Episodes
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| 20240123 |
Talawa Stories from the UK's outstanding Black Theatre Company presents a haunting and urgent tale that sees four women – stripped of their identities and renamed April, May, September and December – plot their escape from the master's house and the violence of patriarchy.
The location is unknown; time doesn't live here and, for the first time, the men are gone. But for how long?
This gripping thriller by writer and actor babriye bukilwa interrogates what would happen in a world absent of men, questioning the depths of internalised patriarchy, underpinned by themes of surveillance, rage within sisterhood, and the power of queer intimacy.
Cast (in order of appearance):
December – Unique Spencer (she/her)
May – Heather Agyepong (she/her)
April – Danielle Kassaraté (she/her)
September - Jumoké Fashola (she/her)
Man/Master – Mohammed Mansaray (he/him)
Creative team:
Writer – babirye bukilwa (they/them)
Director – malakaï sargeant (they/them)
Series Producer – Alison Holder (she/her)
Executive Producer – Caroline Raphael (she/her)
Sound Design – Lucinda Mason-Brown (she/her) and David Chilton (he/him)
Dramaturg – malakaï sargeant (they/them)
Production Coordinator – Alex Lynch (he/him)
Talawa New Work Producer - David Gilbert (he/him)
Casting Assistant – Melissa Vitalis Smith (she/her)
A Talawa Theatre Company production for BBC Radio 4
The men are gone. But for how long? Four women plot their escape from The Master's House.
The location is unknown, time doesn't live here and, for the first time, the men are gone. But for how long? Four women trapped in The Master's House work to plot their escape.
| First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|
| 20240123 |