Rum and Coca Cola
About Rum and Coca Cola
English Touring Theatre, Talawa Theatre Company & West Yorkshire Playhouse present
Rum and Coca Cola
By Mustapha Matura
Director Don Warrington
Wednesday 10 - Saturday 13 November 7.30pm
The beautiful island paradise of Trinidad, under the fiery heat of the Caribbean sun. Slim and Professor play sweet calypso for passing tourists. Professor, a past calypso giant with a historic hat-trick of hits, is schooling Slim in the noble art.
They survive on their ‘refreshment capital’, living at the end of the beach amongst driftwood, fallen coconut trees and empty rum bottles. And as Professor ‘speechifies’ about his life, one that’s been lost and stolen, Slim tries to grasp a brighter future.
Rum and Coca-Cola is a gently humorous, bittersweet tale written by one of our finest dramatists. It is the directorial debut of Trinidadian born Don Warrington MBE, best known for playing Philip in Rising Damp, and for his roles in Doctor Who, Manchild and The Crouches.
“Director Don Warrington gives his actors the space and time to develop their characters to audience-gasping intensity – while keeping laughs rolling like waves to the shore…funny and politically acute”
THE OBSERVER
booking
Tickets: A £20 B £17 C £14.50 D £12
60+ £2 off / Conc. HALF PRICE (price bands B, C & D only)
Schools: £7 for groups of 10+
Age: 12yrs+
Running Time: 1hr 45mins
Post Show Talk: Thurs 11 November
Further discounts are available if you purchase your tickets from the Box Office on 01392 493493:
- Groups Discount
- Friends Discount
- Season Saver
Note: these discounts are not available online.
Look out for:
- Post Show Talk
- Under 26 FREE Tickets
