Muscovado is Burnt Out Theatre’s scorching new play about slavery in Nineteenth Century Barbados, written by emerging playwright Royal Court alumnus Matilda Ibini. A heady mix of sexual intrigue, piercing choral music and extreme racial tension, Muscovado provides an unflinching portrayal of life on a sugar plantation in 1808, accompanied by original music and atmospheric soundscape performed live by the cast.
Muscovado will be performed on 9th May at Bridport Arts Centre, Devon as part of a tour visiting 15 cities around the UK with links to the transatlantic slave trade, including Hull, Bristol, Southampton and Brighton; theatres and site-specific venues to include International Slavery Museum Liverpool, Kings Head Islington, Brighton Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Set between the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and the Abolition of slavery, Muscovado tells the interconnected stories of a planter family and their slaves, shedding light on the British involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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