Renowned sword swallower, circus artist and dazzling burlesque artist Livia Kojo Alour comes to the Drama Studio at Sheffield University.
Livia moved from Germany to London over ten years ago to live and work in a more diverse community. There she learned that life-long feelings of self-hatred and otherness are part internalised racism and part survival techniques. With a successful career under her stage name MisSa, but tiring of playing someone else full-time, Black Sheep has been long in the making. It serves as a candid autobiographical work and a euphoric reclamation of Livia’s identity and ongoing fortitude.
Black Sheep is a story about a Black woman finding love. It's a testament of personal strength, developed through transcending the white gaze, overcoming institutional racism and leaning into radical vulnerability. Securing her place as a pivotal UK queer Black voice, Black Sheep tells Livia's story via a heady mix of physical theatre, spoken word, song and sword swallowing.
Suitable for ages 14+.
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