Rallying Cry
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“After Rallying Cry, I feel like we can at least imagine a better tomorrow.”
London City Nights
“The planet is spinning off its axis. Humankind is at a tipping point. We are heading towards disaster. Divided, we will fall.”
A medley of compelling spoken word performances, Rallying Cry offers the stage to some of the country’s most outspoken artists to address the state of the nation and imagine a better tomorrow.
Joelle Taylor, Chiedu Oraka, Zena Edwards and Francesca Beard perform newly commissioned work on the theme of protest. Interrogating the body as political placard, class and the desperate and challenging need for unity in this time of division, Rallying Cry is a call to action.
Cast
Company
Francesca Beard
Zena Edwards
Chiedu Oraka
Roger Robinson
Hannah Silva
Lemn Sissay
Joelle Taylor
Emerging Poets
Antonia Jade, Daisy Barrett-Nash, Hansika Jethnani, Marissa Hinds, Oakley Flanagan, Peter DeGraft-Johnson, Sarah Chitson, Shaniqua Benjamin
Protest Marshalls
Fabian Fiedler, Georgia McKnight, Ingrid Felix, Rafaela Nicolay, Samantha Atkin, Skyla Byant
Singers
Abdul Shylon, Heidi Vogel, Marcina Arnold, Geniyo
Bands
Thursday 4 October: Tree House Fire
Friday 5 October: Benin City
Saturday 6 October: DJ Conrad Kira
CREATIVES
Director Rob Watt
Designer Bethany Wells
Sound Jethro Cooke
Producers: Lisa Mead (Apples and Snakes), Richard Duffy & Nassy Konan (BAC)
Stage Manager Maria Gurevich
Production Manager Gareth Howells
Assistant Director Myah Jeffers
Assistant Producers: Divya Satwani & Emilian Isibo
Presented by Apples and Snakes
Photographs by Suzie Corker & Myah Jeffers