Thokoza is a domestic worker who is on a mission to persuade her sister workers to get involved in the Anti-Pass Book campaign of 1956. Through song and sisterhood, the women's struggle is vividly brought to life. Will they join the movement, or are they too afraid to break free of their servitude?
A New Song was presented as a staged reading at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Richard Twyman, with Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Noma Dumezweni, Eleanor Fanyinka, Natasha Gordon, Charlotte Lucas, Tamarin McGinley, and Ony Uhiara.
photos by Helen Murray
A New Song was presented as a staged reading at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Richard Twyman, with Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Noma Dumezweni, Eleanor Fanyinka, Natasha Gordon, Charlotte Lucas, Tamarin McGinley, and Ony Uhiara.
photos by Helen Murray