Theatre

Elmina’s Kitchen

Date: Sunday, Apr 7 2019
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Bristol Old Vic: Weston Studio

Latest performance from Missing Pieces. a series of staged readings and script-in-hand performances showcasing Black British, African, .Caribbean, American plays.

This time it’s a performance of Kwame Kwei-Armah’s great play, Elmina’s Kitchen.

Set in a Caribbean takeaway/ diner on Hackney’s Murder Mile, Elmina’s Kitchen is a tale of family, drug culture and crime.

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Deli, the owner, tries to keep his truanting teenage son Ashley away from the gangsta culture that surrounds him.

But as the Yardies move in, Digger offers protection for the diner. When this becomes more threat than promise, Deli has to choose. Can he escape that world and take his son away from the temptation that looms so large?

“An angry, provocative, vital play” – The Guardian

Apr 7, BOV Weston Studio, 5pm/doors 4.45pm. For more info, visit bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/missing-pieces

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By steve wright, Tuesday, Mar 26 2019

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