The Women of Llanrumney

Name: The Women of Llanrumney
Start: 2025-03-19
End: 2025-04-12
Location: Theatre Royal Stratford East

Author(s): Azuka Oforka Company: Sherman Theatre

Venue: Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Dates: 19 Mar–12 Apr 2025

Llanrumney plantation. Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica. 1765.

Annie and Cerys are enslaved by the Morgan family from Wales. Their future hangs in the balance when Elizabeth Morgan is faced with losing her plantation. Fearing what could lie ahead, Annie (Suzanne Packer, Casualty, BiBi Crew) does everything she can to secure her position in the Great House. But sooner or later, with a storm of rebellion building, Annie will have to face up to the horror and trauma, including her own.

Set in 18th century colonial Jamaica, Azuka Oforka’s new play explores the experience of women during slavery—those who benefited from it, those who were brutalised by it and those who fought to destroy it. The Women of Llanrumney puts Wales’s role in slavery centre stage, illuminating a hidden chapter of British history.

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