The Children's Monologues

The Children's Monologues
CompanyDramatic Need
Date of premiere14 November 2010 (2010-11-14)
LocationOld Vic Theatre
Creative team
DirectorDanny Boyle
WritersLynn Nottage
Bola Agbaje
Polly Stenham
Dennis Kelly
Anya Reiss
Zawe Ashton
Joel Horwood
Gabriel Bisset-Smith
Jamie Minoprio
Oladipo Agboluaje
Roy Williams
Music byPaul Gladstone-Reid
[www.dramaticneed.org/monologues.php Official website]

The Children's Monologues is a theatrical performance featuring the adapted stories of children's first-hand experiences in South Africa. It was directed by Danny Boyle and first produced as a one-off charity performance in November 2010 at the Old Vic Theatre in London in aid of Danny Boyle's arts charity Dramatic Need. An anniversary performance was produced the Royal Court Theatre in London on 25 October 2015 as an anniversary gala, and it premiered in New York City at Carnegie Hall in 2017. The shows were also produced at theatres in South Africa around the same times.