LIKKLE RUM WITH GRANDMA
A journey over a generational bridge fusing poetry, storytelling and verbatim audio of a Jamaican grandmother’s voice to bring to the fore the loneliness of migration, community, and what distance does to family love. Along with a digital archive and touring workshops, this production aimed to hold funerals for loved ones before they die.
Written & performed by Jeremiah ‘SugarJ’ Brown, direction + dramaturgy by Myah Jeffers. Produced by malakaï sargeant.
The Albany (2019) and eight-venue nationwide tour (cancelled due to Covid-19), 2020.
TYPICAL
Typical uncovers the man and the humanity behind a real-life story: a Black ex-serviceman who spent his life fighting for his country and ends up fighting for his life in police custody.
Written by Ryan Calais Cameron, directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour. Produced by malakaï sargeant (for Nouveau Riche).
Produced by Nouveau Riche & Soho Theatre in association with HOME & tiata fahdozi. Presented at Soho Theatre & The Pleasance Courtyard, 2019.
WE ARE SHADOWS: BRICK LANE
Co-created by Fin Kennedy & Tassos Stevens. Written by Rabiah Hussain & Fin Kennedy, directed by Sita Thomas. Produced by Ellie Browning (for Coney), Debo Adebayo & malakaï sargeant (for Tamasha).
Produced by Tamasha & Coney, in association with Rightful Place Theatre Company & Rich Mix. Site-specific, 2019-20.
BOYS
An outdoor site-specific adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies with a Black & Asian cast of emerging actors. A twisted, lyrical adaptation that exams what happens when a group of young men are stranded on an island and try to govern themselves.
Adapted & directed by Steven Kavuma, produced by malakaï sargeant.
Presented by The S+K Project at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, 2017.
VERANDA
London’s leading poetry jam centring African/Afro-diasporic writers of all disciplines, with a house band, open mic & open decks.
Co-curated & co-hosted by malakaï sargeant & Belinda Zhawi. Presented by BORN::FREE.
TELL DEM (SERIES 1)
A podcast where Black & Global Majority movers and shakers reflect and critique work that lies across our cultural spectrum, using it to unpack connected, contemporary issues and dissect the affairs rooted in our respective cultures.
Conceived & produced by malakaï sargeant.
Presented by Tamasha Theatre Company, supported by Transmission Radio, 2019.
POOR – BOOK LAUNCH
In Poor, Caleb Femi combines poetry and original photography to explore the trials, tribulations, dreams and joys of young Black boys in twenty-first century Peckham. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Chosen as a Book of the Year by New Statesman, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer, Rough Trade and the BBC. Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, longlisted for the Jhalak Prize.
Featuring Caleb Femi & Brenda Emmanus, co-produced by Vikki Mizon & malakaï sargeant.
Presented by Theatre Peckham & Penguin Live online, 2020.
MANY KINDS OF POWER
A durational series depicting Black queer, non-binary, trans, drag and ungendered peoples, highlighting the undeniable existence of the LGBTQIA+ community and calls for the acceptance and normalisation of the different forms of sexuality and presentation globally.
Photography by Theodorah Ndlovu. Podcast by DayaX (for Theatre Peckham). Live & digital exhibition and launch event produced by malakaï sargeant.
Presented by BORN::FREE, in association with Theatre Peckham, 2020.
QUEENS OF SHEBA
Turned away from a nightclub for being “too Black,” four women take to the stage with their own explosive true stories: the music and the misogyny, the dancing and the drinking, the women and, of course, the (white) men.
Written by Jessica L Hagan, directed by Jessica Kaliisa. Line producing & tour-booking by malakaï sargeant.
Presented by Nouveau Riche.
FROM WHERE I’M STANDING
Remounted photography and audio installation telling diverse stories from people around the UK as a record of life in 2020 during the first year of the pandemic.
Line produced by malakaï sargeant.
Presented by the Empathy Museum, in association with Theatre Peckham. Sceaux Gardens Estate, 2021.