Friday Play - Banished: Mugabe of Zimbabwe

By Andrew Whaley. It is 2000, and Aurelia, studying in London, returns home to Zimbabwe following her father's death. Years before he had worked with Robert Mugabe, and now Aurelia learns that the President is to attend the funeral. Their meeting is the start of a dark and frightening journey. Aurelia ...Tariro Foote Ignatius ... Danny Sapani Mother ...Adjoa Andoh Ratidzo.. .Gbemisola Ikumelo Robert Mugabe...Lucian Msamati Ruth.. . Pamela Nomvete Paradzai...Jude Akuwudike With Ben Onwukwe, Lloyd Thomas, Michael Shelford Directed by Jeremy Mortimer Andrew Whaley's most recent play 'Great Escape' (broadcast on Radio 3 in 2009) is, like his earlier play 'The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco', an analysis of his native Zimbabwe.