There will be two performances
Matinee Performance: 5:00pm
Evening Performance: 8:30pm
General Admission £22 | Complimentary for Patrons, limited availability
Four Jazz is a selection of short plays inspired by influential Jazz artists. Through words, music, and movement, Monolithic Theatre blurs the line between visual art and performance
Saint & Sinner
Celebrated author Caleb Azumah Nelson (Open Water, Small Worlds) and multidisciplinary artist Julianknxx (Chorus in Rememory of Flight) unite to explore the sacred and the profane in the life and music of Charles Mingus — one of the most vital figures in twentieth-century American music.
Through text, sound, and image, Saint & Sinner reimagines Mingus’ work as a meditation on faith, fury, and freedom — tracing the pulse of a man who turned chaos into composition, and whose voice continues to reverberate across generations.
This collaboration will evolve live at Ladbroke Hall, where music, movement, and poetry converge in an original piece inspired by Mingus’ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.
Writer: Caleb Azumah Nelson Director: Julianknxx
The Last Set
A spiritual and musical journey through the life, death, and resurrection of jazz.
Told through the voice of Josiah “Jo” Harriott — a fictional character inspired by John Coltrane’s transcendence and Joe Harriott’s forgotten brilliance – the story of The Last Set unfolds as Jo performs his final piece. Memory and melody entwine as ghosts of sound and history bleed through him: from the euphoric chaos of creation (Ascension), to the mourning of loss (Jazz is Dead), to the surreal rebirth of sound (All the Way Live).
Based on the poetry of Roger Robinson, writer of A Portable Paradise and Home Is Not a Place, this work is a love letter to jazz — its freedom, its fire, its faith.
Poetry: Roger Robinson Stage Adaption: Justin Marosa & Dean Ricketts
Eternity is a Long Time
Ziora — or Zee, as everyone calls her — is caught between worlds.
Haunted by the weight of faith and time, Zee wrestles with the question: how long is forever? Eternity is a Long Time traces her lyrical journey through longing, doubt, and human connection.
Award-winning spoken word artist Ogorchukwu Ozor, recently named in Powerlist Magazine’s Top 150 Future Leaders in the UK, brings her words and music to life in this meditative exploration of waiting — for meaning, for peace, for the next world — and learning to truly live while we’re still here.
Writer: Ogorchukwu Ozor
Kind of Blue
Juliette Greco — a grassroots political activist and polyamorous party girl from South-East London — is learning how to breathe again.
To find herself, she must first hold together a crumbling political movement and an even more fragile heart. Set against the backdrop of Britain’s new left-wing renaissance, Kind of Blue is a modern love letter to chaos, creation, and Miles Davis.
Written by Gabriel Dedji — writer, curator, and musician, named in GUAP Magazine’s Top 30 Black Creatives Under 30 — this new work captures the pulse of a generation searching for rhythm in resistance.
Writer: Gabriel Dedji
