The Good Person of Trenchtown

Adapted by Michael McMillan


Jamaica, 1980.
A time of gang warfare…
Bob Marley music…
Flared trousers and platform shoes…


MAT & Sister Tree are staging the world premiere of The Good Person of Trenchtown, a new version of Brecht’s comedy, The Good Person of Sezuan, updated and set in Jamaica – and featuring classic reggae music and songs!

Three Gods descend to earth, looking for signs of goodness in a corrupt world. Unfortunately, they can only find one good person – and she’s a prostitute…

Brecht once suggested that he would like to see a production of the play set in Jamaica. This idea has never been tried until now. Michael McMillan’s version moves the action to Trenchtown in Jamaica in the 1980s, and is written in Jamaican patois.

This will be a community production, mixing professional and non-professional actors.

The tour will run from 4th – 23rd October. The contract for the tour will be full-time (£400 per week). Venues include the Arena, Wolverhampton; the Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury; artrix Bromsgrove; the drum as well as community venues.

See auditions sheet here...