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SCRIPT SOCIAL: Tambo & Bones
Script Social
Date
29 April 2025
Time
7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue
Mercato Mayfair, St Mark’s, North Audley Street, London, W1K 6ZA
Join us for our next Script Social, in association with Nick Hern Books, as we dive into Dave Harris’ Tambo & Bones. Make sure to read the script ahead of time and come ready to join the discussion!
Tambo and Bones are stuck in a minstrel show. It's hard to know what's real when you're stuck in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get rich, get even. Harris’ play returns to Stratford East this spring.
This is your chance to connect with fellow theatre makers and explore the themes, style and performance options of this play that make way for important conversations.
There is limited space, so reserve your FREE place now!
Tambo & Bones
A daring theatrical exploration of the intersection of race, capitalism and performance, Dave Harris's play Tambo & Bones laughs through our past, blows the roof off our present, and imagines an explosive future for our world and for theatre. A review in the Guardian described the final scene as ‘one of the most affecting [they] have seen on stage’.
Tambo & Bones was commended in the 2019 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and was first performed in a co-production between Playwrights Horizons, New York City, and Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles, in 2022. It was first produced in the UK in 2023 by Theatre Royal Stratford East, London and Actors Touring Company, directed by Matthew Xia.
Content Warning: This show contains references to gunfire, violence, ethnic violence, strong language, strong racial language and discusses themes some may find upsetting relating to race.
Get a taster of the script here.