theatre

The Afronauts

At Royal Court Theatre, Chelsea, London · 34 performances from Sat 14 Nov to Sat 19 Dec.

Age guidance: 14+. 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.