Girls

...Soho Theatre


..."The three-woman cast is astoundingly talented. They ricochet off of each other with an affectingly realistic girlish energy, swerving between emotions and moods as swiftly as any teen. Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Haleema is an excellent foil, tomboyish to the others domestic femininity, yet achingly loyal and protective. She and Abiola Ogunbiyi (Tisana) are terrific when they play-act as other people, creating an escapist world where they are celebrated and successful, but most of all, safe. Yvette Boakye’s Ruhab is a subtle, yet entrancing performance."


..."Talawa was created in 1986 in response to the lack of creative opportunities for Black actors and the marginalisation of Black peoples from cultural processes.

Today, Talawa is the primary Black theatre company in the UK, with more than 40 award-winning touring productions from Shakespeare to African classics, Oscar Wilde to new Black British work and Nobel-prize winning playwrights to high-voltage musicals behind it."