cheeky little brown

By Nkenna Akunna

★ ★ ★ ★ “Irresistibly funny” - The Stage

★ ★ ★ ★ “Joyously uplifting” - StageTalk Magazine

How do you break up with your best friend?

“When you’ve known someone basically your whole life,
Since you were five,
And you know all the same people,
And everyone you know knows you as one special Thing,
Sister-friends.”

Meet Lady, a determined sharp-tongued charmer who loves her best friend Gemma as much as she loves a late-night kebab. It’s Gemma’s birthday party. The two haven’t seen each other for six months.

cheeky little brown, by the Papatango Prize-winning playwright Nkenna Akunna (Some of Us Exist in the Future), is a failed night out, a musical, a show about heartbreak and queerness, taking place on a journey through the city Lady calls home.

With original songs, this coming-of-age story examines a friendship between two Black women, on diverging paths of self-love and acceptance.

A tiata fahodzi production. Directed by Chinonyerem Odimba. Original tour co-produced by tiata fahodzi, Bristol Old Vic & Belgrade Theatre.

Cast and Creative Team

Writer & Composer Nkenna Akunna

Director Chinonyerem Odimba

Performer Tiajna Amayo

Freelance Producer Jake Orr

Designer Aldo Vazquez

Lighting Designer Jodie Underwood

Sound Designer Esther Kehinde Ajayi

Music Arrangement & Production Rafay Rashid & Dennis Ryan

Vocal Coach Abdul Shyllon

Casting Director Heather Basten CDG

Stage Manager Madeleine Coward

Touring Stage Manager Oliver de Rohan

Production Manager Jo Woodcock

PR Diana Whitehead

Original Poster Photography Myah Jeffers

Illustration Parys Gardener

Rehearsal Photography Rebecca Need-Menear

Production Photography Craig Fuller

Rehearsal and Production Trailer Camilla Adams

BSL Interpreters Sherrie Eugene-Hart

Tickets

Stratford East

https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/cheeky-little-brown

Tuesday 16th April - Saturday 21st April

Friday 19th BSL Interpreted