'To the men who seek company these women are just bodies in a room, but they are so much more. And that is what Nottage wants you to see.' | Amanda Finn
can be hard to watch at times. Set in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Nottage’s Mama Nadi runs a pool hall where the women don’t just serve beer. Mama Nadi’s brothel is a place of refuge for the men on either side of the civil war that rages outside, the miners clawing desperately at a living, as well as the women who get otherwise swallowed up by the chaos. To the men who seek company these women are just bodies in a room, but they are so much more.
Although the performances across the board are magnificent, the women of this production shine as brilliantly as diamonds. Yelton-Hunter’s jagged-edged warmth suits the badass with a soft side that is Mama Nadi, while Jenise Sheppard’s gentle Sophie follows in Mama’s footsteps, not letting her abusers get the better of her. As for Jemima Charles’s Josephine and Courtney Gardner’s Salima, you can’t teach the command these two actors have over a room.
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