Play On

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23rd September 2024 – 22nd February 2025

Belgrade Coventry 23 September - 5 October 2024

Liverpool Playhouse 15 - 19 October 2024

Salisbury Playhouse 22 October - 2 November 2024

Birmingham Hippodrome 6 - 9 November 2024

Bristol Old Vic 16 - 25 January 2025

Lyric Hammersmith 28 January - 22 February 2025

Overview

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What does it take for a woman to make it in a man's world?

Meet Vy, a talented songwriter looking to make it big in the 1940's Harlem scene. She quickly learns from her uncle Jester that women will never be taken seriously in a man’s world. But, like many a strong hero, she refuses to accept defeat. Through her gender fluid cunning, she meets club owner The Duke and sensational nightclub singer Lady Liv and is swept up in a syncopated symphony of melodies, mistaken identities and romance. Who will come out on top?

Play On! is set in the jazz scene of New York's Cotton Club. This stylish retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Talawa’s Artistic Director Michael Buffong (A Kind of People, Royal Court; All My Sons, Talawa and Royal Exchange) fuses the thrilling music of Duke Ellington with street dance choreography. Prepare to be wowed by this musical spectacular that will have your toes tapping and hands clapping along to the timeless soundtrack.

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