Paterson Joseph to Star in Solo Show SANCHO at Birmingham Rep

Paterson Joseph's elegant one-man show Sancho - An Act of Remembrance, celebrating the extraordinary life of Charles Ignatius Sancho will receive its first full scale production this September at Birmingham Repertory Theatre prior to a tour in the USA that includes dates at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

As Sancho prepares to sit for Thomas Gainsborough, leading portraitist of eighteenth-century English society, we are granted a rare insight into his truly remarkable story; that of a composer, actor, social satirist and general man of refinement; a story that casts new light on the early African British experience.

One of the UK's finest actors, Paterson Joseph carves an astonishing story from this significant life. Born on a slave ship, but never a slave, Charles Ignatius Sancho led a remarkable life becoming life-long friends with the actor/theatre manager David Garrick, being immortalised by Gainsborough and becoming the first British-African to vote in Britain.

Paterson Joseph's many stage credits include numerous roles for the RSC and National Theatre. Recent credits include Julius Caesar (RSC), Emperor Jones, Saint Joan, Elmina's Kitchen all at the National Theatre. Other credits include for television are Safe House, Peep Show, HBO's The Leftovers Babylon, Law and Order UK and Henry V. Film credits include Paddington Bear, The Other Man, Let it Snow and The Beach. Paterson will be seen this autumn on Sky 1 in You, Me and the End of the World alongside Rob Lowe and Megan Mullally.

Simon Godwin co-directs. Simon's directing credits include Man and Superman (National Theatre), The Beaux Stratagem (NT), Strange Interlude (NT). He is an Associate Director at the Royal Court where his productions include Routes, NSFW, The Witness, Goodbye to All That, The Acid Test and Wanderlust. His other credits include Two Gentlemen of Verona for the RSC, Regeneration (Royal and Derngate Theatres, Northampton/UK tour) and The Winter's Tale (Headlong/Nuffield Theatres); and for Bristol Old Vic, where he is an Associate Artist, The Little Mermaid, Krapp's Last Tape/A Kind Of Alaska, The Faith Healer and Far Away.

Listing Information

Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 September

The STUDIO, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 2EP

Performance times: 7.45pm Tue - Fri

Tickets: £17 - £20 with concessions available

Box Office: 0121 236 4455 Online Booking: Birmingham-rep.co.uk

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