"To sing together really helps us to deal with this material and release pain, release things that we're holding onto." The cast of Rockets and Blue Lights sing sea shanty 'Our Ship Lies in Harbour' together in rehearsals.

We spoke to director Miranda Cromwell and composer Femi Temowo about the importance of the play's music and sea shanties in black British history.

On the set of a new film about Victorian artist JMW Turner, young actress Lou is haunted by an unresolved history. Meanwhile, in 1840 Londoners Lucy and Thomas try to come to terms with the meaning of freedom.

Moving between London past and present, we embark on a powerfully personal voyage through time.

Directed by Miranda Cromwell, and first staged at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, this astonishing and fiercely political new play by Winsome Pinnock was named winner of the 2018 Alfred Fagon Award. Composition and music direction is by Femi Temowo.

Rockets and Blue Lights plays 26 August - 9 September 2021 in the Dorfman Theatre: [ Ссылка ]
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