As part of the UNO Fest Development Series, we are thrilled to present the latest work from Makambe K Simamba at UNO Fest 2018 in May.  Her new show, Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers, and Little Brothers was created at the One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab in 2016 and has been supported with residencies at the the Banff Playwright Colony and b currents’ rock.paper.sistahz development series supported by Alberta Theatre Projects.

February 26, 2012, Florida. A 17 year old black boy wearing a hoodie leaves a 7/11 carrying a bag of Skittles and an iced tea. He never makes it home.Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers invites us to enter the world of an infamous teen, relive his last moments, and face the intricacy of his dance into the afterlife.

Makambe says that this show can be best be described as: Young Kendrick Lamar crossed with the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Learn more about why she is telling this story HERE.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Makambe performed her last solo work which A Chitenge Story, which linked the harassment of a young woman in residence at University in Canada with a repressed childhood memory and follows her harrowing journey back to Zambia to find the truth, at UNO Fest 2016. Makambe is a Zambian born theatre artist based in Calgary and has been recognized nationally as a playwright and performer, and is a member of the Alberta Theatre Projects Playwrights Unit.

This solo work is directed by Audrey Dwyer, an award-winning director and creator from Toronto. Audrey has won multiple Dora Awards and was the Associate Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre. Her latest play, Calpurnia just premiered in a Nightwood Theatre/Sulong Theatre co-production and will be published in 2019.

UNO Fest tickets, passes and the festival schedule will be live on March 6.