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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 20th & 21st 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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