⭐ COMMUNITY SERVICE – UK TOUR ANNOUNCED ⭐
A UK tour for a new gospel-powered theatre show COMMUNITY SERVICE, inspired by real life events, has been announced.
It’s the 1980s, and Trevor – one of the West Midland’s first Black Police officers, and an acclaimed gospel guitarist – is about to face a series of personal and professional challenges that look set to reshape the world around him.
There are deep divisions on the streets, at work, and even in the Pentecostal Church, where Trevor sees a divide developing between generations, as younger attendees begin to listen to secular music on the radio, and rebel against the strict rules of their immigrant parents.
Meanwhile, his band is also gaining momentum, with record labels circling, and it seems everyone is turning to him for advice.
Set against a backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, the Handsworth Riots, miner’s strikes and casual racism, COMMUNITY SERVICE is a music-filled, witty, emotional and uplifting theatre show boasting an infectious live soundtrack that embraces spirit-raising gospel, Jamaican reggae and Motown-influenced funk.
Loosely inspired by the life of Birmingham community hero Trevor Prince, the production is directed by the trio of Reisz Amos (AKA Odd Priest – former Artistic Associate of Birmingham Opera Company), Paul Steadman (AKA DJ Steadman – founding member and Co-Creative Director, Flawless Entertainment Ltd), and Stan’s Cafe’s Artistic Director James Yarker. With gospel consultation from Ray Prince – founder of the Gospel Revisited Project, and younger brother of Trevor (who passed away in 2019).
The show is devised and performed by Reisz Amos, Yasmin Dawes, Kianyah Caesar-Downer, and Dominic Thompson.
COMMUNITY SERVICE opens at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (10th – 13th Apr 2024), before touring to Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol (23rd – 27th April 2024), New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (30th April – 1st May 2024), Derby Theatre (2nd – 4th May 2024), and Birmingham Hippodrome (8th – 11th May 2024).
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Tickets & more info – https://stans.cafe/project/community-service/
