What To Watch: On Stage June 2023

New month with another massive list of shows to watch during the month. Remember to check out the last post here as some shows are still.

August in England by Lenny Henry

Showing at: Bush Theatre, London, UK
When: 28 April - 10 June.
About:Charming, flawed, and with the gift of the gab, we all know a man like August Henderson. Between his three kids, devoted wife-to-be, and part-ownership of a fruit and veg shop, he is proud of the life he has built since landing in his beloved West Bromwich.

So, when faced with deportation to a country he has no memory of, he isn’t prepared to go quietly. Listen up, he is ready to tell his own story.
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Once On This Island

Showing at: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London, UK
When: 10 May – 10 Jun 2023
About: A musical story of love, grief, faith and hope, Once On This Island tells of peasant girl Ti Moune, a boy called Daniel, and a union that prejudice forbids. Against the heat of the Caribbean sun and destruction of tropical storms, can Ti Moune settle the wager of the Gods, and prove that love is more powerful than death?
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Dixon and Daughters

Showing at: National Theatre, London, UK
When: 15 Apr - 10 June 2023
About: Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it but Briana has other ideas. Over a tumultuous two days a family is forced to confront not just their past but themselves. Because even if you refuse to hear the truth, the truth doesn’t go away.
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Under the Kundé Tree by Clarisse Makundul

Showing at: Southwark Playhouse, London, UK
When: 24 May - 17 June 2023
About: Under the Kundè Tree is set in the 50s during the secret Cameroonian War of Independence. It follows Sara, a young woman, struggling to strike a balance between her heart’s desire and the pressure to fulfil traditional familial obligations.

Tackling issues of colonialism, love, family, identity and freedom, this story explores themes of contemporary relevance, whilst reading an overlooked and often unknown period of history.
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Recognition

Showing at: Talawa Studio, Fairfield Hall. Park Lane. Croydon, CR9 1DG
When: 01 - 24 Jun 2023
About: Meet Song, a young Black composer of the modern generation. Her composition deadline is fast-approaching, and the pressure is high.
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Roll Your Sleeves With Eve By Shamila Sulaiman

Showing at: Chelsea Theatre, , London, UK
When:
22 - 25 Jun 2023
About: It's the year 2050 and the whole nation is talking about Eve, but for all the wrong reasons. After an explosive episode on her hit-show, 'Roll Your Sleeves With Eve', the celebrity chef embarks on the newest, most advanced form of intrusive therapy; in hope of salvaging her career. Intimate secrets and heart-wrenching truths are uncovered as the highs and lows of Eve's personal life are scrutinised and broadcasted live for the world to see.
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh

Showing at: Lyric Hammersmith, London, UK
When: 08 Jun - 15 Jul 2023
About: 1986. Ghana’s prestigious Aburi Girls Boarding School. Queen Bee Paulina and her crew excitedly await the arrival of the Miss Ghana pageant recruiter. It’s clear that Paulina is in top position to take the title until her place is threatened by Ericka – a beautiful and talented new transfer student. As the friendship group’s status quo is upended, who will be chosen for Miss Ghana and at what cost?
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Possession by Sasha Hails

Showing at: Arcola Theatre, London, UK
When: 15 Jun - 15 Jul 2023
About: Possession is a tale about desire. About owning and being owned. About colonising and being colonised. And ultimately about the power of the spirit to escape oppression.
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Groundhog Day

Showing at: The Old Vic, London, UK
When: 20 May – 12 Aug 2023
About: Phil Connors is a pretty awful guy. But when the cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman is sent to cover the kooky annual Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, he finds himself caught in a time loop that sends him on a hilarious path to enlightenment and redemption.
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A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson

Showing at: Barbican Theatre, London, UK
When: 17 Jun - 9 Sept 2023
About: Michael R. Jackson’s blisteringly funny, ‘audacious and uproarious’ (Guardian) heart-felt masterwork, exposes a young black artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes. Hell-bent on breaking free of his own self-perception, Usher wrestles with the thoughts in his head, brought to life onstage by a hilarious, straight-shooting ensemble.
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