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A man in a pink suit and sunglasses drinks a red liquid out of a green bottle. He pours it from high, and it drips down his chin and neck. The corrugated iron wall behind him is blue with red colour dripping down it.
A man in a pink suit and sunglasses drinks a red liquid out of a green bottle. He pours it from high, and it drips down his chin and neck. The corrugated iron wall behind him is blue with red colour dripping down it.

They Drink It In The Congo

By Adam Brace, Directed by Michael Longhurst

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6 Aug — 1 Oct 2016

What can we do for the worst thing in the world?

The Democratic Republic of Congo. Home to the deadliest conflict since World War II.
London. Home to a festival to raise awareness of the Congo. (That is, if Stef can get the festival off the ground).

Featuring an ensemble cast and a live band performing original music inspired by the Congo, Adam Brace’s hilarious and anarchic new play unpacks the problems of doing something good about something bad. Following their collaboration on Stovepipe, (Sunday Times’ 10 Best Theatre Events of the Decade) Michael Longhurst (Carmen Disruption) returns to the Almeida to direct.

Photographed by Miles Aldridge, Production by Lucy Watson Productions, Set Design by Vincent Olivier @ Magnet, Styling by Nicholas Royal, Hair by Joseph Pujalte @ Art List Paris, Make up by Janeen Witherspoon, Nails by Ami Streets @ LMC Worldwide. Special thanks to Spring Studios and Sola Lighting

Rehearsal photography by Miles Aldridge.
Production photography by Marc Brenner.

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Adam Brace
Direction Michael Longhurst
Design Jon Bausor
Composer & Musical Director Michael Henry
Lighting Jack Knowles
Sound Giles Thomas
Movement Direction Diane Alison-Mitchell
Dialect Zabarjad Salam
Translation & Dialect Consultant
Donovan McGrath
Nickens Nkoso
Casting Anna Cooper
Resident Director Taio Lawson
Costume Supervision Sydney Florence

Cast
Kirsty Besterman  
Fiona Button
Richie Campbell
Sidney Cole
Tosin Cole
Roger Evans
Richard Goulding
Joan Iyiola
Anna-Maria Nabirye
Pamela Nomvete
Mercy Ojelade
Richard Pepple
Sule Rimi

Band
Joseph Roberts
Crispin Robinson
Alan Weekes