Profile of black woman wearing a sailors cap, in the driving snow
Book Place

£12.00
Concessions: £6.00

Special Event

Dates

Tuesday - Saturday, Wednesday 7th March 2007 - Saturday 24th March 2007 7.45PM

Saturday 24th March 2007 3.00PM

Venue

Downstairs

Production Company

Mojisola Adebayo and the Antarctic Collective

Extras

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Please note that the advertised times are the start of the actual performance, not the time when doors open: please arrive in good time to collect your tickets and take your seats as, in most cases, we CANNOT admit latecomers for whatever reason. If you arrive after the start of a show you will NOT be entitled to a refund, so why not come early instead and enjoy a drink or a meal in our licensed Cafe/Gallery beforehand.


Mojisola Adebayo and the Antarctic Collective presents

Moj of The Antarctic

An African Odyssey

Moj of the Antarctic is inspired by the wonderful true life story of Ellen Craft, a 19th century African-American slave woman who escaped to freedom in London by disguising herself as a white man.

Ellen’s amazing story of race and gender cross-dressing is one of the forgotten gem’s of Black history, and the history of drag! Moj extends Ellen’s amazing biography into a flight of theatrical fantasy where identities melt like ice and Moj becomes the first Black woman to step foot in Antarctica.

This innovative production incorporates video, poetry, dance, music, storytelling, song and original photography created by the legendary gender variant visual artist Del LaGrace Volcano.

Antarctica and Africa are radically reconnected through inspiring storytelling highlighting important wider issues of climate change.

POST SHOWS DISCUSSIONS:

Friday 9th March: Audience Q & A with Mojisola Adebayo

Tuesday 13th and 20th March: Melting: Ice, Race and Sex - issues raised by Moj of The Antarctic, with contributions from leading artists from the Black and Queer communities

 

Saturday 24th March 3pm and 7.45pm: BSL interpreted performances with Jacqui Beckford

Photos by Del LaGrace Volcano

Black woman in a dinner jacket standing in the snow watched by a penguin


What The Press Say...

 
Few performers could carry a one-woman devised show which takes a picaresque heroine from Negro slavery in the Deep South to whale hunting near the South Pole – oh, and…” (read full review)

Caroline McGinn, Time Out — 13th March 2007

 
 

"....the play is clearly a labour of love for Mojisola Adebayo who gives a passionate and captivating performance that is well worth watching."

Moj of the Antarctic is inspired…” (read full review)

Evan Wilkinson, EXTRA EXTRA — 15th March 2007

 

What You Have to Say...

 
This play is the best I've seen in years. Congrats Mojisola, I could watch you perform again and again and am tempted to come back for seconds. Everyone should see…” (read full review)

 
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