The Queer House Presents: Pink Lemonade (Edinburgh Preview)

Falling for Simmi was sweet like sugar, until the taste turned bitter.

And then there’s Token Toni who loves a bitta bashment and only dates Black/Brown womxn - she ain’t much better. My barber holds the cure to my lesbian urges and straight women are like junk food. Poetry and original beats underscore this story about learning to accept yourself and saying goodbye to a love turned sour.

“Your anxiety must of got lost in the smoke,
cuz there’s that chair behind me,
I slump nervously,
Your hands are over me,
Quietly you tell me,
I’ve never given anyone a lap dance before,
WHAAAAAAT?”

Written and performed by Mika Johnson. Co-produced by HighTide.

These performances are Edinburgh preview performances and are part of an exciting double bill from The Queer House and HighTide. Pink Lemonade will alternate performances with Teddy Lamb's Since U Been Gone every day at Assembly Roxy Downstairs (1 Aug - 25 Aug, 3:45pm).

Guidance: 14+ Strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.

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Evening performances: 7.30pm

Running time: 50 minutes

Cast & CREATIVES

Emily Aboud – Director

Emily Aboud is a Trinidadian theatre director and performer. Directing credits include: Exceptional Promise (Bush); Salty Irini (Ovalhouse); A Place for We (Rich Mix) and as Assistant Director: A Small Place (Gate); Going Through (Bush); Deposit (Hampstead Theatre); Drums and Colours (British Library). Emily is also a columnist for the Trinidad Guardian and performs regularly as the drag king, TriniDad & TooGayThough for which was a finalist for Man-Up, the UK's largest drag king competition. As well as directing Pink Lemonade, Emily is also making and directing their own show splintered which will have its premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2019.

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Juga Naut – Music

Jugz represents the best that Hip-Hop has to offer. A multi-talented artist, emcee and producer with an international following, he creates every aspect of his music himself from concept to final product. He has gained major recognition with a prolific plethora of solid self released projects and also by collaborating with renowned artists worldwide. He has performed on legendary UK stages opening for Hip-Hop royalty including Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-ONE, DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah and many more. He combines exquisite lyricism, hardcore beats and authentic soul.

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Xana – Sound Designer

Xana is a Offie-nominated sound designer, a live loop musician, modular synthesist, installation maker and writer. Theatre credits include: Just Another Day and Night (Ovalhouse); Mapping (Brent Festival); Blood Knot (Orange Tree Theatre); SEX SEX MEN MEN (Pecs Drag Kings/The Yard); Noughts and Crosses (Pilot Theatre/Derby Theatre); Burgerz (Hackney Showroom); Obama and Me (Talawa/Camden Peoples Theatre); Black Holes (The Place); Hive City Legacy (Roundhouse); Half-breed (Soho Theatre); Primetime (Royal Court). Xana’s work focuses on archives and embodying our future narratives and memories using tech to creating interactive spaces and manifest new visions of blackness. Xana is an Associate Artist at Ovalhouse and is featured on the award-winning composition Afronaut, from the album Driftglass by SEED Ensemble.

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Martha Godfrey – Lighting Designer

Martha Godfrey is a lighting designer based in London. Recent work includes: Fuck You Pay Me (The Bunker); WHITE and GREY by Koko Brown (Ovalhouse TheatreUK Tour); Bury The Dead (Finborough Theatre); Hear Me Howl (Old Red Lion Theatre); Pecs: The 80s Show (Soho Theatre).

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Lydia Birgani-Nia – Set and Costume Designer

Lydia Birgani-Nia is a design consultant and art director. Currently she is the Branding Consultant for Dashing Tweeds and the artist Natasha Kumar. previously, Lydia has consulted and collaborated with brands including: Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Wales Bonner, Nike and Canon. Lydia also started The Fashion Hub, the first E-platform for fashion/art/lifestyle in Abu Dhabi.

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E Howe – Stage Manager

E Howe is a freelance theatre maker who trained in Applied Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. They frequently work within the criminal justice system directing internal, issue-based performances across the UK. E Howe joined The Queer House in 2018 to help run their GET IN THE HOUSE events. Most recently, they stage managed and assisted the making process on And The Rest of Me Floats (Bush Theatre, 2019). They also manage the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art’s Outreach department, regularly organising and coordinating workshops and schools tours across the country.

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HighTide – Producer

HighTide is theatre company and charity that has an unparalleled twelve year history of successfully launching the careers of emerging British playwrights. They discover and nurture new talent, provide creative development opportunities for playwrights and other creatives, and stage high quality theatre productions both in the East Anglia region and nationally through their festivals and touring. They enable new and underrepresented playwrights to express their visions of contemporary politics and society, demonstrate their creative potential and therein showcase the future of theatre.

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The Queer House – Associate Company

The Queer House is an artists’ agency and producing house for LGBTIQ+ actors, writers and makers. The Queer House debut double bill of shows previewed at the Gate before premiering at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the HighTide/Assembly Disruption Festival 2019 were they were included in the Guardian top picks and the Stage 18 best shows of the fringe. One of the shows, Pink Lemonade by Mika Onyx Johnson, was revived at the Bush Theatre in September 2021 before transferring to Contact, Manchester in November 2021. The Queer House's GET IN THE HOUSE scratch event has been at the the Yard, the Bush and Omnibus Theatre. Select credits for The Queer House artists include: Dear Elizabeth (Gate Theatre); The Nevers (HBO); Living Newspaper (Royal Court); Overflow (Bush Theatre); Cyrano de Bergerac (West End); I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO); HANNA (Amazon Prime); Gangs of London (Sky); I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole! (Complicité); Parakeet (Boundless); Malory Towers (Wise Children); The Feed (Amazon Prime).

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Pink Lemonade is co-produced by HighTide and has been made with support from Arts Council England, Talawa and the Derby Theatre Sustained Theatre Fund in association with In Good Company and Tamasha.

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Falling for Simmi was sweet like sugar, until the taste turned bitter.

And then there’s Token Toni who loves a bitta bashment and only dates Black/Brown womxn – she ain’t much better. My barber holds the cure to my lesbian urges and straight women are like junk food. Poetry and original beats underscore this story about learning to accept yourself and saying goodbye to a love turned sour.

Written and performed by Mika Johnson. Co-produced by HighTide.

These performances are Edinburgh preview performances and are part of an exciting double bill from The Queer House and HighTide. Pink Lemonade will alternate performances with Teddy Lamb’s Since U Been Gone every day at Assembly Roxy Downstairs (1 Aug – 25 Aug, 3:45pm).

The Queer House Presents: Pink Lemonade (Edinburgh Preview)

Falling for Simmi was sweet like sugar, until the taste turned bitter.

These performances are Edinburgh preview performances and are part of an exciting double bill from The Queer House and HighTide. Pink Lemonade will alternate performances with Teddy Lamb's Since U Been Gone every day at Assembly Roxy Downstairs (1 Aug - 25 Aug, 3:45pm).

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Falling for Simmi was sweet like sugar, until the taste turned bitter.

These performances are Edinburgh preview performances and are part of an exciting double bill from The Queer House and HighTide. Pink Lemonade will alternate performances with Teddy Lamb’s Since U Been Gone every day at Assembly Roxy Downstairs (1 Aug – 25 Aug, 3:45pm).