Fact file: A Raisin in the Sun – ground-breaking plays by women of colour
Wed 24 Jul, 2024
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Playhouse production
A Raisin in the Sun
13 – 28 Sep 2024
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Tickets£15.00 - £35.00
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VenueCourtyard
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Running time2 hrs 30 mins TBC
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Age guidance14+
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In a rented apartment on Chicago’s South Side, the Younger family is full of hope, dreams, grief, and big plans. Their beloved father has died, and the money from his life insurance policy could change their lives.
Mama wants to put down roots in a home of her own. Her daughter Beneatha has her heart set on becoming a doctor. But her son Walter Lee thinks the money is his to spend — and he’s willing to sacrifice his values and his family to get what he wants. Each must face what it means to escape the confines of a segregated society. How do you create a meaningful life in a world designed to keep you down?
Groundbreaking, pioneering and challenging, Lorraine Hansberry‘s A Raisin in the Sun broke barriers as the first play by a Black woman on Broadway. Directed by Tinuke Craig (Jitney, The Color Purple), this classic family drama full of humour and heart, remains relevant and powerful in a world still divided by inequality.
A Leeds Playhouse, Headlong, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and Nottingham Playhouse production
Cast
Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman
Beneatha
Cash Holland
Ruth
Solomon Israel
Walter Lee
Jonah Russell
Karl
Creatives
Tinuke Craig
Director
Cécile Trémolières
Set Designer
Maybelle Laye
Costume Designer
Max Pappenheim
Composer/Sound Designer
Joshua Pharo
Lighting Designer
Sarita Piotrowski
Movement Dircetor
Haruka Kuroda
Fight & Intimacy Director
Aundrea Fudge
Voice & Dialect Coach
Phillippe Cato
Associate Director
Ruta Irbite
Design Associate
Luke Haywood
Lighting Associate
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