The Long Song

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Event Details

Event Date:

01-10-202102-10-202103-10-202104-10-202105-10-202106-10-202107-10-202108-10-202109-10-202110-10-202111-10-202112-10-202113-10-202114-10-202115-10-202116-10-202117-10-202118-10-202119-10-202120-10-202121-10-202122-10-202123-10-2021

Start time: 19:30

End time: 22:00

Event Short Description

A new adaptation by Suhayla El-Bushra
Based on the novel by Andrea Levy

Event Information

The Long Song is adapted from Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel by Suhayla El‑Bushra, formerly writer in residence at the National Theatre Studio and whose work includes The Suicide (NT), Arabian Nights (Lyceum, Edinburgh), and Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge.

Director Charlotte Gwinner was Associate Director at the Bush Theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

‘You do not know me yet but I am the heroine of this drama. I am told that here I must give a taste of what is to unfold. I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent days of slavery and the early years of freedom.

‘I was born a slave upon a sugar plantation named Amity. I was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831, and when slavery was declared no more. It tells of my mama Kitty, of the negroes enslaved, of Caroline Mortimer the woman who owned me. I am to say that it is a true and thrilling journey through that unsettled time.

‘Cha, I say, what fuss-fuss. Come, let them just see it for themselves.’

The Long Song is adapted from Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel by Suhayla El‑Bushra, formerly writer in residence at the National Theatre Studio and whose work includes The Suicide (NT), Arabian Nights (Lyceum, Edinburgh), and Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge.

Director Charlotte Gwinner was Associate Director at the Bush Theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse

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Adult: From £10

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Organiser Details

Name: Chichester Festival Theatre

Telephone: 01243 781312

Email: marketing@cft.org.uk

Website: http://www.cft.org.uk

Venue Details

Address: Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6AP

Telephone: +441243781312

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