Mulatto Boy
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“Why is it every time I come around your mum makes ‘jerk chicken?’”
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Huvi f***ing loves tea, Sophie and his boys! Unfortunately when he applies for his British Passport, so he and Sophie can get married in her dream location abroad, he discovers he was never legally registered at birth.
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Mulatto Boy is a funny, bold, spoken word inspired show exploring the link between Black mixed – race identity and British national identity and how the two reflect and affect each other. A gut – wrenching ride told through West African theatrical practices and Angolan language, music, dance & traditions. Mulatto Boy asks us, what is it to be Black, Mixed Race and British and who gets to decide what we are?
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★★★★★ - "A blueprint for the type of theatre that is possible" - The New Current
★★★★.5 - "Sets the evening on fire with theatrical magic... stark, subtle, superb" - The Reviews Hub
★★★★ - "A fantastic exploration into identity...I would recommend to anybody" - Theatre & Tonic
★★★★ - "Powerful and imaginative...Gets to the very guts of the race issue" - The Stage
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Shortlisted for What's On Stage Award - Best Studio Production
Best of 2024 - The British Blacklist
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Production Team
Director - Chris Yarnell
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Griot - Tunji Lucas
Huvi - Edi De Melo
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Written by Edi De Melo
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Co-Assistant Director -Estrella Mabika
Co-Assistant Director -Kayla Alexandria Brown
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Producer - Meghan Bartual Smyth
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Stage Manager -Laide Sonola
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Sound Designer -Cesar Sousa
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Sound Designer -Jonathan Sousa
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Lighting Designer - Harriet White
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Set & Costume Design -Georgie Lynch
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Graphic Designer - Ewa Ferdynus
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Voice Actors - Colm McCready, Efe Agwele, Helena Harrison, Jessica Dawes, Gabriel Burns, Patricia Godinho.
Performed at Omnibus Theatre 15th October - 3rd November
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