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Dateline: 29th April, 2005
Homophobia and Reggae - New Play at Stratford East A new play about Bashment music, which is centred around the homophobic influences of today’s dance-hall reggae music, is set to take the stage at Theatre Royal Stratford East on Friday May 20.
Bashment, which is written and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair, takes a long, hard look at what happens when gay-bashing words and the culture that inspires them lead to a gay man being viciously beaten up in a club.
“Bashment is a very exciting new work by one of the UK’s most prolific writers. It deals with violence and victimization, and their causes and consequences with a great deal of insight,” says Kerry Michael, artistic director of Stratford East. “It is a play for our times that poses a lot of the difficult questions.”
Rikki Beadle-Blair says that he is deeply concerned about the homophobia that has recently been rampant in Reggae music.
“I wanted to do something, and I wanted to challenge my own,” says Rikki, who is also one of the country’s leading black directors. “And that’s why I wrote this play – to look for the truth, and to try to do justice to our humanity.”
The cast will feature Ludvig Bonin, Nathan Clough, Jennifer Daley, Joel Dommett, Arnie Hewitt, Duncan MacInnes, Joe Marshall, Anthony Newell, Jason Steed, and Luke Toulson. The original score is written by Joni Levinson.
Bashment is not suitable for children or those easily offended. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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