Cheeky Little Brown
By Nkenna Akunna
Year staged: 2023
Opening night: 21/09/2023
Staged in: Bristol Old Vic
Cast Size: 1
Synopsis
How do you break up with your best friend? 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.
Original Cast
Tiajna Amayo
Tiajna Amayo
Production Team
Nkenna Akunna
Playwright
Chinonyerem Odimba
Director
Aldo Vazquez
Designer
Jodie Underwood
Lighting Designer
Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Sound Designer
Rafay Rashid
Music Arrangement and Production
Dennis Ryan
Music Arrangement and Production
Abdul Shyllon
Vocal Coach
Meriel Pym
Scene Painter
Sophia Khan
Afro Hair & WHA Consultant
Heather Basten CDG
Casting Director
Shaelee Rooke
Producer