Overview
The Last Queen of Scotland
By Jaimini Jethwa, directed by Jemima Levick
A Stellar Quines production, commissioned and supported by the National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep.
1972, Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of Ugandan-Asians under a 90-day deadline. From Uganda to Dundee, a woman grows up knowing nothing about her homeland haunted by Amin’s impact on her destiny. Returning to Uganda years later she confronts his ghost.
This is one story from a community in exile that sheds light on a unique period of untold history.
Performed to a live soundtrack [Patricia Panther, Glasgow Girls] through the street sounds of Dundonian dialect as a homage to Jaimini’s city “the D”.
Media
The Last Queen of Scotland from Made in Scotland on Vimeo.
Rupert Thomson, Senior Programmer, Performance and Dance, Southbank Centre, is talking about The Last Queen of Scotland by Jamini Jethwa directed by Jemima Levick.
Performances
Underbelly Cowgate
56 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1EG
- Aug 3,4 Preview 18:50
- Aug 5, 6 18:50
- Aug 10-26 (not 16) 18:50