Category: Theatre
Client: Nancy Ofori Geywu
Role: composition and sound design
About the show:
KIND OF WOMAN is a new one-woman play about Ama, a young Swedish-born Ghanaian woman who has moved to London for University with her best friend.
On a night out, Ama meets her future boyfriend. What ensues is the fantasy turning into a nightmare. Ama goes from feeling adored and loved, to feeling like she is walking on eggshells. After the relationship, Ama begins to reflect on a version of a real Ghanaian ritual that her mother did for her when she was young and begins to wonder what kind of woman she is, and who she wants to be.
We go on a journey with her as she tries to navigate the effects of the relationship, realising that she alone can define who she is. The play is inspired by true events and is an exploration of love, self-love, emotional abuse and intergenerational Black female relationships.
Nancy is an afro-swedish performer/theatre maker and emerging playwright, who creates work that aims to uplift and explore Black women’s lives and experiences. She was part of the Soho Writers’ Lab 18/19. Credits include: The Vagina Dialogues (Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Vaults 2018) and Kind of Woman (Talawa Firsts 2018).
This work-in-progress production was part of Calm Down Dear, a three-week festival of innovative feminist performance at Camden People’s Theatre. It was supported by Arts Council England and Talawa Theatre Company.