Theatre

The Dark

Date: Friday, Nov 9 2018 - Saturday, Nov 10 2018
Venue: Tobacco Factory Theatres

Written by the award-winning poet Nick Makoha, The Dark tells the vivid and moving story of the migration he made with his mother at the age of four.

“Night is not the only darkness.

“A night in November 1978: young Nick and his mother flee their home of Kampala and travel by matatu. Buying safe passage and silence with all they have, the conductor asks no questions.

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“Their companions are the missing, lost and displaced. Those who have suffered eight years under the violent rule of Idi Amin. We share in their stories of allegiance and conflict, echoing out through the darkness.”

The Dark is directed by JMK award-winning director Roy Alexander Weise (Mountain Top, Young Vic and Nine Night, National Theatre).

Nov 9-10, 7.30pm plus Sat 2pm, £12. Ages 12+. 60 mins. For more info, visit www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-dark

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