Burn My Heart
From: Tuesday, 28th September 2010
To: Saturday, 2 October 2010
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Synopsis
Set during the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya and the ensuing bloody State of Emergency, two boys’ lives are changed forever as their friendship and loyalty are blown apart by fear and betrayal. Drawing on African music and movement styles, combined with a powerful mix of text and physical story-telling theatre, Burn my Heart is a fast-paced, devastating, and highly relevant story. Suitable for 13+ years
Our Review:
Anne Morley-Priestman - 22 September 2010
One man’s patriot is another man’s traitor. One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist. We’ve become used to this contradiction in politics but the novel by Beverley Naidoo, now adapted into a play by Rina Vergano, shows how discontent with a colonial regime can also involve inter-factional dissent and lead to that nastiest of all conflicts – a civil war.
Burn my Heart takes place in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s. Matthew is a young British boy, at ease with the country and able to move naturally in both British expatriate and Kikuyu society. His parents, the Graysons, are good if somewhat patriarchal employers. Matthew is friends with both Mugo, the son of his father’s head grrom, and with Lance, son of the area’s doctrinaire police chief.
Mugo’s father Kamau wants to keep faith with his employer, procure a proper education for his children and stay in tune with his people’...
Creative
Beverley Naidoo (Book)
Rina Vergano (Adaptation)
Trestle Theatre Company (in collaboration with Blind Eye) (Company)
Juwon Sky (Music)
Oliver Jones (Director)
Anoushka Athique (Design)
John Purkis (Lighting)
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