Serving Elizabeth
“★★★★ The show, a triumph for director Esie Mensah”
October 19th - November 5th, 2022
Theatre Aquarius
Written by Marcia Johnson
Presented by Theatre Aquarius
Directed by Esie Mensah
“★★★ Director Esie Mensah, has done a wonderful job keeping the pace of the play moving quickly; she has drawn some wonderfully nuanced performances out of her actors. Over and above the fact that this is about a specific African culture, the play is also a powerful demonstration of the solidarity of women”
In the script of history, who gets a speaking role?
In Kenya in 1952, Mercy, a restaurant proprietor, is hired to cater the impending visit of Princess Elizabeth, soon to be Queen. In 2015, another story unfolds in London, England, where a young Kenyan-born Canadian, Tia, is working as an intern on a TV drama series about the British royal family – while also pursuing a writing project of her own. These parallel narratives seem only coincidentally connected – until a surprising twist reveals a deeper relationship between the two.
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Meet Serving Elizabeth director, Esie Mensah
Esie explains how art allows us to come together. With the Queen’s passing, this particular piece, Serving Elizabeth, provides greater opportunity for us to have a conversation.
