Achidi J's Final Hours
by Amy Evans
by Amy Evans
Achidi J's Final Hours is a compelling play by Amy Evans that explores the tensions of a multicultural relationship in contemporary Germany against a backdrop of anti-immigrant sentiment and police brutality.
About The Play
About The Play
Isa is black and from Senegal, Alex is white and German. Between the summer of 1999 and the spring of 2001, they meet, fall in love and have a child. As the tension in the town increases, fuelled by anti-immigrant protesters and accusations of police brutality, the relationship is stretched to breaking point.
Based on real events, Amy Evans’ fascinating multi-layered play is a startling depiction of contemporary Germany with powerful and disturbing resonances closer to home.
Achidi J’s Final Hours was joint winner of the 2002 Verity Bargate Award and received a rehearsed reading in the Frontline season at Soho Theatre & Writers’ Centre in November 2003.
This premiere production brings together the talents of internationally acclaimed playwright, making his directorial debut, Ché Walker (Flesh Wound at the Royal Court Theatre in 2003, winner of the George Devine Award and an Arts Council Young Writers’ Award), with the exciting new talent of African-American first time playwright Amy Evans.
Achidi J’s Final Hours forms part of the debut season of Frontline, a new artistic collaboration between Timothy Hughes of Weaver Hughes Ensemble and Rebecca Manson Jones of Spikenard.