The production - the first such collaboration between the two theatre companies - brings John Newton, the former slave trader who made a dramatic conversion to Christ, face to face with Olaudah Equiano, a former slave and leading black figure in the British movement to abolish the slave trade.
African Snow has already received rave reviews since its opening performance at York Theatre Royal three weeks ago, The Times saying it demonstrated "undeniable disturbing power" and the BBC calling it an "intense and powerfully moving new drama".
Paul Burbridge, Artistic Director at Riding Lights Theatre, said he wanted the production to get people thinking about how to tackle modern forms of slavery like sex trafficking and economic injustice.
"We didn't want to be responsible for some kind of historical piece that would just commemorate the past but produce a play that would have real relevance and challenge the extent to which slavery is still a huge and dreadful problem in the world today in all kinds of new and modern disguises," he told Christian Today.
He added: "[The play] does ask very big questions of how we move away or move on from the legacy of these things which we still see in our society. There are still mistrustful attitudes between people of different races and different churches and that is core to the whole play."
The production gives an insight into the abolition movement from a uniquely black perspective, with only one white actor in the entire ensemble.
