Zumbi - Flame of Resistance
By Shango Baku
Year staged: 1995
Theatre Company: Nitro (Black Theatre Co-operative); 1979
Staged in: Theatre Royal, Stratford East
Cast Size: 15
Synopsis
A muscial drama based on the myths and legends of ZUMBI, a seventeenth century black Brazilian freedom fighter.
Original Cast
Sharon D Clarke
Cast
Wayne Buchannan
Cast
Louise Eyo
Cast
Yomi A Michaels
Cast
Neil Reidman
Cast
Antonia Coker
Cast
Angela Wynter
Cast
David Carr
Cast
Lorna Brown
Cast
Corinne Skinner-Carter
Cast
Chris Tummings
Cast
Lenny Algernon Edwards
Cast
Glenna Forster-Jones
Cast
Freddie Annobil-Dodoo
Cast
Ilario Bisi-Pedro
Cast
Production Team
Zebrinha
Choreographer
Bira Monteiro
Master Drummer
Marcio Meirelles
Director / Designer
Antonio Cicero
Musical Director / Composer
Richard Moffat
Lighting Designer
Natan Barreto
Assistant Director
Michel Wallace
Assistant Choreographer
Additional Materials
Poster
Ref: BCA/Ephemera/368
Black Cultural Archives
Tour File
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/1/001
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Box Office and Costs
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/1/003
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Venue File
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/1/005
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Prompt Script
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/3/001
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Playscript (with manuscript notes)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/3/002
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Production Photographs (18 colour)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/4/001
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Production Photographs (26 b&w) / Contact sheets (9)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/4/002
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Audition Photographs (35 b&w, 23 colour)
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/4/003
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Video Recording
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/5/001
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Video Recording
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/5/002
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Audio Cast Recording
Ref: NTC/P/T/1/31/5/003
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Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/006
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Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/007
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Press Reviews
Ref: NTC/P/T/3/021
Future Histories - Black Performance and Carnival Archive