 Event |
Black Lover
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| Venue |
Q Theatre Loft, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Auckland Arts Festival 2020 |
| First Date |
6 March 2020 |
| Opening Date |
6 March 2020 |
| Last Date |
18 March 2020 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
Yes |
| Description |
Ex-pat New Zealander Sir Garfield Todd said these words in his final speech as Prime Minister of Rhodesia in 1958. Ousted from politics for being a “black lover”, Todd’s ongoing fight for racial equality and opposition to white minority rule led to his house arrest in 1965, the starting point for Stanley Makuwe’s story.
Confined to his home, with the civil war raging close by and separated from his wife and children who have fled abroad, Todd and his family’s servant, Steady, confront the uncertainties of their precarious lives.
Zimbabwean Stanley Makuwe migrated to New Zealand in 2002. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Related Events |
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| Resources |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Further Information |
The season of Black Lover was partially cancelled, closing early on the 18 March 2020, due to COVID lockdown measures across Aotearoa, New Zealand. The production was originally supposed to run until 4 April 2020.
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| Event Status |
Partially cancelled
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
http://2020.aaf.co.nz/ |
| Programme |
http://2020.aaf.co.nz/events/black-lover/ |
| Programme |
https://issuu.com/aucklandtheatrecompany/docs/blacklover_programme_vissuu |
| Production Company |
https://www.atc.co.nz/whats-on/past-seasons/past-2020-season/black-lover |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
155211 |
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