The Pan-African Speakeasy

What is the Pan-African Speakeasy night?

This Pan African Speakeasy is an invitation for Black audience members to attend a performance of LIBERATION. It is a welcoming space in which a Black-identifying audience* can experience, discuss and ‘speak-easy’ about theatre, collectively addressing and fully engaging with themes that may reflect their lived experience and that of historically marginalised communities.

Why is the Royal Exchange Theatre doing a Pan-African Speakeasy performance?

The Fifth Pan-African Congress, dramatised in LIBERATION, was one of Manchester’s most iconic events with a seismic, global impact on Africa’s future and freedom. At the Royal Exchange Theatre we recognise the significance of commissioning and staging such a powerfully emotive play in a building that has historical links with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

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