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THE DARK TOUR

Project
The Dark
Client

Fuel

  • Written by Nick Makoha
  • Directed by Roy Alexander Weise

WRITTEN BY THE AWARD-WINNING POET NICK MAKOHA, THE DARK TELLS THE VIVID AND MOVING STORY OF THE MIGRATION HE MADE WITH HIS MOTHER AT THE AGE OF FOUR.

DATES

Nov 09
7.30PM / 2.30PM
Tobacco Factory Theatres Bristol, UK
Nov 10
7.30PM / 2.30PM
Tobacco Factory Theatres Bristol, UK
Nov 21
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 22
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 23
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 24
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 25
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 26
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 27
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 28
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 29
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Nov 30
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Dec 1
7.30PM
Ovalhouse, London
Jan 8
7.30PM
Tara Theatre, London
Jan 9
7.30PM
Tara Theatre, London
Jan 10
7.30PM
Tara Theatre, London
Jan 15
8.00PM
North Wall, Oxford
Jan 16
8.00PM
North Wall, Oxford
Jan 18
8.00PM
The Egg, Bath
Jan 19
8.00PM
The Egg, Bath
Jan 28
7.45PM
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Jan 29
7.45PM
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Jan 31
8.00PM
Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
Feb 12
8.00PM
The Traverse, Edinburgh
Feb 13
8.00PM
The Traverse, Edinburgh
Feb 15
7.45PM
The Tron, Glasgow
Feb 16
7.45PM
The Tron, Glasgow

ABOUT THE DARK

Night is not the only darkness.

A night in November 1978; young Nick and his mother flee their home of Kampala and travel by matatu. Buying safe passage and silence with all they have, the conductor asks no questions.
Their companions are the missing, lost and displaced. Those who have suffered eight years under the violent rule of Idi Amin.We share in their stories of allegiance and conflict, echoing out through the darkness.

The Dark is directed by JMK award-winning director Roy Alexander Weise (Mountain Top, Young Vic and Nine Night, National Theatre. Co-commissioned by Ovalhouse and Fuel, supported by Arts Council England and Coombe Farm Studios. Development supported by PULSE Festival and as part of Ovalhouse’s FiRST BiTES series.

THE DARK IN DEVELOPMENT