Welcome to the Eclipse Theatre website.
This site is currently being overhauled and will be relaunched in 2009, until then to learn more about Eclipse Theatre please visit the archive site by using the links at the top of the page.
NEWSFLASH: Eclipse appoints Dawn Walton as first Artistic Director. Read the press release.
The Hounding of David Oluwale
By Kester Aspden
Adapted for the stage by Oladipo Agboluaje
Director Dawn Walton
4 May 1969 and the battered body of a 38 year old man is
pulled from the River Aire. An internal police inquiry will follow,
revealing how he had been the victim of horrific, systematic,
police brutality.
Based on Kester Aspden’s award winning book, Oladipo Agboluaje
brings David Oluwale back to Leeds to tell his story, face to face
with the Scotland Yard Detective charged with investigating the
case. From the prayers of his Maa’mi in Lagos and the glitter
of the Mecca Dance Hall to the vagrant shelters of a city that’s
trying to recreate itself, this is a story of one man searching for
justice and another who just wanted to find home.
The Hounding of David Oluwale on tour:
31 Jan to 21 Feb 09
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
0113 213 770 website / book online
25 to 28 Feb 09
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
0121 236 4455 website / book online
17 to 21 March
Northcott Theatre Exeter
01392 493 493 website
31 March to 4 April
Nottingham Playhouse
0115 941 9419 website
“Theatre must engage with audiences and artists from a more diverse range of backgrounds. It must connect with people who have been excluded”. The Theatre Review / Arts Council of England 2001
Eclipse Theatre On Tour: Booking The Hounding of David Oluwale
If you are a venue and are interested in booking Eclipse Theatre and their new production for 2009 please contact Natasha-Videl Harmer: natasha.harmer@wyp.org.uk
