★★★★ “Life frequently gave them lemons but goddam Johnson’s got the juice” – The Stage 18 best shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Falling in love was sweet like sugar until the taste turned bitter. Caught between Simmi who wants it bad but ain’t a lesbian, and Token Toni who loves a bitta bashment and only dates black and brown womxn – Mika can’t seem to catch a break.
Fresh from a smash-hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, original beats collide with poetry, movement and storytelling in Mika Onyx Johnson’s ★★★★★ debut play. Don’t miss this ‘dynamic, witty and moving’ (The Scotsman) exploration of sexuality, gender and self discovery.
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Emily Aboud is a Trinidadian theatre director and writer. She was shortlisted for the Genesis Future Directors Award in 2018. Most recently Emily wrote and directed SPLINTERED (Edinburgh/VAULT). Other directing credits include Pink Lemonade (Gate Theatre/Edinburgh/HighTide); Exceptional Promise (Bush Theatre); Salty Irina (Ovalhouse) and What We Talk About When We (Don’t) Talk About Race (Theatre503). As an associate director, her work includes A Place for We (Park Theatre) and Parlour Games (Bridewell Theatre) and as assistant director Going Through (Bush Theatre); A Small Place (Gate Theatre) and Deposit (Hampstead).
Emily also performs as a drag king called TriniDad & TooGayThough.
Mika Onyx Johnson is an actor, writer and performance artist from Nottingham now based in London. Recent credits include; as an actor Cyrano de Bergerac (West End/New York) and as a writer My White Best Friend (The Bunker). Pink Lemonade is Mika’s debut show. It previewed at the Gate Theatre and premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 where it was included in The Stage 18 best shows of the Fringe. It is currently being developed for TV.
The Queer House is an artists’ agency and producing house for queer actors, writers, and makers and are an associate company at the Gate Theatre. Recent credits for its artists include The Nevers (HBO); January 22nd (BBC/HBO); Cyrano de Bergerac (West End); HANNA (Amazon Prime); I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole! (Complicité); Malory Towers (Wise Children); Them! (National Theatre Scotland); Pah-La (Royal Court); And The Rest of Me Floats (Bush Theatre); Cuckoo (Soho); Dear Elizabeth (Gate Theatre) and The Feed (Amazon Prime).
The Queer House debut double bill of shows premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 as part of a co-production with HighTide where they were included in The Stage 18 best shows and The Guardian top picks of the Fringe.
