'Ain't I A Woman'? On Tour (1 - 2 May 2025)

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Devised and produced by Landé Belo

Directors: Landé Belo and Lydia Newman

A theatrical initiative showcasing black female talent through a collection of five short plays written, directed and produced by black women.  Nominated for 3 Black British Theatre Awards: Best Production - Play 2024, Best Producer 2024, and Best Director 2024. Won Best Producer 2024!

• Thursday 1 May 2025, The Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk. Book Now

• Friday 2 May, 2025, The Fisher, Bungay, Suffolk. Book Now

By Mauricia Lewis

Directed by Landé Belo 

"Labelled the angry black woman whenever I challenge the status quo."

Enter the world of Changing Rays where willing participants can undergo treatment to change their skin colour from black to white.  Will Ngozi finally get the acceptance and recognition she craves by undergoing this treatment?  

A dystopian satire offering a strong social commentary on western conventions of beauty standards and the pervasive impact on the black psyche.  

Cast

Anoä-Kanelle Calpas (Ngozi)

Rachel Mackinnon Crawford (Karen)

By Sara Amanda

Directed by Lydia Newman 

"Be your idea of you and not the idea of you they want you to be."

Nicole (“Nicki”) and Adenike (“Nicki”) will do anything to clinch their dream role: Nora in A Doll’s House.  Just one thing, this Nora needs to be “ghetto”……

Cast

Saffron Dey (Nicole/Nic ("Nicki"))

Zainab Ottun (Adenike/Nike ("Nicki"))

By Eileen Gbagbo

Directed by Landé Belo

"We’re not going anywhere until you get my name right."

Who better to wax lyrical about managing personal finances than expert Dr Tiwa Sowunmi-Smith and what better platform than TV show, Inside Money in front of a live audience?  If only the host will let her get a word in edgeways….

Cast

Zainab Ottun (Dr Tiwa Sowunmi-Smith)

Louise Paton (Lauren Morris)

Matteo Caporusso (Producer)

By Rukiat Ashawe

Directed by Landé Belo

"They always want us to be “strong”, the one who everyone else depends on."

It’s 2037 and the beginning of the end for The Movement.  After valiant resistance in a 20-year war, they have been decimated by a deadly virus released by the other side.  

Their survival hangs in the balance and their leader, Fin, has a very difficult decision to make…

Cast

Norma Hewins (Doctor)

Kahlea Allison (Fin)

Matteo Caporusso (Clive)

Manuela Lazic (Brave)

Tyrone Miller (Max)

Chaachi Deane (Jinx)

By Katrina Smith-Jackson

Directed by: Landé Belo

"But if prayer’s the answer to ‘hashtag winning’...where’s my Academy Award at, Lord?!"

Sick of rejection being the theme tune to her love life, Mary decides to bite the bullet and give dating apps a go.  Yet throwing herself head first into the deep end of messy love (and even messier sex) as a depressed Black zillennial definitely has its “kinks”...race play fetishes to name one! 

But as touch starvation and swipe addiction begin to wash over her, will Mary sink or swim in the murky waters of the digital dating pool?

Cast

Aisha Jalloh (Mary)

Thursday, 1 May 2025, The Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk.

Friday, 2 May 2025, The Fisher, Bungay, Suffolk.