Name: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark
Start: 2023-03-08T19:15:00+00:00
End: 2023-03-08T21:45:00+00:00
Location: Webber Douglas Studio, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

This event has multiple dates:

Wednesday 8 March 2023, 7.15-9.45pm
Thursday 9 March 2023, 2.15-4.45pm
Thursday 9 March 2023, 7.15-9.45pm

Two painted portraits converge against a purple painted background — Artwork by Christian Holder

By Lynn Nottage

Performed by BA (Hons) Acting

Designed & produced by BA (Hons) Theatre Practice

This mordant Lynn Nottage play captures both comic and tragic elements of a seemingly eternal cultural reality: the racial complexities of American identity. Here, Art - in the form of the 1930s silver screen - mirrors the everyday real-life struggle for people of colour to succeed in accordance with their talent.

How far can they go? What secrets need to be kept at all costs? What happens to the eponymous Vera Stark?

Yes, she succeeds in attaining celebrity, but only within the racial parameters in which she is obliged to fit. Thwarted, she disappears from public view in the 1970s, but the cultural challenges she tried to surmount continually emerge to this day.

By arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

Showtimes

Wednesday 8 - Thursday 9 March 2023, 7.15pm
Thursday 9 March 2023, 2.15pm

Approximate running time: 2 hours 30 minutes including 15 minute interval.

Location

Webber Douglas Studio, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Booking and Venue Information

Tickets

Tickets: £10 general admission / £5 concessions.
Complimentary tickets: industry and associated professionals.
NB: Tickets are non-refundable.
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Accessibility

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is fully wheelchair accessible, please speak with our box office team on 02077228183 or boxoffice@cssd.ac.uk if you have any further enquiries.
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