Ankur Festival Fifty Shades of Black (Dub Version)

Fifty Shades of Black is one woman’s probe into shifting power relations across sex, race, class and history. Accompanied by Samson Sounds soundsystem, the show is part gig, part autobiographical monologue, part historical analysis. The anecdotal meets the academic in this interweaving of Scottish-Caribbean connections; from within her own family to Scotland’s gains from the slave trade via the modern day sexual politics of the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon. Written, directed and performed by Lou Prendergast, featuring Michael Morris and Buchan Lennon, this production, designed by Colin O'Hara, is the Dub Version of the original show, created especially for Ankur Festival.

Ankur Festival is a free, multi-artform weekend event, where local artists, academics and the general public interrogate the issue of race and ethnicity in contemporary Scotland. Driven by questions “Where are you really from?” and “Do you have to be white to be Scottish?”, as well as examining the subject of growing up mixed race. A compelling range of responses, notions of dual heritage, immigration and clashes of culture will be explored through an eclectic programme of performance, art, music, poetry, film, comedy and discussion.