Swim, Aunty, Swim! - Belgrade Theatre

Show information

Times

Evenings: 7.45pm (except Thurs 23 May, 7pm) Matinees: Sats 2.15pm, Weds 29 May, 2.15pm)

Venue

Running time

Approx. 1hr 40mins with no interval

Age recommendation

Contains difficult themes - Download Content Guidelines below for details. A self-care toolkit is also available to download for those who may be affected by the themes of the show.

Tickets

From £10, including booking fee.

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Swim, Aunty, Swim! is a profound, poetic story of friendship, loss, sisterhood, motherhood, ageing, starting again, and the sublime power of water.

DAT REN WE BIT BITA-LIF SOTE I BITA, NA-IN BIT SHUGA KEN SOTE I SWIT – Krio Proverb
Translation: The same rain that beats bitter-leaf until its bitter, beats sugar cane until it’s sweet.

Fatu is in search of a new life and a fresh start. Leaving London behind, she makes her way to Coventry. There she forms a friendship with fellow members of her new church, Aunty Blessing and Aunty Ama – a fiery, entertaining and sharp-witted duo of West African women in their prime, navigating changes and transitions in their own lives.

At Ama’s whim, the three of them embark on a watery challenge.

What begins as light-hearted fun and a distraction from the mundane routine of life and church, becomes a ritual of healing and rebirth, after a season of grieving.

Set across Lagos, Accra, Freetown, London, Birmingham, and Coventry, Swim, Aunty, Swim! is written by Siana Bangura and directed by Madeleine Kludje.

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