The Cluntergate Centre was to open on December 3, after lockdown was lifted.
Initially smaller movie showings were cancelled. Tier 3 restrictions resulted
in all events being postponed.
The Red Letter Theatre Company’s performance of the play My Voice Was Heard, But It Was Ignored has been postponed until early 2021.
The synopsis is: ‘15-year-old Reece is roughly accosted by the police outside M&S. His young, Black teacher Gillian witnesses it all – but she doesn’t question or intervene in the disturbing scene that plays out.
As the hard and wet gravel embosses Reece’s face and the policeman’s knee digs into his back, his teacher stands frozen.
The consequences of her lack of action erupt the following day. Gillian finds herself locked in a classroom with her angry student. With no clear intent, Reece refuses to relinquish the key.
A gripping tussle of power and an urgent interrogation of racial identity, written by emerging playwright Nana-Kofi Kufuor and directed by Dermot Daly.’
The Cluntergate Centre hopes to stage it next year.
