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4 July 2025

Leonie Elliott and Rudolphe Mdlongwa star in Liberation at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Inspired by true events in Black British history, LIBERATION is a powerful new play from writer Ntombizodwa Nyoni and director Monique Touko tracing the private lives of activists who fought to liberate Africa.

It’s 15 October 1945, Manchester. Africa’s freedom and future is in the hands of her descendants at the Fifth Pan-African Congress at Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall.

Leonie Elliott stars as Alma La Badie and Rudolphe Mdlongwa stars as Makumalo Hlubi. Tickets available here

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