Muscovado is BurntOut Theatre’s scorching new play about slavery in Nineteenth Century Barbados, written by emerging playwright Royal Court alumnus Matilda Ibini. A heady mix of sexual intrigue, piercing choral music and extreme racial tension, Muscovado provides an unflinching portrayal of life on a sugar plantation in 1808, accompanied by original music and atmospheric soundscape performed live by the cast.

Muscovado will be performed at The Lantern Theatre, Liverpool on 30th April. The performances are part of a tour visiting 15 cities around the U.K. with links to the transatlantic slave trade, including Hull, Bristol and Leeds; theatres and site-specific venues to include Stoke Damerel Church Plymouth and Danson House, Kent as well as Brighton Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.