DUTCHMAN
Tristan Bates Theatre, 8-26 October 2019
Written by Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones)
Produced by James Scotland and Outer Gaea Company, in association with Théâtre Libre
Directed by Kaitlin Argeaux
Movement by Justyna Ziarek
Associate Director - Sheila Nortley
Set Design by Edward Ross
Lighting Design by Jennifer Rose
Sound Design by Dominik Piatek
Production Manager Jo Bunnell-Thompson
Stage Manager Kimberley Munroe
Filmed by Thomas Webster
Edited by Justyna Ziarek
Photographs by Diana Patient
PR by Chloe Nelkin Consulting and Afridiziak
CAST:
Clay – James Barnes
Lula – Cheska Hill-Wood
Policeman/ Ensemble – Atticus Orsborn
Young Man/Ensemble – Joel Gottfried
Drunk / Ensemble – Mitch Howell
Ensemble – Orla Sanders
Ensemble - Georgie Morna-Arkle
Conductor – Richard Bobb-Semple
Let's pretend that you are free of your own history. And I am free of my history. 'Dutchman' is Amiri Baraka's award-winning one-act play, revolving around two characters: Lula, a white woman, and Clay, a black man. It lands right at the intersectionality of race, gender and class to present an explosive exploration of white privilege, masculinity, power and sexuality.
“…a fascinating and disturbing dynamic.” – View From The Outside
"Hallucinatory and challenging, it has lost none of its power to speak to race relations today..." - Ought To Be Clowns
"As part of Black History Month, Kaitlin Argeaux has resurrected Amiri Baraka’s 1964 political allegory Dutchman...Its uncompromising assault on black integration in purely elitist white terms is still powerful." - Morning Star ***
“…a scary vision of the American nightmare.” – British Theatre Guide
"Director Kaitlin Argeaux begins to encapsulate the complexity of intersectionality and this makes for an intriguing watch...A political piece of theatre delivered satirically..." - Theatre Full Stop ****
