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From
Carnegie Hall to The Alphabetti.
Award-Winning Play Comes to Newcastle
Call Mr. Robeson
Newcastle Alphabetti
Theatre
Wednesday 7th
- Saturday 10th October 2015
Call
Mr. Robeson, an award-winning play which received a standing ovation at New York's Carnegie Hall in
February 2012 and was staged in London's West End in October 2013, is to
be performed at The Alphabetti Theatre between Wednesday 7th - Saturday
10th October 2015, as one of the highlights of Newcastle's Black History Month
events.
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Photo: Carol Rosegg
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This
rollercoaster journey through actor/singer Paul Robeson’s remarkable life
highlights his pioneering and heroic political activism as well as his music.
It features Ol’ Man River and other famous songs, much fiery oratory, and a
defiant testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Written
and performed by Liverpool-based playwright and singer Tayo Aluko with piano
accompaniment by Glen Giffney, Call Mr. Robeson was chosen by The Guardian’s
theatre critic Michael Billington as his top pick for things to see in London in January 2011.
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Photo: Carol Rosegg
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It
has sold out several other established theatres around the UK, including The Lowry,
Belgrade Coventry, Manchester's Royal Exchange
Theatre, The Bolton Octagon, and Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. All
seventeen performances of his recent tour of New Zealand and Australia also completely sold
out.
During
October 2014, it enjoyed a 4-week residency at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden, where BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends
presenter Clive Anderson saw it and later described it as one of the most
memorable plays he had seen in 2013.
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Photo: Carol Rosegg
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Among
the many awards in the Call Mr. Robeson cabinet, the latest was won at the
Atlantic Fringe in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada in August 2013, where
from an international field it was awarded Best Musical Performance. It also
won Best Solo Show at the Stratford-upon-Avon Fringe in 2013 and the Argus
Angel Award for Artistic Excellence and the Best Male Performer Award at the
Brighton Fringe in 2008.
What
some critics said:
"First-rate. A fine job” (4 stars) The
Guardian
“Simply told but immensely powerful.” (4
stars) The Scotsman
"A thrilling, moving and marvellously
entertaining musical drama. ... totally soulful and convincing" Latest
7 Magazine
“Aluko is a force of nature. Never less than
utterly believable” (5 stars) British Theatre Guide
“A stunning piece of musical theatre” (5
stars) Fringe Review
“A must-see experience. A treasure of a show.
TOP PICK!” D C Theater Scene
Aluko,
who has performed the play on stages across the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand,
Australia and Jamaica, said, “It was
interesting to see that Newcastle was where people turned out in greatest
numbers to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak, filling the Opera House with a
contemporary socialist message. Paul Robeson would have done that ten times
round in his day, with songs thrown in. I look forward to sharing his inspiring
story at the Alphabetti - and selling out too!”
Click
to view trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjoqM-VzG5E&feature=channel
Tickets:
Call
Mr. Robeson. A Life, With Songs. Written and performed by Tayo Aluko, with Glen
Giffney, Piano.
Directed
by Olusola Oyeleye, Designed by Phil Newman
Wednesday
- Saturday, October 7 - 10, 7.30pm
The
Alphabetti Theatre.
18
New Bridge Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE1
8EW
Tickets
£8 (£6 concessions)
Age
Recommendation: 12+
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