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Welcome to Thebes

Rakie is currently starring as Pargeia in Welcome to Thebes at the National Theatre.

Faced with an impoverished, war-ravaged country the new president of Thebes surrounds herself with a Cabinet of sensible women and promises peace. But without the aid of vastly wealthy Athens and its swaggering leader, she doesn’t stand a chance.

Set in the modern day, but inspired by ancient myth, Moira Buffini’s new play explores head-on the cost of democracy in the aftermath of war.

The play runs until 12 September. Tickets are available online or from the National Theatre box office - tel: 020 7452 3000.

Dalston Songs

Earlier this year, Rakie appeared in the Helen Chadwick production Dalston Songs at the Royal Opera House.

A powerful, funny and touching piece of song theatre, Dalston Songs is a unique blend of music and choreography about memories of home and what ‘home’ means. Performance creator and self-taught composer Helen Chadwick was inspired by the stories and memories of people in her local community in Dalston, East London, where many different cultures co-exist. Stories emerged through interviews with her neighbours and Dalston residents. For some ‘home’ meant life in a new country, escape from a war zone or arrival from a destroyed homeland, for others the tales were more domestic. These stories became the basis for lyrics used alongside powerful texts by Serbian, Argentinean, Palestinian, and Turkish poets.

Press play below to view a sample of the performance.

Doctor Who

On 2 May, Rakie appeared at the Doctor Who Vortex II convention in Belfast, alongside Kai Owen (Rhys Williams, Torchwood) and Lachlan Nieboer (Gray, Torchwood)

Flickr user fluterirl has several photos from the event here.