Kiln Theatre announces two world premieres as part of 2022 season

The Kiln Theatre have announced further programming as part of its 2022 season.

Following the previously announced Black Love, with book and lyrics by Chinonyerem Odimba and music by Ben and Max Ringham, are two world premieres – Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr, and The Darkest Part of the Night by Zodwa Nyoni.

Marina Carr’s Girl on an Altar will be presented in a brand-new partnership with the Abbey Theatre, and directed by Annabelle Comyn. The production opens on 25 May, with previews from 19 May, and runs until 25 June.

Clytemnestra’s world is torn apart when her husband, Agamemnon, sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war. Ten years on from this unthinkable tragedy, the couple are reunited. What follows is a dangerous battle of love, grief and power.

Marina Carr’s new re-telling of the infamous Greek myth brings Clytemnestra’s story to the forefront and asks is it possible to forgive the unforgiveable?

Nancy Medina returns to Kiln Theatre to direct Zodwa Nyoni’s The Darkest Part of the Night, opening on 21 July, with previews from 14 July, and running until 13 August.

As Shirley and Dwight bury their mother, they remember their upbringing in 1980s Chapeltown, Leeds differently. In the height of racial discrimination, police brutality and poverty, the struggle for survival ripped through their family.

Dwight was discovering what it meant to be a young black boy with autism in a world determined never to understand him. Shirley was desperately trying to forge her own independence away from unfair expectations at school and home.

Now as adults, they need to bring together the fractured pieces of their past to move forward together.

Nancy Medina directs Zodwa Nyoni’s gripping and heartfelt drama that explores the complexities and beauty of what it really means to care for one another.

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