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Off-Key

12-16th November
14:30 & 19:30

About the show

Please note this performance is taking place at Canada Water Theatre not at Theatre Peckham

 

“The thing about being exceptional Sabrin, you have to believe everybody else isn’t.”

 

At a Birmingham grammar bursting with overachievers, political meltdowns, and teenage delusion, best friends Sabrin and Ruqqiyah are free-falling to their futures.

 

Quick-witted and deeply heartfelt, Off-Key is a coming-of-age drama about Black girlhood, ambition, friendship and what happens when the person who knows you best, becomes someone you no longer recognise.

 

Side eYe is the award-winning collective behind Dugsi Dayz (2022) and Desperate Times (2023). Recipient of theof Edinburgh Untapped Award (2023) and the BBC Popcorn Award for Dugsi Dayz, Side eYe stages stories by black Muslim women and their allies.

Running Time: 90 mins
Age Guidance: 13+
Content Awareness: Contains strong language, references to suicide, sexual assault and eating disorders.

 

Creative Team:
Writer – Fatima Ali Omar
Director – Neetu Singh
Assistant Director – Fatima Ali Omar
Performers – Salma Muse as Ruqqaiyah and Mannan Guled as Sabrin
Dramaturg – Gurnesha Bola
Set and Costume Design – Jida Akil
Composition and Sound Design – José Guillermo Puello
Lighting Design – Catja Hamilton
Stage Manager –  Alicia Quah
Produced by Side eYe – Khadra Mohamed and Hannah Abdule
Producing Support – Balqiis Ali and Nadia Hussein
Marketing and Social media for Side eYe – Ikaay Ebi

 

Strobe lighting may be used in this performance.

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