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Black Crows

              Written by Linda Brogan
Directed by Tessa Walker
7 March 2007 – 24 March 2007

            

“You’ll end up like some black crows with your life in tatters”, Queenie warns her son. “Get a job.”

Written by Linda Brogan

Directed by Tessa Walker

Black Crows

7 March 2007 – 24 March 2007

It’s the 1970s and a young black boy dances the shuffle better than anyone but that isn’t going to fill his belly. Teenager Hazel gives him what he wants. Older woman Leonora gives him what he needs. His mum Queenie won’t give him anything more than a catering tin of beans. The fight is on…

Cast and Creatives

Linda Brogan

Writer

Tessa Walker

Director

Crystal Condie

Cast

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

Cast

Natasha Williams

Cast

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Susan Beattie

Jess Curtis

Designer

Elanor Higgins

Lighting Designer

Ilona Sekacz

Sound Designer

'The performances by the three women are superbly intense, transporting the audience into a dark world of love, jealousy and a fight for survival. '

Laura Crowley - The Hackney Post

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