me
Marley
&
I
by
Yaw Asiyama
Youthful
idealism and honest toil; first
love, respect and family ties . .
.
Human
failings, arrogance and ultimate
betrayal . . .
Against
a backdrop of political struggle, a
military coup and armed revolution,
a young Ghanaian boy sets out to
conquer the world and his pubescent
emotions, armed only with an
overwhelming passion for Bob Marley
and the wisdom of his grandmother.
'The
crab never gives birth to an eagle'
'No
matter how hard you boil the water,
it always cools down.'
This
play brings to life a different time
in a different culture with great
friendships, courage and sacrifice. Gloriously
funny and warm, this true story
jolts sharply into focus with the
horror of living through an African
revolution.
'Many
more will have to suffer, many more
will have to die, .
Don't ask me why
-
Things are not the way they
used to be,
I won't tell no lie . . .'
Natural
Mystic, Bob Marley
'Brilliant
-
I was spellbound from start
to finish'
Bob Adams
'An emotional roller-coaster
-
I wanted to laugh and cry at
the same time. Now i feel i really
know who you are. Thank you'
Nadia St Clements
"I had spent so much of my life
trying (about) to forget the
revolution. Thank you for making me
remember again. beneath all the
brutality, there was a humanity
too"
Joseph Acquah