UNCLE TOM’S WAR
Haiti and the Whipping Machine
The story of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) in the context of the American and French Revolutions and the war against slavery. Fiery hot poetry from London, UK, and BBC slam champion, David Lee Morgan.
Coming Performances:
Mumbai Fringe Festival
Indifferent at Gharaonda: Bandra, Mumbai
6:30 pm, March 12-15
Tickets
Morecambe Fringe Festival
Sunday, July 20, 4:15pm
West End Playhouse
21C Yorkshire Street West
WC1X 8BZ, Morecambe
tickets: £5
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Lancaster/West-End-Playhouse/David-Lee-MorganUNCLE-TOMS-WAR-Haiti-and-the-Whipping-Machine/41095718/
Camden Fringe Festival
Tuesday, July 29, 7:30pm
The Water Rats
328 Grays Inn Road
WC1X 8BZ, London
tickets: £5
https://camdenfringe.com/events/uncle-toms-war-haiti-and-the-whipping-machine/
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Aug 11-16, 2:05pm
@The Space
tickets: £10/5
https://tickets.thespaceuk.com/event/911:3641/
Colchester Fringe Festival
Tuesday, October 28, 7pm
Wednesday, October 29, 7pm
tickets: £8
venue: TBA
The planet’s in trouble. The beast is dying. Will it take us with it?
The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) was the beginning of a new age of enlightenment, where every revolution is a part of the world revolution – or else it is a betrayal.
HAITI
Was only an island
Half an island
The smaller half
And it was thousands of miles
from the nearest big power
But it convulsed the web of the world
It shamed the American Revolution
It picked up the French Revolution
Shook it by the scruff of the neck
And said, Listen! Open your eyes
We are the human race
You are just a tiny part of it
Join us
Reviews from previous shows:
TIME OUT LONDON *****
I am awed by Morgan’s passion, his humorous yet enraged intellectual appraisal… An energetic, clever, passionate survey of human life.
THE SCOTSMAN ****
One of those rare, passionate performances… bristling with energy and interesting ideas… a bracing crash course in how to “read history… with a f***ing blowtorch.”