Breaking the Silence UK Tour
Breaking the silence on the slave trade
October 2021 UK TOur for Black History month
An immersive performance written and directed by Dr Holly Maples, educator and scholar at the University of Essex designed to raise awareness of the 18th Century Slave Trade in Britain and celebrate 18th century Black British Abolitionists.
Created by Collisions Theatre Company in partnership with researchers from the University of Essex and Brunel University London, Breaking the Silence is a unique immersive theatrical tour for Black History Month fictionalizing a meeting by key members of the 18th and early 19th-century British abolitionist movement. We celebrate 18th century Black British Abolitionists such as Olaudah Equiano and Mary Prince, and women such as Mary Birkett Card, who along with William Wilberforce used the power of their stories to end the slave trade. Through speeches, personal narratives, and song, we tell their stories in their own words.
Performing in historic churches where freed slaves are buried and/or with close ties to the slave trade and abolition in Sunderland Point, Manchester, Fulham, Hampstead, Soham, Liverpool, Bristol, and Nottingham.
This production is created with support from Arts Council England, Unity Trust, Brunel University Research and Engagement and East 15 School of Acting, University of Essex Research.
Tour Schedule and Booking Information
Oct 2nd @ 2pm & 7pm Mission Church, Sunderland Point, Morecambe
Website: https://sunderlandpointmissionheritagecentre.com/
Booking: caroleann1@hotmail.com
Oct 3rd @ 3pm Ullet Road Unitarian Church, Liverpool
Website: https://www.ukunitarians.org.uk/ulletroad/index.htm
Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-170456449830
Oct 7th @ 7pm All Saints Church, Fulham, London
Website: https://www.allsaints-fulham.org.uk/home.htm
Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-172160385347
Oct 9th @ 2pm, Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London
Website: https://www.rosslynhillchapel.org.uk/whats-on
Oct 16th @ 2pm St Andrews Church, Soham, Ely
Website: https://www.standrews-soham.org.uk/events
Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-172144638247
Oct 17th @ 3pm Cross Street Chapel, Manchester
Website: https://cross-street-chapel.org.uk/
Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-170456449830
Oct 19th @ 7pm St Mary’s Church, Henbury, Bristol
Website: https://www.stmarys-henbury.co.uk/
Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-172163013207
Oct 21st @ 7pm St Mary’s Church, Nottingham
Website: https://www.stmarysnottingham.org/event/breaking-the-silence/
Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-the-silence-on-the-slave-trade-tickets-170458060648
