Lava by Benedict Lombe
One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical andexplosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.'A monologue about diaspora, identity and belonging, [Lava] seethes with rage and pain, and glows with joy, a celebration of black strength and excellence, as much as an unflinching social and historical reckoningLombe's writing has a sinewy poeticism and warm, effortless wit... A legacy of trauma — slavery, colonial exploitation, apartheid — collides with intimate personal experience, producing a narrative of volcanic force... the play is always pulsingly impassioned. Brilliant, blistering theatre'
* The Times *'A captivating, continent-spanning one-woman show... Benedict Lombe's passionate memoir-monologue that weaves lyrical storytelling with untiring protest... encompass[es] light comedy with heavy truths'
* Guardian *'[A] wry, magnetic and urgent study of black identity and displacement. This autobiographical show about a woman's journey from Congo to the UK feels shamingly timely'
* Evening Standard *'[A] red-hot eruption of a monologue'
* Time Out *'Lava is more than a play, more than a compelling spoken word piece; it's Benedict Lombe's unfiltered, loud, angry, joyful, unapologetically black female expression – all wrapped up in a narrative that runs parallel to the history of the western world'
* Afridiziak Theatre News *Benedict Lombe is a Kinshasa-born Congolese British writer based in London. She began her relationship with the Bush on their Emerging Writers' Group, and Lava was written on commission.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781839040092 |
| ISBN 10 | 1839040092 |
| Title | Lava |
| Author | Benedict Lombe |
| Series | Nhb Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 2021-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Prizes | Winner of Best Performance Piece - Offies (Off West End Awards) 2022, Winner of Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2022 |
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