MILLENNIUM GIRLS

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By Sophia Leonie

A Brixton House Premiere.

“I love my estate. I thought it was so run down when we first came here, but I’d actually hate to live on a road again. No 40-40 run outs, no water fights, no park, no astro. It’s always buzzing – cars blasting music, kids playing. We’ve kinda made the wall by the entrance our spot. And we know – we get A LOT of attention.”

Spanning three decades, we join Jessica, Chanel and Latisha as they navigate first kisses, free yards, bullies and breakdowns. And some things you don’t talk about. Ever.

MILLENNIUM GIRLS brings together an all-female cast against a musical backdrop of UK Garage and 90s classics in this joyful and achingly honest coming-of-age story exploring identity, girlhood and consent. Sophia Leonie’s debut play is directed by Jade Lewis (Sleepova – Bush Theatre Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre) with Music Supervision from Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante (The Effect – National Theatre).

This production is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Trailer by TEA Films

Tamara Camacho as Chanel

Tamara Camacho trained in Musical Theatre. Theatre credits include: Dictating to the estate (The Maxilla), Macbeth (Orange Tree Theatre, Tour), Midsummer Nights Dream (National Theatre), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Hammersmith and Royal Lyceum) and Pigeons (Royal Court). Television and film credits includes: Mood (BBC) and Venus Vs Mars (Sky Arts).

Sophia Leonie as Jessica

Sophia Leonie is a London-born performer and writer. As a screenwriter, Sophia has written for BBC’s Holby City, developed projects with major UK and US production companies and was one of the 5 recipients of the Neal Street Productions Screenwriting Bursary (2021). Her journalism spans The Independent, Metro, and gal-dem, with published contributions to books including Unattached (Penguin Random House) and Global Black Narratives for the Classroom (Routledge). Millennium Girls marks Sophia’s debut as a playwright.

Sophia’s acting credits include: POT (Ovalhouse Theatre), Hashtag Lightie (Arcola Theatre), Doctors (BBC), Casualty (BBC) and Topboy Summerhouse (Channel 4).

Nkhanise Phiri as Jasmine

Nkhanise is an actor and writer, who trained at the National Youth Theatre’s REP Company. Her stage debut in Alice in Wonderland (Brixton House) earned her the 2023 Offie Award for Best Newcomer. Her acting work also includes: BBC Radio 4, Audible, Soho Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Royal Court.

As a writer, she’s been in the Royal Court Writers Group, Soho Writers Lab, shortlisted for the Soho & NBC Overheard Commission, and selected as a London Performance Studios Resident Artist.

Unique Spencer as Latisha

Unique is from East London, and she trained at Arts Ed. Recent credits include: Abby in Top Boy (Netflix), Lily in Losing It (BBC), B in 616 Dawn (Lyric Theatre, Bristol Old Vic), C in Burn It Down – Yummy (Theatre Royal Stratford East), December in The Master’s House (Talawa Theatre Company for BBC Radio 4), Cherry in The Night Before Christmas (Southwark Playhouse) and Bernice in La Clemenza di Tito (Glyndebourne).

Writer Sophia Leonie
Director Jade Lewis
Set and Costume Designer Cara Evans
Lighting Designer Laura Howard
Composer and Sound Designer Khalil Madovi
Music Supervision Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante
Movement Director Gabrielle Nimo
Voice Coach Gurkiran Kaur
Production Drama Therapist Wabriya King
Production Manager James Dawson
Stage Manager Jodie Jasmin Hicks
Producer Zoe Gibbons
Associate Producer Lindsay Fraser
Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager Danae Crawford
Additional Casting Olissa Rogers
EDI Consultant Spotlight Inclusion
PR The Space inBetween

12 May-31 May

London. The 90s. The sparkle of the new Millennium is building. For Jessica, things are about to change forever.

Brixton House and Zoe Gibbons Productions presents

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