A MISSION TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH… ABOUT EACH OTHER.
When tensions within the company ran high, they decided to interview each other to find out the stories that made each member who they are today.
Armed with MP3 players they have created a gritty, honest, funny and transformative piece of verbatim theatre.
Playing each other and recounting the stories direct from MP3s live onstage, 20 Stories High Young Actors Company present a totally unique and mesmerizing style of verbatim theatre.
With live music, poetry and beat-boxing, 20 Stories High presents young people telling real tales from their MP3 players. With unflinching honesty, they discuss religion, sex, race friendship and family, revealing challenging and insightful perspectives.
Originally performed:
December 2012
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Cast
Ade Ajibade – Scott Lewis
Annie Mukete – Owen Lee Jones
Bradley Thompson – Annie Mukete
Nsensa Mbolokele – Anita Welsh & Ade Ajibade
Odile Mukete – Nsensa Mbolokele
Owen Lee Jones – Brodie Arthur & Toyin Otubsin
Sam Ikpeh – Youth Theatre Member & Odile Mukete
Scott Lewis – Bradley Thompson
Toyin Otubsin – Sam Ikpeh
Creative Team
Director/Editor – Julia Samuels
Associate Artists – Elinor Randle (Movement), Keith Saha (Music), Domonic Halladay (Design), Philip Osment (Verbatim Theatre)
Lighting Designer – Shayan Hamzeh
Participation Assistant – Nathaniel Hall
Stage Manager – Yvette Sedgely
Editing Assistants – Nathaniel Hall, Toyin Otubsin , Youth Theatre Member
Photographer – Wesley Storey