Mogadishu (play)

Mogadishu
Written byVivienne Franzmann
Characters8 male, 4 female
Date premiered2011
Place premieredRoyal Exchange, Manchester
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama/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]

  1. ^ "Mogadishu". Bruntwood and Royal Exchange Theater. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Mogadishu". official london theatre. p. 1. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2010.