LEAVE TAKING
In North London, Del and Viv are soul-sick. Del doesn't want to be at home; staying out late - 3 p.m.-the-next-day late - is more her thing. Viv scours her schoolbooks trying to find a trace of herself between their lines.
When Enid takes her daughters to the local obeah woman for some traditional Caribbean soul-healing, secrets are spilled. There's no turning back for Del, Viv and Enid as they negotiate the frictions between their countries and cultures.
Two generations. Three incredible women. Winsome Pinnock's play Leave Taking is an epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home. It premiered in 1987, and was revived at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by the Bush's Artistic Director, Madani Younis.
WINSOME PINNOCK
Winsome Pinnock is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage. Her plays include: Rockets and Blue Lights Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2020; National Theatre, 2021 ; One Under 2005 and Water 2000 at the Tricycle Theatre; Mules Clean Break Royal Court Theatre Upstairs Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles and The Magic Theatre, San Francisco, 1996 ; Talking in Tongues 1991 and A Hero's Welcome 1989; runner-up Susan Smith Blackburn Prize at the Royal Court Theatre; and Leave Taking Liverpool Playhouse Theatre Contact Theatre Manchester Belgrade Theatre Coventry Lyric Hammersmith National Theatre, 1986 .
The prizes awarded to her work include the Alfred Fagon Award 2018 , the Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama 2022 , the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Special Commendation 1990 , the George Devine Award 1991 , the Pearson Award for Best New Play 1991 , and the Unity Theatre Trust Award 1989 .
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