cheeky little brown

cheeky little brown, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Senior Producer / April 2024
tiata fahodzi
“When you’ve known someone basically your whole life,
Since you were five,
And you know all the same people,
And everyone you know knows you as one special Thing,
Sister-friends.”
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 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.
A tiata fahodzi production. Directed by Chinonyerem Odimba. Original tour co-produced by tiata fahodzi, Bristol Old Vic & Belgrade Theatre.
Jake produced the remount of cheeky little brown at Theatre Royal Stratford East as part of his role as Senior Producer at tiata fahodzi.



CAST
Tiajna Amayo
REVIEWS
★ ★ ★ ★ “Irresistibly funny” – The Stage
★ ★ ★ ★ “Joyously uplifting” – StageTalk Magazine
CREATIVES
Writer & Composer: Nkenna Akunna
Director: Chinonyerem Odimba
Designer: Aldo Vazquez
Lighting Designer: Jodie Underwood
Sound Designer: Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Music Arrangement & Production: Rafay Rashid & Dennis Ryan
Vocal Coach: Abdul Shyllon
Casting Director: Heather Basten CDG
Stage Manager: Tash Holdaway
Production Manager: Becky Vowles
PR: Storytelling PR
Production Photography: Craig Fuller