“Vibrant, stylish”
“★★★★”
“Educates and inspires”
A Holm, the egg, Wales Millennium Centre and Oxford Playhouse co-production
JOSEPHINE
Director/Co-Writer Jesse Briton • Co-Writer Leona Allen • Composers Nadine Lee & Simon Lee • Movement Director Ingrid Mckinnon • Designer Debbie Duru • Lighting Designer George Seal • Sound Designer Ian Barnard • Production Manager Becky Vowles • Stage Manager Nicky Bathgate
Josephine Baker. The little girl from Missouri who became an original 20th Century icon. Dancer, actor, activist, campaigner, spy and mother to the multicultural Rainbow Tribe, Josephine broke the mould and high-kicked the pieces to the kerb.
But, almost 50 years after her death, Café Josephine, a down-at-heel New York diner dedicated to her memory, faces closure. Nobody remembers Josephine, who she was, what she did, what she stood for.
And she just can’t allow that.
With a sultry, Harlem Renaissance-inspired score, spring-heeled Charleston dancing and a hatful of historical figures, Josephine blurs the real with the imagined as we follow one woman’s incredible journey from the slums of St Louis via the bright lights of Paris and into the hearts of the world.
For audiences 8+.
Josephine first toured in Autumn 2021, opening at MAC, Birmingham, before performances at Oxford Playhouse, Warwick Arts Centre, Lakeside Arts, Harrogate Theatre, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Exeter Northcott, the egg, Falmouth University, Theatr Brycheiniog, and WMC.
2022 Tour
29/1 - 30/1: Lyric Hammersmith
5/2: Chats Palace
8/2 - 10/2: Spark Arts, Leicester
12/2 - 13/2: Curve, Leicester
15/2: Full House Theatre, Luton
16/2: Southbank Centre
18/2: The Citadel, St. Helens
19/2: Dukes, Lancaster
22/2: Ffwrnes, Llanelli
24/2: Lighthouse, Poole
28/2: Torquay School
1/3: Brewhouse Theatre
3/3 - 5/3: Polka Theatre
7/3 - 10/3: Yate Library
11/3 - 12/3: Half Moon Theatre, London
16/3: Sheffield Theatres
19/3: Z Arts, Manchester
24/3: Croscombe (Take Art)
25/3: Norton-sub-Hamdon (Take Art)
26/3: The Egg
27/3: Take Art
