A SEARING new play about slavery in 1800s Barbados, Muscovado, comes to the Cotswold Playhouse as part of a tour of UK cities with links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Muscovado is BurntOut Theatre's scorching new play about slavery in Nineteenth Century Barbados, written by emerging playwright Royal Court alumnus Matilda Ibini. A heady mix of sexual intrigue, piercing choral music and extreme racial tension, Muscovado provides an unflinching portrayal of life on a sugar plantation in 1808, accompanied by original music and atmospheric soundscape performed live by the cast.

Set between the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and the Abolition of slavery, Muscovado tells the interconnected stories of a planter family and their slaves, shedding light on the British involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Muscovado will be performed at Cotswold Playhouse on 1st May as part of a tour visiting 15 cities around the UK with links to the transatlantic slave trade, including Hull, Bristol, Southampton and Brighton; theatres and site-specific venues to include International Slavery Museum Liverpool, Kings Head Islington, Brighton Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

For more details, please visit www.burntouttheatre.co.uk