Directed by Anthea Lewis
1862, Brighton. Sarah Bonetta Davies – a 19th century Yoruba princess, orphaned, enslaved, adopted by Queen Victoria and raised by the palace – prepares to return to Africa.
2024, rural Cheshire. Sarah – a successful middle-class black woman – deals with a visit from her overbearing, blinkered neighbours.
Timelines crash, sparks fly – and both Sarahs find themselves sitting down to tea with Queen Victoria.
An outrageous and biting drawing room farce about forgotten histories, cultural appropriation and the continuing impact of imperialism.
Performed by Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts third-year Acting students. This production of The Gift is presented in arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Photos by Andrew AB
Cast
Gabriel Blaikie / Delaney Blake-Pearson / Renee Douglas-Brice / Natasha Jobst / Livia Radianu / Leila Uwimana
Photos by Andrew AB
Creative Team
Director – Anthea Lewis / Associate Director – Marlo Rye / Set Designers – Jessica Arthur-Leenan & Emily Mahon / Costume Designer Caitlin Thompson / Assistant Set Designer – Lucy O’Conner / Assistant Costume Designer – Kelsey Regola / Lighting Designer – Ewan Andreson / Sound & System Designer – Freddie Rackham
Photos by Andrew AB
Production Team
Production Manager – Daniel Moody / Stage Manager – Steff Norman / Deputy Stage Manager – Adannae Okeke / Assistant Stage Managers Andrew Parkinson & Jacob Gammie / Chief Electrician – Wyatt Schofield / Lighting Programmer & Operator – George Ellis / Lighting Technician – Ollie Carroll / Deputy Head of Construction – Jacob Gammie / Scenic Construction Technicians – Mo Sash & Piper-Joy Hunt-Trezise / Sound No.1 – Finlay Calvey / Production Sound Engineer – Amit Solanki
Special thank you to Paislie Reid for pastoral support
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