Theatre Performance and an Informal Discussion
Thursday 3 October 2024, 2.30pm
Oxford Playhouse, 11-12 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LW
Free, but places are limited, so please sign up by emailing rentcultures@torch.ox.ac.uk.
We will meet at 2.10pm to make sure that we are seated in time.
The TORCH Rent Cultures Network invite you to join us at the Oxford Playhouse to see an upcoming performance of A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry's classic play about race, class, and housing in Chicago.
The Network have secured a limited number of tickets, meaning attendance will be free for those who contact us first.
Afterwards, do stay with us for an informal conversation about the ways in which the play speaks to the network's themes and interests. The performance is on the afternoon of Thursday 3rd October at the Oxford Playhouse.
In a rented apartment on Chicago’s South Side, the Younger family is full of hope, dreams, grief, and big plans. Their beloved father has died, and the money from his life insurance policy could change their lives.
Mama wants to put down roots in a home of her own. Her daughter Beneatha has her heart set on becoming a doctor. But her son Walter Lee thinks the money is his to spend — and he’s willing to sacrifice his values and his family to get what he wants. Each must face what it means to escape the confines of a segregated society. How do you create a meaningful life in a world designed to keep you down?
Groundbreaking, pioneering and challenging, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun broke barriers as the first play by a Black woman on Broadway. Directed by Tinuke Craig (Jitney, The Color Purple), this classic family drama full of humour and heart remains relevant and powerful in a world still divided by inequality.
This production of A Raisin in the Sun marks the beginning of a new Associate Partnership between Oxford Playhouse and Headlong as they locate back to Oxford.
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