Anansi and the Magic Mirror
By Geoff Aymer
Year staged: 2009
Opening night: 19/02/2009
Theatre Company: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986
Staged in: Hackney Empire Theatre
Cast Size: 6
Synopsis
When Anansi enters the world of Nana Sus’s magic shop and steals the magic mirror from under the nose of the young gril Adojah, he unleashes the power of Lilith from the underworld and causes a whole lot of bother.
Original Cast
Kat B
Anansi
Susan Lawson-Reynolds
Lility / Mirror 2 / Bredda Monkey / Councillor Justice / Real
Darren Hart
Bredda Tiger / Councillor Truth / Singing Duppy 1 / Rudie
Sophie Benjamin
Adojah / Singing Duppy 3
Tameka Empson
Nana Susu / Singing Duppy 2
Marcus Powell
Bredda Snake / Mirror 1 / Councillor Harmony / Bredda Lion / CB World Voice Over
Production Team
Rosa Maggiora
Designer
Philip Gladwell
Lighting
Simon Deacon
Sound
Paul J Medford
Director
Delroy Murray
Musical Director
Paul J Medford
Choreography
Additional Materials
Production Management Correspondence
Ref: TTC/4/1/48
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection
Teachers' Education Pack
Ref: TTC/10/3/11
V&A Theatre and Performance Collection