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Avalanche

By Cheryl Martin

Year staged: 1998

Opening night: 16/04/1998

Staged in: Nottingham Playhouse

Cast Size: 4

Synopsis

In a dystopian Britain of the future, sisters Waneesha and Jade, from Sector S of The Scraps, face routine obliteration of their village from militant forces controlled by ultra rich city dwellers. Percy, CEO of Magpie enterprises, has obtained land rights to The Scraps via his wife Theodora’s birthright. They now both aim to sell the land to contractors. Percy conspires with mercenary Jaws to clear the village out by any means necessary so long as he pleases his looming contractors with levelled land. Waneesha wants to stay and fight the militants like her father did, while Jade wishes to escape to the city. Their fortunes are all changed one day when a mysterious stranger from the city, by the name of Che, reveals a number of truths.

Original Cast

DJ Fever

Cast

Norman Wright

Cast

Freddi Kofi

Cast

Julia Reid

Cast

Production Team

Heidi Stellar

Designer

Matt Lloyd

Designer

Brenda Edwards

Producer

Shaun Cope

Choreography

Benji Reid

Director

Richard De Cordova

Lighting Designer

Additional Materials

Flyer

Ref: BCA/Ephemera/105

Black Cultural Archives

Link to Playscript

Playscript

Ref: MPS 8137

British Library

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