Kiln Theatre presents the UK Premiere
MLIMA’S TALE
by Lynn Nottage
“If you not give elephant proper burial he’ll haunt you forever.”
From two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (The Secret Life of Bees, Sweat), Mlima’s Tale makes its UK premiere at Kiln Theatre. They call him Mlima, the mountain. Killed for his magnificent tusks, killed for greed, killed for ivory, his spirit journeys through the ivory trade market, marking those complicit in his barbaric death.
Directed by Miranda Cromwell (Death of a Salesman), this powerful and unforgettable story of the ivory trade and its corruption leaves its mark long after the lights go down.
Dates
Coming Autumn 2023
Lynn Nottage
Playwright
Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world.
Recent work includes the book for MJ the Musical (Broadway), the libretto for the Intimate Apparel Opera(LCT), and Clyde’s (Broadway, 2ST, Goodman Theater), and co-curating the performance installation The Watering Hole (Signature Theater). Past work includes Sweat, Ruined, the book for The Secret Life of Bees; Mlima’s Tale; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Intimate Apparel; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers; and POOF!. She has also developed This is Reading, a performance installation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ms. Nottage is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, and the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship (among other awards). She is also an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
Miranda Cromwell
Director
Miranda Cromwell’sdirecting credits include as co-director Death of a Salesman (Young Vic Theatre/West End transfer) Olivier Award for best director, the production received a Black British theatre award for best production. As director As director Death of a Salesman (Hudson Theatre, Broadway) Rockets and Blue Lights (National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange/ BBC radio 3) Oncomm Best audio drama award. and breathe… (Almeida Theatre) Black British theatre award for best director, Half Breed (BBC iplayer, Talawa Theatre/Soho Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe Festival/India tour),Beekeeper of Aleppo (Nottingham Playhouse Uk Tour) Magic Elves, Hey Diddle Diddle, Sense (Bristol Old Vic), Pigeon English (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Bristol Old Vic), The Rest of Your Life (Bush Theatre) Death and Treason (Bristol Old Vic/UK tour). Miranda is also the joint Artistic Director of Twisted Theatre, a collective of artists making Theatre in immersive and site-responsive ways.
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