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Performance

VenueOvalhouse
Also: Theatre Upstairs, Theatre Downstairs
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From13th May 2008
To17th May 2008
WhenTue-Sat 19:45, May 17 Mat 15:00
PricesFrom £12.00. To £12.00.
Ovalhouse (V239)
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Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey

Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey

Work:: Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey (S401364268)

Moj of the Antarctic is inspired by the true life story of Ellen Craft, a 19th century African-American slave woman who escaped to freedom by disguising herself as a white man. Ellen's amazing story of race and gender cross-dressing is one of the forgotten gem's of Black history, and the history of drag! Moj of the Antarctic extends Ellen's amazing biography into a flight of theatrical fantasy where upon arrival in Victorian London, she finds work as a sailor on a whaling ship bound for the Southern Seas. Life on the ship is tough and even stranger is the men's obsession with Black face minstrelsy. Eventually the ship arrives in Antarctic waters ripe for gruesome whaling, and Moj becomes the first Black woman to step foot Antarctica. This theatre piece incorporates video, text, dance, music, storytelling, song and original photography created for the piece on location in Antarctica by legendary queer visual artist Del LaGrace Volcano.
Author Mojisola Adebayo

Production:: (T01528418)

Producer Mojisola Adebayo
Producer Antarctic Collective
Other Del LaGrace Volcano (visual artist)
Director Sheron Wray
Design Rajha Shakiry
Music Juwon Ogungbe
Lighting Crin Claxton
Other Sue Giovanni (visuals editor)
Other Felony D (assistant to composer / DJ mixer)
Performer Mojisola Adebayo

Listing:: L01382450383

Downstairs



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Downstairs

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