Princess & The Hustler

Gbolahan was Genesis Fellow of the Young Vic Theatre. He is currently developing a feature film with Emu Films/Film 4. He was one of the six writers and the only British writer on Rufus Norris’ Feast, commissioned by the Royal Court and The Young Vic for their World Stages London which was produced at The Young Vic, he also directed four plays as part of The Bush Theatre’s epic 66 BOOKS project which ran at the Bush and Westminster Abbey.

He was previously the Artistic Director & Joint CEO of Brixton House Theatre in South London

Chinonyerem is the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of tiata fahodzi.

Chinonyerem’s play Princess & The Hustler, created as part of the Revolution Mix project with Eclipse Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic, opened in early 2019 to strong reviews followed by a UK tour. It has since been to the AQA GCSE English Literature curriculumn. 

Her play Unknown Rivers premiered at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in October 2019, directed by Daniel Bailey with critics describing the show as “a poetic voyage of discovery” (The Times) and Chinonyerem as “a writer to watch” (The Guardian).

Chinonyerem recently worked on a project called My Best Friend Married a Warrior which aired on BBC iPlayer as part of a collection of monologues. She was selected for 4Stories On The Edge series with Blacklight Television and Channel 4. Her 30 mins film Adulting broadcast on Channel 4.

She is also currently under commission with the Royal Exchange Manchester and Paines Plough and is currently working on attachment at the National Theatre. In 2023, Chinonyerem was named on The Stage 100, a list of the hundred most influential people working in theatre.

Her adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper was the 2019 Christmas show at the Watermill Theatre.

Chinonyerem has written an episode as part of the BBC Radio 4 play series entitled It Is Your Country Now Too, Eve which aired in December 2019.

Contains themes of racial discrimination, colourism, parental abandonment, mental illness, and domestic abuse. Includes depictions of domestic assault, racially aggravated assault, and microaggressions, as well as the use of blades, explicit language, and blood. 

The play is set during the 1963 ‘colour bar’ that led to the banning of Black and Asian bus drivers in Bristol, and depicts the hostility and violence faced by Black communities during this period. 

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. 

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