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THM/424 - Tiata Fahodzi Theatre Company-
THM/424/1 - Production and project management records
- THM/424/1/1 - Booked!
- THM/424/1/2 - Bonded!
- THM/424/1/3 - Makinde
- THM/424/1/4 - Abyssinia
- THM/424/1/5 - Sammy
- THM/424/1/6 - Manhood and Steppin Out by Angie Smith
- THM/424/1/7 - Tiata Delights 2004
- THM/424/1/8 - Short Projects 2004-2005
- THM/424/1/9 - The Gods Are Not To Blame
- THM/424/1/10 - Tiata Delights 2006
- THM/424/1/11 - The Estate
- THM/424/1/12 - Tiata Delights 2007
- THM/424/1/13 - Joe Guy
- THM/424/1/14 - Iya-Ile
- THM/424/1/15 - Tiata Delights/ Almeida Festival 2008
- THM/424/1/16 - The Golden Hour
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THM/424/2 - General theatre management records
- THM/424/2/1 - Finance and funding
- THM/424/2/2 - Education
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THM/424/2/3 - Production photographs
- THM/424/2/3/1 - Unidentified photographs
- THM/424/2/3/2 - Booked!, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/3 - Bonded!, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/4 - Makinde, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/5 - Abyssinia, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/6 - Tiata Delights 2004, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/7 - The Gods Are Not To Blame, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/8 - The Estate, photographs
- THM/424/2/3/9 - Joe Guy, photographs
Tiata Fahodzi Theatre Company
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| This material is held at | V&A Department of Theatre and Performance |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424 |
| Dates of Creation | 1998-2009 |
| Name of Creator | Tiata Fahodzi Theatre Company |
| Language of Material | English |
| Physical Description | 12 boxes (150 folders and 31 items) |
Scope and Content
The archive comprises records relating to the productions and administration of Tiata Fahodzi and is divided into two series. The first series comprises records relating to the creative and administrational aspects of the company and is catalogued in chronological order, and by production or event. The second series comprises records relating to the overall management of the company and includes documents relating to applications for external funding, material relating to education and outreach projects, and a collection of photographs documenting the company's productions and events. The collection is mainly paper-based, but also includes sound recordings from one of its productions.
Administrative / Biographical History
Tiata Fahodzi is a theatre company founded in 1997 by Femi Elufowoju, jr, who was its artistic director until 2010. The name derives from the Yoruba and Twi languages of West Africa and translates as "theatre of the emancipated". The aim of the company is to "convey, celebrate and challenge the cultural experiences of Africans living in the United Kingdom". The company commissions and develops new writing as well as reinterpreting African and European classics. It stages one major production each year as well as presenting new, emerging talent through initiatives such Tiata Delights, a festival of playreadings and performances of new writing.
Arrangement
The archive has been kept in its original order, and has been divided into the following two series:
- THM/424/1 - Production and project management records
- THM/424/2 - General theatre management records
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available for consultation in the V&A Department of Theatre & Performance's Reading Room, which is located at Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, Olympia, London, W14 0QX. The Reading Room is open Tuesday to Friday between 10.15 am and 4.30 pm, access to it is by appointment only.
To request an appointment please email tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk or telephone 020 7942 2698.
Access to some of these files may be restricted. These are identified at file level.
Conditions Governing Use
Archive material may not be photocopied. Arrangements can be made to photograph material in the search room using non-flash photography.
NB. Copyrights for creative work, scripts and production photographs remain with the creators and permissions will be required for any use other than research.
Appraisal Information
Appraised according to departmental policy. Press cuttings have been integrated into a company file as part of the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance core collections.
Acquisition Information
Gift by Tiata Fahodzi, 2012.
Custodial History
This archive was kept by Tiata Fahodzi until its acquisition by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance.
Subjects | |
| Theatrical companies -- Great Britain | |
| Theater management -- Great Britain | |
| African disapora -- drama | |
Personal Names | |
| Elufowoju, Femi | |
Corporate Names | |
| Tiata Fahodzi ( 1998-) | |
Geographical Names | |
| London | |
Cataloguing Info
| Title | Tiata Fahodzi Theatre Company |
| Creation | Created by intern using the cheshire for archives ead creation tool 2012-04-23 |
| Revisions |
Production and project management records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 1998- |
| Physical Description | 136 folders and 31 items |
Scope and Content
This section comprises material from the company's productions and includes: scripts, records relating to the artistic management of the production, records relating to the financial, legal and administrational functions of individual productions, press and marketing records, and education and workshop records. Not all the scripts are dated. For the sake of clarity, the date of the performance has been used as the overall date of the sub-series.
Arrangement
This section is arranged chronologically by production.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of these files are partially closed under the Data Protection Act 1998. The closures are specified at file level.
Booked!
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 1998 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises a theatre programme, synopsis, show report, theatre contracts and a production folder.
Administrative / Biographical History
Booked! was performed over four weeks at The Tabernacle and Oval House, London. It tells the story of six young immigrants to Great Britain who on arriving in London are confronted by a range of idiosyncratic scenarios which hinder their attempt to assimilate the culture of their host country.
Bonded!
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/2 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999 |
| Physical Description | 13 folders |
Scope and Content
This section comprises records relating to the production of Bonded! and includes scripts as well as production, administrational, press and marketing records.
Administrative / Biographical History
Bonded! was written by Nigerian playwright Sesan Ogunlegun and commissioned in June 1998 by Femi Elufowoju, jr, artistic director of Tiata Fahodzi, with a commission award from the Arts Council of England. The play charts the friendship between two young women, Dolapo and Caramel in Nigeria and England, and the abduction of Dolapo by a mysterious man.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of these files are partially closed under the Data Protection Act, 1998. The closures are specified at file level.
Scripts
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/2/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 1997-1999 |
| Physical Description | 7 folders |
Scope and Content
This section comprises seven scripts of Bonded! including draft and annotated copies. Not all the scripts are dated, but those that are range from November 1997-1999.
Production records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/2/2 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999 |
| Physical Description | 3 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains records relating to the artistic management of the production and includes detailed records about rehearsals and the showings of the play, including theatre contracts, rehearsal and production schedules, props lists, rehearsal scripts, costume lists and show reports.
Financial, legal and administrational records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/2/3 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999 |
| Physical Description | 2 folders |
Scope and Content
This section comprises the legal, financial and general administrational records of the production and includes budgets, insurance documents, touring schedules and general management correspondence.
Conditions Governing Access
Part of this file is closed under the Data Protection Act 1998 until 2080.
Press and marketing records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/2/4 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises papers concerning marketing and pubilicity for the production of Bonded! including a marketing pack, synposes, press releases and correspondence with the press and marketing agents.
Makinde
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3 |
| Dates of Creation | 2000 |
| Physical Description | 10 folders |
Scope and Content
This section includes a script as well as production, administrational, press and marketing records, as well as records concerning the company's education and workshop programme.
Administrative / Biographical History
This section comprises records relating to the production of Makinde, written by Femi Elufowujo, jr. The play is inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of these files are partially closed under the Data Protection Act, 1998. The closures are specified at file level.
Scripts
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999-2000 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises one script of Makinde.
Production records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3/2 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999-2000 |
| Physical Description | 4 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains a production report, cast and crew schedules, a stage lighting plan and sound sheets, show reports and a tour schedule.
Financial, legal and administrational records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3/3 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999-2000 |
| Physical Description | 2 folders |
Scope and Content
This section comprises the legal, financial and general administrational records and includes actor, creative team and theatre contracts, budgets as well as correspondence on grants funding, and transport and accommodation schedules
Conditions Governing Access
Part of this file is closed under the Data Protection Act 1998 until 2081.
Press and marketing records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3/4 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999-2000 |
| Physical Description | 2 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains press releases, reviews, synopses, correspondence, guest lists, biographical data, stationery and printing invoices and marketing timetables.
Education and workshops
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/3/5 |
| Dates of Creation | 1999-2000 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section contains administrational records concerning the education tour schedule.
Abyssinia
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 12 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains scripts, production, administrational, press and marketing records as well as records of the company's education and workshops programme.
Administrative / Biographical History
This section contains records of the production of Abyssinia, a play commissioned from playwright Adewale Ajadi, by Tiata Fahodzi. The play is based on the true story of Prince Amalayou, a young Ethiopian prince who lived with Queen Victoria after the death of his father, King Theodore in 1868, and who dies at the age of eighteen under mysterious circumstances.
Scripts
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 2 folders |
Scope and Content
This section comprises copies of the play Abyssinia, including a full copy of the 6th draft, and an incomplete and annoted other copy.
Production records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4/2 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 3 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains records relating to the artistic management of the production and includes photocopies of various historical texts relating to the story of Prince Amalayou and his father King Theodore of Ethiopia and a literary analysis of the play. It also includes a touring report, show reports, props lists, tour dates and schedules, rehearsal notes and show reports.
Financial, legal and administrational records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4/3 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises the legal, financial and general administrational records and includes theatre contracts and insurance documents for the tour of this production as well as budgets, estimates of production income and expenditure, and grant application forms from Islington Borough Council.
Press and marketing records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4/4 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 5 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains a wider variety of documents relating to the marketing of the production, including press releases, a press and marketing evaluation, a marketing report, a marketing pack, graphic design proofs of promotional material, correspondence with marketing agents, marketing agents literature and a report on on-line ticketing.
Education and workshops
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/4/5 |
| Dates of Creation | 2001 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
The file contains an education pack, a workshop session plan and an exploratory workshops plan.
Sammy
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/5 |
| Dates of Creation | 2002 |
| Physical Description | 11 folders, 24 transparencies, 3 mini discs and 4 floppy discs. |
Scope and Content
This section contains scripts, production, administrational, press and marketing records as well as records of the company's education and workshops programme.
Administrative / Biographical History
This section contains the records of the production Sammy, based on the life of Sammy Davis Jr. The play was devised for the company and developed by Femi Elufowoju, jr.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of these files are partially closed under the Data Protection Act, 1998. The closures are specified at file level.
Some of this material is unavailable due to being stored on a format which is not supported in the reading room. Please check with tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk about access arrangements before making an appointment.
Scripts
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/5/1 |
| Dates of Creation | 2002 |
| Physical Description | 3 folders |
Scope and Content
This section contains three copies of the script, drafts 3, 4 and 5.
Production records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/5/2 |
| Dates of Creation | 2002 |
| Physical Description | 6 folders, 24 transparencies, 3 mini discs and 4 floppy discs. |
Scope and Content
This section contains records relating to the creation of the production and includes copies of scripts for sound, lighting and prompt purposes, as well as a music score and list of song titles. This section also includes 35mm transparencies of historical shots of Sammy Davis Jr, mini discs of Miles Davis recordings of Sammy used as interval and post show music, floppy discs of production schedules, scripts, rewrites and props lists.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of this material is unavailable due to being stored on a format which is not supported in the reading room. Please check with the Theatre and Performing Arts enquiry team about access arrangements before making an appointment.
Financial, legal and administrational records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/5/3 |
| Dates of Creation | 2002 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises the legal, financial and general administrational records and comprises mainly insurance documents and correspondences with the Sammy Davis Jr Foundation for performing rights agreements. It also contains contracts with theatres and a booking management agency.
Conditions Governing Access
Part of this file is closed under the Data Protection Act 1998 until 2083.
Press and marketing records
| Reference Number(s) | GB 71 THM/424/1/5/4 |
| Dates of Creation | 2002 |
| Physical Description | 1 folder |
Scope and Content
This section comprises actor portrait photographs, design graphics for the souvernir programme, a production tour guide and press releases.
