tale that sees four women 鈥� stripped of their identities and renamed April, May, September and December 鈥� plot their escape from the master鈥檚 house and the violence of patriarchy.

The location is unknown; time doesn鈥檛 live here and, for the first time, the men are gone. But for how long?

This gripping thriller by writer and actor babriye bukilwa interrogates what would happen in a world absent of men, questioning the depths of internalised patriarchy, underpinned by themes of surveillance, rage within sisterhood, and the power of queer intimacy.

Cast (in order of appearance):
December 鈥� Unique Spencer (she/her)
May 鈥� Heather Agyepong (she/her)
April 鈥� Danielle Kassarat茅 (she/her)
September - Jumok茅 Fashola (she/her)
Man/Master 鈥� Mohammed Mansaray (he/him)

Creative team:
Writer 鈥� babirye bukilwa (they/them)
Director 鈥� malaka茂 sargeant (they/them)
Series Producer 鈥� Alison Holder (she/her)
Executive Producer 鈥� Caroline Raphael (she/her)
Sound Design 鈥� Lucinda Mason-Brown (she/her) and David Chilton (he/him)
Dramaturg 鈥� malaka茂 sargeant (they/them)
Production Coordinator 鈥� Alex Lynch (he/him)
Talawa New Work Producer - David Gilbert (he/him)
Casting Assistant 鈥� Melissa Vitalis Smith (she/her)

A Talawa Theatre Company production for 麻豆社 Radio 4

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44 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Jan 2024 14:15

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Jan 2024 14:15

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