Talawa Theatre Company has announced details for Bite Your Tongue: a new devised theatre production from London's emerging Black talent. Coming to Hackney Showroom from 31 August - 2 September, Bite Your Tongue is a response from the city's young theatre makers to issues with language and communication in a multi-cultural city. As new terms and labels enter our vocabularies while others become obsolete, , Bite Your Tongue explores whether we should be reaching towards one common language, or fighting to express ourselves in our own ways.
Directed by Miranda Cromwell (Artistic Director of Twisted Theatre), the company will also receive specialist mentoring from voice and dialect coach Hazel Holder (Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre; Angels in America & Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, National Theatre), musical director Mike Henry (Barber Shop Chronicles, FELA!, Amen Corner National Theatre) and movement director Yami Löfvenberg (Dance Consultant, London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony).
The full cast and creative team includes:
Akuc Bol - Performer/Deviser
Aminita Francis - Performer/Deviser
Chris Udoh - Performer/Deviser
Dorcas Stevens - Performer/Deviser
Esme Allman - Performer/Deviser
Isabel Adomakoh Young - Performer/Deviser
Monica Siyanga - Performer/Deviser
Nelson Ekaragha - Performer/Deviser
Tre Gordon - Performer/Deviser
Yazmin Belo - Performer/Deviser
Chisara Agor - Writer/Deviser
Kelly Roberts - Writer/Deviser
Roberta Livingston - Writer/Deviser
Miranda Cromwell - Director
Rachel Clarke - Assistant Director
Yami Löfvenberg - Movement Director
Jasmine Breinburg - Assistant Movement
Hazel Holder - Voice and Dialect Coach
Mike Henry - Musical Director
Sadeysa Greenway-Bailey - Designer
Samantha Nurse - Production Manager
Sylvia Darkwa-Ohemeng - Stage Manager on book
Pablo Fernandez Baz - Lighting Designer
Alice Simonato - Assistant Designer
Patricia Nimo - ASM/Design
James Johnson - ASM
Gail Babb - Producer
Bite Your Tongue appears as part of Talawa Theatre Company's TYPT initiative.
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