“The isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. I cried to dream again.” - Caliban, Shakespeare’s, The Tempest
Lyrical MC (2008)
by Sita Brahmachari
with verbatim texts from Britain’s schools
The diversity in our schools brings with it new sounds, as cultures, dialects and forms of expression mix, merge and collide.
Lyrical MC eavesdrops inside classrooms and corridors, and invites us to tune in to the lyrical ‘chat’ of Britain’s secondary school students. Sita Brahmachari’s poetic new play skilfully fuses verbatim stories, scenes and characters devised by young people, based on their own family stories. As we are drawn into their private worlds, a revealing subtext of allegiances and rivalries soon emerges.
A co-production with Rewrite
Credits
Director Kristine Landon-Smith
Assistant Director Amit Sharma
Designer Sakina Karimjee
Lighting Designer Prema Mehta
Sound Designer Mike Furness
Sound Collage Rasheed Rahman
Cast
Emmanuel Abubakar
Busola Aderemi
Sarah Akinsanmi
Andre Bromfield
Roxxanne Brown
Stefon Fenelon
Joshua Hayles
Amari Harris
Shakir Hassan
Ali Khawari
Shuang Liu
Aldo Maffei
Katrina Naumova
Nana Owusu-Agyare
Funmi TaiwoEmmanuel Abubakar
What People Are Saying
““An amazing insight into the experiences of these kids and how they see the world”
Willem Richter, teacher
”A great way to show teenage life and what happens / can happen in a school day. It shows a glimpse of what adults don’t see!” Max Jones, student
