THE AFRONAUTS

About the show

Zambia, 1964: the space race has a new contender. As the world’s great powers set their sights on the moon, a schoolteacher gathers a group of misfit dreamers and trains them for lift-off. The true(ish) story of the Zambian Space Program, and a nation’s defiant dream to reach for the stars. A world premiere from Sky Arts Award-winning playwright Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys, Retrograde). Ryan Calais Cameron and Monique Touko (G, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Marie and Rosetta) co-direct.