IN DEVELOPMENT
Amarantha's bold new play
"River Mumma and the Golden Table" was selected for Melbourne Theatre Company's Cybec Electric program in 2025.
Over two weeks the script was developed with director - Bernadette Fam, and a cast of five talented Black actors: Chika Igokwe, Alpha Karbgo, Zenya Carmelotti and Kudakawshe. For full credits, click here:
The script was then presented in a public ticketed reading on August 7th at the Southbank Theatre.
The work received a roaring standing ovation, followed by an effervescent, joyful post-show vibe.
August 7 reading: The development cast taking a bow as Amarantha is handed flowers from Melbourne Theatre Company
In December 2024, Amarantha presented a bold new, critically acclaimed play at fortyfivedownstairs called:
Set on an 17th C. English plantation in Jamaica, Ilarun is a mystical tale in a world where the sexual fluids of enslaved West African women are harvested / milked for power.
It follows Juicy, a "milked slave" in her rediscovery of self, sexuality and ancestral remembering that could snap the tethers of power.
OSHUN
Inspired by a myth from Yoruba oral tradition, Oshun is a mystical experience of dance, song and live drumming, transporting you into the sky kingdom of the Orishas (deities venerated across West Africa, The Caribbean and Latin America).
It follows the story of young Oshun, the Yoruba goddess of love, femininity and river waters, as she rises against ridicule and crippling self-doubt to prove that her powers are real in a quest to return Oggun, the god of war, metal and technology to his domain.
Written and performed by Amarantha, with live drumming by Adrian H. Hearn, this is a powerful, intimate work that celebrates Afro-Caribbean / Latin culture, resilience, mysticism and divine feminine energy.
Images of Oshun, from opening night December 2nd , 2022
@ La Mama Theatre. Credit Wild_Hardt Photography
