…cake

Drama babirye bukilwa 18 3rd Apr, 2025

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Overview

It's one of those hot April evenings that feel like summer, and the heat is stifling in Sissy's London flat as she dances, unrestrained, beautiful, alive…

But when sixteen-year-old Eshe arrives, powerful emotions come to the surface – and the two women are locked in a dance where freedom clashes with duty.

babriye bukilwa's play …cake is a psychological drama that asks if the cycle of generational trauma can ever be broken. Can queer, Black femmes find love and belonging when the soil beneath them – and the climate around them – is hostile? It was first performed at Theatre Peckham, London, in 2021, directed by the venue's Associate Director, malakaï sargeant.

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InsideRaisin
This is shades of Toni Morrison and Ntozake Shange; it reads as both poetry and a dramatic play. Either way, this is powerful stuff and I'm glad to have read it. A special thanks to the uploader.