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Esther’s Revenge – Alma Tavern Theatre
It’s 1953 and Esther has been accused of murdering her white lover. The sentence is death by hanging. What happens next is up to you.
Esther’s Revenge, written and directed by Kenneth Uphopho, and produced by Tope Sanni for PawStudios Africa, is an experiential play inspired by true life events of Esther who was reported to have murdered her white lover in 1953. The sentence is death by hanging. This participatory play as devised, explores themes around race, colonization, sexual abuse, violence against women, and political and social injustice. Esther takes us on a journey through time into the events leading up to the death of Mark.
The jury, consisting of audience members, is given the responsibility to vote in favour or against a stay of execution.
Winner of SoHo Playhouse’s Brighton Prize, the play stars Bolanle Temitope Stephen-Atitebi and Kenneth Uphopho.