We Need New Names
by NoViolet Bulawayo, in a new adaptation by Mufaro Makubika | directed by Monique Touko
Paradise. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends: four children on the edge of innocence.
A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.
But when Darling moves to Michigan, the Western world she encounters as a teenager is far from the American utopia of her dreams…
Based on the novel by the first Black African woman and first Zimbabwean to be Booker Prize-shortlisted, this defiant coming-of-age story is full of exuberance, humour and humanity.
Tue 30 May - 8:00pm
Wed 31 May - 8:00pm
Thu 1 Jun - 8:00pm
Fri 2 Jun - 8:00pm
Sat 3 Jun - 3:00pm (matinee)
Sat 3 Jun - 8:00pm
£8 Open Concession | £12 Standard | £20 Pay it Forward
Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol BS1 4ED
Tue 30 May to Sat 3 Jun 2023