Theatre - Current Work
(For information about things in development, scroll to the bottom of this page.)
WHITE (Currently touring)
Part of the Colour Trilogy
What are you when you are always the other?
A solo show about identity, being a mixed-race black woman and always feeling like an outsider. Blending live vocal looping and spoken word, WHITE carefully considers the concept of mixed-race privilege, tries to connect clashing cultures and explores what it means to grow up mixed in contemporary Britain.
Combining ‘clever and engaging’ original songs, vocal looping and ‘deliciously current’ dialogue, Koko honestly and openly explores race in this ‘incredibly vital’ contemporary piece of new writing.
#WHITEplay
Shortlisted for the Amnesty International Freedom of Speech Award
Shortlisted for the Filipa Braganca Award
The Guardian’s Best Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Director Nicholai La Barrie
Lighting Designer Martha Godfrey
Writer & Performer Koko Brown
Buy the playtext through my Online Shop or wherever you buy good plays.
Watch the show in virtual reality on LIVR.
WHITE is available for touring. Email tour@heykoko.com for tour pack and technical details.
GREY (Currently touring)
Part of the Colour Trilogy
She is a strong, independent, black woman.
She has a roof over her head. She has food in her fridge. She lives a good life.
She’s also a little bit sad, a lot of the time.
She doesn’t understand why.
Following her debut solo show, WHITE, Koko Brown brings you the second installment of the Colour Trilogy, GREY. A candid show exploring depression and black women’s mental health. Blending spoken word and vocal looping, GREY is fully British Sign Language integrated and contains sensitive content.
#GREYplay
CAST:
WOMAN
HER
Koko Brown
Sapphire Joy
Buy the playtext through my Online Shop or wherever you buy good plays.
Watch the show in virtual reality on LIVR.
GREY is available for touring. Email tour@heykoko.com for tour pack and technical details.
Theatre - In Development
The Kid Who Lost Her Voice
Follow Amiyah, an energetic, loud & inquisitive 8-year-old from North-West London. After being told to “be quiet”, “calm down” and “stop asking so many questions” Amiyah loses her voice and embarks on a exciting journey to find it.
A new, contemporary musical about Black childhood, friendship and standing up for what you believe in.
i wanted to a poetic title about BLACK WOMAN AND GROWTH but all i came up with was this play
Rapunzel is going through it! But she is doing everything she can to protect, support and heal herself. Meditation & affirmations. Planting & praying. Music & magic. Maybe her ancestors, Akira and Ezrela, can give her what she needs?
A play with music, originally commissioned by 45North
PINK
Part of the Colour Trilogy
A collaborative ensemble piece looking at gender centring female, trans*, and non-binary artists. A multidisciplinary show on sexuality, gender and what it means to be a woman.
