"Good show.... I shed a few tears too!"

"Dear Yaw  

I have so many very precious memories from Friday night.  Thank you, and your Team, for giving these to me. And for your tenacity to see this through, and the sacrifices you and your Team all made to make Friday night the celebratory event it was.

Congratulations again, and well done.
Jolly Good Show!

"Hi Yaw

Just to say many congratulations for last night. The standard of acting and singing was superb, but I have to say your writing absolutely shone through. What a talented chap you are. We thoroughly enjoyed the show and were so delighted for all of you that it went so well and is such a huge success. Many many congratulation Yaw! 

All our love

Andrew and Shiny xxxx

Shahnaz Hussain-Hall
Director
KiK Music"  - www.kikmusic.org.uk

"What a brilliant night at the theatre On Friday. It was superb and so moving. Please pass on my congratulations to Yaw and the rest of the cast..."

Ian Pearce
BBC Three Counties radio

"Hi Yaw,

Just to put in writing what I said on Friday – that this was a wonderful, moving, important experience that you gave us and I thank you for it most sincerely. 

I am meeting the "March of the Abolitionists" next Saturday at Olney and seeing your stupendous play has given me a much deeper insight into what really was happening. 

And very importantly where it places us now.

Thank you so much.

Jan Llyod"

"Absolutely brill! Well done to all"

"Outstanding, very proud!"

" I had goose bumps"

"On Friday the 29th June, I was privileged to see ‘A Slave Story’ by Yaw Asiyama.
All I knew was that the theme of the play was slavery and that a few friends of mine were taking part.
The curtain lifted and as I heard the first few words of Redemption Song, I felt the tears and the joy and knew that this was going to be an exceptional performance.
As the play continued to unfold, you could see it’s rawness but the passion to portray the thoughts and feelings of each generation , took my imagination from the dusky villages of Africa to the cotton plantations of America, through to the prim double standards of the UK and beyond, intertwined in song.
By the end of the play I knew that Alabama’s song was mine, every other black persons and every nation that had ever been oppressed.
This play is a credit to everyone involved and I look forward to seeing it evolve and unfold further. 
God Bless."

Donna Davis

Donald  'The Mag'

"The topic was emotive and well handled with good humor. There were nice messages given throughout the play. a thoroughly entertaining evening."

Nate  (London)

"Dear Yaw,

CONGRATULATIONS!! 

A great show and a tremendous triumph. Well done for your perseverance and tenacity in achieving such a good show and such a great audience.

All best wishes,
Rima"     (Lady Rima Scott)

"Congrats, Brill performance. Loved it!!

Yaw

The performance was Awesome! Very Awesome! I would like to congratulate You
an your Team.

As I sat in the auditorium with my family we knew it was a poignant moment.
A moment to be graced, appreciated, not to be missed and recognized. An that is what I intend to do.

When you came to the stage, my children echoed " Daddy, that is the guy who came to our house." Then I knew you are more than a household name, a local icon, soon to be a national (Ghana & UK) hero, if not already. 

Yaw, We enjoyed the show. Believe me the rest also did. From the attendance,
I guess you had about a 1000 seats filled. I am glad the dream is now a reality. I tell you why. There were Black Ethnics Minority, Asians and 
Europeans all enjoying that wonderful matinee experience.

But the what I found was the Europeans amongst us applauded "those poignant scenes that hit home on what their ancestors had wronged but had no control of". They were not bitter.

However, a few weeks back, a group of "small minded" Ghanaians, who lack vision, embittered by what whatever motives, were knocking Yaw Asiyama because he was not actively part of them. Their lack of open mindedness,  vision, their "inward thinking" instead of an "outward looking" mindset has
set them back a decade or more. They were looking for your failure but You are successful and I congratulate you.

These so called few have no idea what opportunities Your talent, vision, hard work, passion has and is continually offering individuals and organizations, direct and indirectly. The list below illustrates:

1. During the interlude, I saw the smiles on some of the young children in the cast. They were enjoying the themselves and having fun. You had offered them a spring in their step. Performing to an audience of a 1000 or so. Wow! 

2. Reading the programme, I saw how all the cast members expressed the effervescence of joy in the opportunity in being part of the play. They wanted to be part of a vision, develop their talents and entertain. 

3. For the audience, an evening of entertainment that brought friends and
family together to appreciate a local artist and his friends - made up of children, dancers, a choir and an all-female cast and not forgetting the drummers and dancers and all those behind the scenes.

4. The employment opportunity that you brought to the local community - the ticket office, the bars, the confectionary shop, those selling ice-creams during the break and many more.

5. The justification for Milton Keynes to have a theatre.

6. The precedence you have set - A show by a local Black Ethnic Minority artist is worth staging at the MK Theatre. Well Done! More grease to your elbows. Many "small minds" do not realise you have paved the way, open the
gates for present and the future to follow.

Yaw, we talk soon. Let's have a chat. I would like to sponsor you on the Bronze level for the October events at Stantonbury.

Regards

David Hagan
http://www.rebeccasfreeenterprise.net/