In among various classics that the Almeida is staging over the next year or so are
a pair of premieres, starting with Adam Brace's look at white guilt and a
country often called the most dangerous place in the world - but in the UK still
probably best remembered as a soft drink jingle -
They Drink It In The Congo.
Stef (Fiona Button) works for a government-sponsored charity organising a festival of
Congolese culture to raise awareness of the country and its various horrors. Together
with the Congo-born Anne-Marie (Anna-Maria Nabirye) she leads the steering committee
that is trying to agree on the acts, as well as ensuring there's an authentically
Congolese voice in the decision-making. But even the seemingly simple elements prove
impossible to reconcile, and that's before the organisers start receiving death
threats.
