“My name is Phyllis Princess James.
I will wear this crown every day.
I will never take it off even when I am asleep.”
Meet Princess. A cheeky 10-year-old, with a plan to win the Weston-Super-Mare Beauty Contest. Trouble is, her mum is busy working several jobs, her brother, a budding photographer, won’t even take her picture and then – The Hustler returns.
In 1963 Bristol, as Black British Civil Rights campaigners walk onto the streets, Princess finds out what it really means to be black and beautiful.
Princess & The Hustler is the second national tour born from Revolution Mix – an Eclipse movement that is spearheading the largest ever delivery of New Black British stories. The first Revolution Mix story was last year’s sell-out production of Black Men Walking.
Presented by Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre
Illustration by Cressida Djambov
Cast
Kudzai Sitima
Phyllis ‘Princess’
Donna Berlin
Mavis
Fode Simbo
Wendell 'Junior'
Seun Shote
Wendell 'The Hustler'
Jade Yourell
Margot
Emily Burnett
Lorna
Romayne Andrews
Leon
Company
By Chinonyerem Odimba
Directed by Dawn Walton
Set and Costume Designer Simon Kenny
Lighting Designer Aideen Malone
Sound Designer Richard Hammarton
Assistant Director Emilie Lahouel
Dramaturg Ola Animashawun
Casting Director Briony Barnett
