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Mogadishu | |
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Written by | Vivienne Franzmann |
Characters | 8 male, 4 female |
Date premiered | 2011 |
Place premiered | Royal Exchange, Manchester |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama/Comedy |
Mogadishu is the debut play by ex-school teacher Vivienne Franzmann concerning a white teacher who tries to protect her black student from expulsion after he pushes her to the ground. In order to protect himself, the student lies and drags her into a vortex of lies in which victim becomes perpetrator. The play was first produced by Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester before it was transferred to the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London. It was one of four joint winners of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition in 2008[1] and the George Devine Award for most promising playwright in 2011.[2]