TAKEOVER FESTIVAL DIGITAL PROGRAMME

THE UPSETTERS are taking over the Bunker Theatre for one week to present a festival dedicated to celebrating artists of colour. THE UPSETTERS are using their takeover week to launch their first TAKEOVER FESTIVAL.

TAKEOVER FESTIVAL will be an annual week-long touring festival which takes over a new theatre venue each year around the country with the aim of presenting new work by artists of colour while engaging with the next generation of young theatre-makers from culturally diverse backgrounds.

THE UPSETTERS make theatre predominantly with artists of colour as a means to address underrepresentation and misrepresentation of people of colour on and off the stage.

At the moment, THE UPSETTERS feel there is a clear bias which they want to overcome by creating brand new opportunities for those from underrepresented backgrounds to have their work performed. Too often, people of colour are told the talent isn’t out there. THE UPSETTERS here to prove that wrong.

Monday

10:00 writing opening scenes with chinonyerem odimba
19:30 poetry night featuring lemn sissay

Tuesday

19:30 WAKES / UNBURIED Double Bill Opening Night

Wednesday

10:00 Introduction to Directing with Lakesha Arie-Angelo
14:00 Producing with Tobi Kyeremateng
19:30 WAKES / UNBURIED Double Bill

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

DOUBLE BILL

WAKES

WAKES by Sidney Belony focuses on the experiences of grief and bereavement between two young Black women. Sidney is a Luton-based writer and director who has had work performed at Royal Stratford East. She creates work which explores social and political themes. WAKES is directed by Brigitte Adela. Previous directing work includes Dutty Wine (Southwark Playhouse) and Tamasha Scratch Night (Soho Theatre).

Performed by Antonia Layiwola and Hayley Konadu.

UNBURIED

UNBURIED by Jimin Suh tells the story of the forced transfer of a Korean family from Soviet Russia based on real events in 1937. Jimin is a South Korean actor and playwright who recently completed a masters in Writing for Performance at Goldsmith’s University. UNBURIED will be directed by Adrian Tang recently directed for Monobox Playstart (Hampstead Theatre) and THE UPSETTERS Scratch (Bunker Theatre) in June 2019.

Performed by Nicole Miners, Lucy Sheen, Dash You and Barbara Smith.