The year is unknown. The players are nameless. Money is king. Being picked is God.
Four Black femmes have made it to the last round of the game, everything is at stake yet nobody is eating.
YUMMY examines the relationship between diet culture, fatphobia, anti-Blackness, self-harm, class and misogyny.
“I think it's kind of morbid how intrinsic the normalization of fatphobia and its symptoms are. We obsessively hate anything that doesn’t promote thinness. We normalize the often-extreme ways in which thinness is maintained, achieved and celebrated and we chastise those of us that do not subscribe, or cannot afford to.” babirye bukilwa
Written by babirye bukilwa (...blackbird hour/the masters house)
Directed by malakaï sargeant
DIRECTING MASTERCLASS WITH MALAKAÏ SARGEANT
Stratford East will be hosting a free Directing Masterclass with malakaï sargeant on Sat 23 Apr, 2pm-4pm.
The session will focus on critical approaches to text, looking particularly at the way in which words are laid out on a page can inform how to stage dialogue. It will largely look at this through the prism of Afro-queering work and will draw on contemporary writers including babirye bukilwa, debbie tucker green, Mojisola Adebayo and Travis Alabanza.
This free workshop is suitable for early to mid-career artists aged 16+, but is open to all levels. The workshop is exclusive to those with Black and Queer lived experience. If you are interested, please click here to sign up.
Tickets: £6 or £5 if booking for two or more events in the series in one transaction
Age Guidance: 16+ (contains strong language)
Runtime: 30 minutes approx.
Booking Enquiries
Performances are on sale without social distancing, in line with government regulations at the time of the performance. We will update our audiences if regulations change.
Our online booking system doesn’t allow customers to leave isolated seats. We do this in order to prevent gaps in the auditorium.
Currently seats are on sale from Row B in the stalls, and it is possible that Row A will go on sale at a later date, so please be aware that purchasing seats in Row B does not guarantee that you will be in the front row.
Please note that our boxes have a slightly restricted view. Seats marked with an ‘i’ on the seating plan have a restricted view.
If you require any help with your booking then please contact our Box Office by emailing tickets@stratfordeast.com or calling 020 8534 0310.
CAST
Omolabake Jolaoso
Rachel Nwokoro
CREATIVE
Written by babirye bukilwa
Directed by malakaï sargeant
ACCESS
This performance will be captioned (provider: Suzanne Walker).
If you have any access requirements, please call the Box Office on 020 8534 0310 or email tickets@stratfordeast.com to book tickets. Click here for details about companion/carer tickets.
Latecomers will not be admitted. There is no re-admittance once the show has started.
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