Unknown Rivers

Cast: 4f

Staging: Built set ('a small narrow house' on two floors)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 88 pages ISBN: 9781848429208Publication Date:
31 Oct 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 88 pages ISBN: 9781788502788Publication Date:
31 Oct 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Hampstead Downstairs, London, 2019

Unknown Rivers

By Chinonyerem Odimba

Paperback £9.99£7.99

Ebook £9.99£7.99

Since her ordeal five years ago, nineteen-year-old Nene rarely leaves home. Secure within her mum's embrace, Nene now keeps the outside world securely on the other side of her bedroom window.

But weekly visits from her best friend start to fill the void and on one unexpected day, when Nene is finally beyond the walls of her sanctuary, a long-forgotten spark is powerfully reignited in her, one which will change her direction forever…

A poignant and life-affirming play, Chinonyerem Odimba's Unknown Rivers is a testament to the extraordinary powers of female friendship – where there's turmoil, trauma and hardship, there's also love, bravery and hope, making it possible to go with the flow… and live.

Unknown Rivers premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London, in October 2019.

‘I have to draw a new map. I have to be seen. For her. For all of us!’

Press Quotes

'A jolting wake-up call of lyrical beauty... Odimba's writing prowess shines in [the play's] multi-faceted beauty... a modern-day myth'

Broadway World

Cast: 4f

Staging:Built set ('a small narrow house' on two floors)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,88 pages ISBN: 9781848429208Publication Date:
31 Oct 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,88 pages ISBN: 9781788502788Publication Date:
31 Oct 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Chinonyerem Odimba:

Princess & The Hustler
Joanne
Black Love
Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
House + Amongst the Reeds: two plays
15 Heroines
Princess & The Hustler: The Play & The GCSE Study Guide – BUNDLE DEAL
Amongst the Reeds

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