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We Need New Names

Based on the novel by the first Black African woman and Zimbabwean to be Booker Prize-shortlisted, this defiant coming-of-age story is full of exuberance, humour and humanity.

Paradise. Home of 10-year-old Darling and her friends. A playground overflowing with mischief and games where they imagine countries a luxurious life away from theirs in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. But when Darling moves to Michigan, the western world she encounters as a teenager is far from the American utopia of her dreams…

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Fri 12th May 2023 - Sat 13th May 2023
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Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, Derby DE1 2NF, UK
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We Need New Names.

Derby Theatre, Theatre Walk, Derby DE1 2NF, UK

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