Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
på Lyttelton Theatre, National
Chicago, 1927. In a recording studio on the city’s South Side, a battle of wills is raging. Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, uses every trick in the book to fight her record producers for control of her music.
Hardened by years of ill-treatment and bad deals, she’s determined that ‘Black Bottom’, the song that bears her name, will be recorded her way. But Levee, the band’s swaggering young trumpet player, plans to catapult the band into the jazz age. His ambition puts them all in danger.
Inspired by the real-life Blues legend and infused with her music, August Wilson’s play speaks powerfully of a struggle for self-determination against overwhelming odds. Sharon D Clarke plays Ma Rainey.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Anmeldelser
"Good play, good jazz, great acting. Hits all the right notes"
Daily Mail
"A pitch-perfect, superbly acted production’"
Financial Times
"Lively, truthful, beautifully performed"
The Times
"Vital drama gloriously realised in Dominic Cooke’s lively production"
Evening Standard
"Dominic Cooke’s excellent revival. August Wilson's blues still electrify in this landmark play"
Guardian
"Superlative performances. A tremendous piece of writing. Superb"
Time Out
"A marvellous revival. Exemplary and revelatory. Performances to die for"
Daily Telegraph
Bestil billetter
Lyttelton Theatre, National
South Bank
London
SE1 9PX
Spiller fra
2016-05-10
Spiller til
2016-05-10
Forestillingens længde:
2 hours and 35 minutes
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