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The Legends of Them – Here & Now Showcase

Hackney Showroom with Brixton House and Royal Court Theatre


£18 (£17)

ZOO Southside

17:25
(1hr10)

Audio Described Captioned
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Accessible Performances: This show will be audio described on the 23rd August. Captioned performances available on the 19th, 20th, 21st of August.
For access information about our venues, please head to the access page.

Here + Now Showcase presents a Hackney Showroom Production in Association with Brixton House & Royal Court Theatre

“For the first time in my life, everything was silent”

A memory: reggae pioneer Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison. Another: She’s engulfed in the Brixton uprising sparked by the police shooting of her sister. And now she is here, at a silent retreat, seeking spiritual guidance from her brother Mooji and ancestor Nanny of the Maroons, and a moment of transcendence.

Powered by high-octane musical numbers, virtuoso performance and raucous comedy, The Legends of Them is a breath-taking, roof-raising chronicle of Sutara’s singular, extraordinary life – and of the legends that have guided her.
★★★★★ “Absorbing and visceral” The Stage
★★★★★ “A tour de force” Afridiziak
★★★★ “Pummelling and powerful” Time Out
★★★★ “A singular, hypnotic show” Financial Times
★★★★ “Nothing short of awe-inspiring” WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “A show that plays to your heart” The Times

Sutara Gayle - Writer & Performer
Jo McInnes - Director & Co-Creator
Nina Lyndon - Dramaturg & Co-Creator
Christella Litras - Composer & Musical Director
Elena Peña - Sound Content (2025 Edinburgh production & tour) 
Joshie Harriette - Lighting Designer
Daniel Batters - Video Designe
Melissa Simon-Hartman - Costume Designer
Martina Laird - Associate Director
Sam Curtis Lindsay - Associate Director
Toby Smith (The Production Family) - Production Manager
Sunita Hinduja - Company Stage Manager
Stuart Duncan - Technical Stage Manager 
Sarah Victoria - Sound System Designer & Sound Associate (2025 Edinburgh production & tour) - Based on the original Sound Design for the 2024 Royal Court production by Elena Peña
Zoé Ritchie - Lighting Associate & Relighter

Artwork photography by Jyoti Graziano

With thanks to Stuart Heyes, Gino Ricardo Green, Tony Gayle & Tyler Forward
Supported by Arts Council England
Developed with support from the National Theatre Generate Programme

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Age Guidance: 14+

Content Warnings

  • Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes
  • Scenes of sexual violence
  • Scenes of violence
  • strobe lighting
  • Strong language/swearing

Further details

References to / themes of: racism
misogyny
homophobia
sexual assault and violence against women and girls
police brutality
drug taking / drug abuse
suicide.

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