Produced by Rolemop Arts & Plenty Productions

Written by Sarah Naomi Lee and Directed by Kerri McLean

Audio Visuals by Alex Buckley

Snakes and Ladders is a bold and powerful darkly comic drama about race identity and the testing of family loyalties partly inspired by real life stories and memories collected from black hairdressers in the South East.

Amma can't bear to relax, Kim loves being the one "blessed" with "good hair" and Sista is allergic to all forms of family life, Beyonce and any Timotei advert.

Each sister knows their place, that is until Simone comes along and suddenly no one knows who they are anymore.

Think Mike Leigh meets jerk chicken, this play will make you both laugh and cry, a must see.

Quotes and Interviews

“The show was brilliant...each character distinct and true. Each twist unseeable and devastating. Each laugh as true as each tear. Beautiful” Lemn Sissay

“ I loved it, I love the music and the comedy, I had no idea that theatre was like this ...I want to come back and see Snakes and Ladders every night.!” Shari Rogers

BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends Interview -

http://tinyurl.com/pfvsfse

Listen to BBC Radio interview with Snakes and Ladders star Cathy Tyson here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01xpcjl
 

The Production starred

Amma         Cathy Tyson (BAFTA & Golden Globe nominee)

Simone       Nicola Blackman (Olivier Award nominee)

Sista           Janet Kumah 

Kittten         Allyson Eva-Brown

During spring 2014 we toured to;

Fairfields Halls, Croydon - 10th & 11th April

The Brighton Dome Studio, Brighton - 19th & 20th April

The Hawth, Crawley - 21st & 22nd April

The Marlowe Studio Theatre, Canterbury - 24th April

Bernie Grants Arts, Tottenham London - 25th & 26th April

LOST Theatre, Stockwell, London - 29th & 30th April

The Broadway, Illford - 2nd May

The Arcola Theatre, London - 3rd May

Artistic & Production Team

Amma - Cathy Tyson

Simone - Nicola Blackman

Kitten - Allyson Eva Brown

Sista - Janet Kumhar

Writer - Sarah Naomi Lee

Director - Kerri McLean

Casting Director - Richard Evans [CDG]

Set & Costume Design - Mila Sanders

Film Visuals - Alex Buckley

Lighting Design - Charlie Lucas

Sound Design - Kerri McLean

Outreach Team - Sarah Naomi Lee and Bert Williams

Outreach Audio Soundscape Artist - Sarah Angliss

Outreach Audio Collection - Sarah Naomi Lee

Web Design/Editor - Alan Cawson

Production/Tour Manager - Alex Buckley

Stage Manager - Emma Froud

PR - David Burns

Venue Liason - Sara Newton