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Queer women of colour celebrated in Jackie Kay adaptation

VIBRANT: Chiaroscuro

SCOTTISH POET and novelist, Jackie Kay’s Chiaroscuro has been adapted into a vibrant theatrical performance celebrating queer women of colour across generations.

Directed by Lynette Linton, the production explores the many intersections of female identity by following the lives of four young women, Aisha, Yomi, Beth and Opal who couldn’t be more different.

But when Aisha hosts a dinner party, the friends soon discover that they’re all looking for an answer to the same question. What starts out as a friendly conversation between women, soon turns heated when Yomi reveals what she really thinks about Beth and Opal’s relationship.

With the help of sound designer Richard Hammarton, and movement director Annie Lunette Deakin Foster, live music and spoken word collide in an explosive gig-theatre event that breathes new life into the award-winning poet’s masterpiece.

Chiaroscuro will be the final production in the Passing the Baton series, following the acclaimed revivals of Winsome Pinnock’s Leave Taking (2018) and Caryl Phillips’ Strange Fruit (2019) at the Bush Theatre.

The cast includes Shiloh Coke (Misty at the Bush Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, Emila at The Globe Theatre), Preeya Kalidas (Eastenders, Bend It Like Beckham), singer-songwriter Anoushka Lucas (Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and Gloria Onitiri (Hadestown at the National Theatre).

Performances will run from 31 August - 5 October at 7.30pm (6 September at 7 pm).
A captioned performance will take place 12 September at 7.30pm.
Audio Described performance - 28 September at 2.30pm
Tickets are priced from £10 (concessions available) can be booked at bushtheatre.co.uk or at the Box Office on 020 8743 5050

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