2023 PROJECTS

^{THE MEANING OF ZONG - BARBICAN} 

^{MISS SAIGON}

The Meaning of Zong is the boldly inventive debut play by Giles Terera whose performance in the original run at Bristol Old Vic won him the 2022 UK Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Play. The Meaning of Zong celebrates the power of the human spirit against adversity, and the journey to understand our place in the world.

Two hundred years ago, Olaudah Equiano read the harrowing reports of a massacre aboard the slave ship Zong, where 132 Africans were thrown overboard. Joining forces with anti-slavery campaigner Granville Sharp to publicly condemn these actions, he helped set in motion events which led to the abolition movement in the UK.
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‘240 years ago this extraordinary true story began in the city of London. It is fitting that we are able to bring this story right back to the heart of Britain’s financial capital to hold to account, to heal and to move forwards.’ Giles Terera