Scrape off the Black
By Tunde Ikoli
Year staged: 1980
Opening night: 12/07/1980
Theatre Company: Temba Theatre Company; 1972
Staged in: Riverside Studios
Cast Size: 4
Synopsis
London’s East End in 1973. Trevor organises a surprise party on the release of his brother Andy from Borstal prison. But Rose, his bingo-playing, pill-popping mother, has other plans.
Original Cast
Susan Porrett
Mary
Brian Bovell
Trevor
Okon Jones
Andy
Mary McCloud
Rose
Production Team
Peter Gill
Director
Alby James
Director
Alison Gill
Designer
Additional Materials
Poster
Ref: BCA/Ephemera/1
Black Cultural Archives
Link to Programme
Programme
Ref: BTF/P/1/4019
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive