Talawa Firsts - Love in Gravitational Waves / Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie

Details

"Love in Gravitational Waves" is a play about love and identity, inspired by over 40 interviews with people in London on the subject of love and dating. Bronwyn believes that society's divisions could be healed by relationships with people outside her bubble or world view "'the Other". Through a series of dates and dating app interactions, the audience will meet characters in search of something better. "Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie" is a comedy about the behind the scenes of a restaurant. This fizzing whirlwind round the kitchen exposes a world of raging waiters, kind cooks, rude customers and gentrifying pop-ups, putting the 'cuss dem' in customer.

Cast/Performers

Anyebe Godwin (Love in Gravitational Waves), Kamilah Storey (Love in Gravitational Waves), Kareem Parkins-Brown (Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie)

Creatives/Company

Company: Talawa
Author(s): Testament (Love in Gravitational Waves), Kareem Parkins-Brown (Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie)
Director(s): Brigitte Adela (Love in Gravitational Waves), Philip J Morris (Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie)
Sound: Lo-Wu (Bougie Lanre's Boulangerie)
Producer: Samantha Nurse