#50days creator Thabo Stuck, challenges the notion of how history is discoursed in this “interpretation of British history told through the eyes of underrepresented Brits today”, playing at London’s Turbine Theatre 17-19 May 2021.
#50days is a Grime Musical which tells the story of the period when the very foundations of England were shattered. It is December 1641 and King Charles is about to be formally challenged by a handful of MPs and radical commoners, who share the belief that ALL men are born equal. Many in England, now a Protestant country, are enraged by the notion that the French-born Catholic Queen Henrietta and King Charles are ruling over them. One of these critics is John Pym, a Member of Parliament and prominent opponent of Kingship, who issues a challenge to the King’s power. In a world ruled by men, who are the women in this story? What are they fighting for? Through propaganda and shrewd political manoeuvring, the nation is about to be plunged head first into a conflict that pitted neighbour against neighbour and shattered the very core of our constitution.
#50DAYS stars Aminita Francis (Digby/Prince of Wales), Nadine-Rose Johnson (Queen Henrietta), Reuben Joseph (King Charles), Kyran Mitchell-Nanton (Pym), Robert Saunders (Lillburn/Lucy Haye) and Cleve September (Manchester).
For tickets visit theturbinetheatre.com
