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Passports to the Promised Land

By Felix Cross

Year staged: 2001

Opening night: 21/02/2001

Theatre Company: Nitro (Black Theatre Co-operative); 1979

Staged in: Greenwich Theatre

Cast Size: 9

Synopsis

Jordan is on a voyage of discovery. At nineteen years of age he leaves the Caribbean for England in search of his father. But rather than reaching England’s shores, his journey leads him unexpectedly to a far more distant destination. At the gates of Heaven, Jordan watches his family as they build a new life and the spirit of the Caribbean moves us from the 1960s to today’s streets of Notting Hill. Calypso and reggae meet gospel and lovers’ rock, fused with the sounds of hip-hop and rap to produce a story of love and revenge.

Original Cast

Gary Bryden

Horace De Souza

C. Gerod Harris

Jordan Brown

Charlie Folorunsho

St Peter

Michael Samuels

Reverend Hudson

Enyonam Gbesemete

Myrtle Harris

Lesley-Ann Wells

Gloria De Souza

Melanie Hudson

Agnes Brown

Mark McLean

Solomon Harris

Allyson Brown

Elizabeth De Souza

Production Team

Graham Devlin

Director

Allen Ali

Designer

Marise Rose

Designer

Additional Materials

Link to Audience Survey

Audience Survey

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/1/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Show Reports

Show Reports

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/1/002

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Photographs

Photographs

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/4/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Video Recording

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/5/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Poster (A3)

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/2/002

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Programme

Programme

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/2/001

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Flyers

Flyers

Ref: NTC/PT/1/36/2/004

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Audio Recording (Instrumental)

Audio Recording (Instrumental)

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/5/003

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

Link to Audio Recording (Cast)

Audio Recording (Cast)

Ref: NTC/P/T/1/35/5/002

Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive

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