The Anglo-Ethiopian Society

Play - The Garbage King (for everyone aged 10+)

From Saturday 25th September 2010 to Sunday 31st October 2010

At the Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street, Southwark, London SE1 2HZ
No performances on Tuesdays or Mondays except Tuesday 28 September and Tuesday 26 October.
Performance times vary but most are at 1:30pm. There are only ten evening performances. More details of times and prices can be found here.

Previews (25-29 September) All tickets £7
For all other dates tickets are £16.50 Full Price, £10.50 Concessions and £7 School Groups

When Mamo meets Dani in a graveyard in Addis Ababa, he sees a spoiled little rich boy. To someone who’s been abandoned on the city streets and forced to flee child-traffickers, it seems that only a fool would run away from such a privileged life.

But the two runaways turn out to have more in common than they first imagine, and soon strike up an unlikely friendship. And when the struggle for survival draws them into a street gang, they rapidly find themselves entirely dependent on their ties to their gang-mates, and one another.

Inspired by the true stories of courageous African children growing up on the edge of destitution, the Unicorn follows its acclaimed adaptation of Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery with the world stage première of Elizabeth Laird’s hit novel. Live music and Jean Chan’s Linbury-Prize winning set made from recycled and found objects combine in a striking production that brims with the sight and sounds of the Ethiopian capital city.

More information can be found on the Unicorn Theatre website.

Elizabeth Laird's novel, The Garbage King. is reviewed on our website.



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