If you don't know... Natasha Brown
… let me introduce you!
Natasha Brown is an actor, writer, theatre maker and facilitator.
Initially training at The BRIT School, she went on to study Theatre at the University of Kent and the University of California, Berkely in the US. Part of Soho Writers’ Lab and the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers’ Group, her work “interrogates power, identity and community.” Read her artist manifesto, here.
Natasha’s work has appeared on a variety of stages from the Southbank Centre, to Camden People’s Theatre, Bedlam Theatre in Edinburgh and the Donmar Warehouse.
Her debut solo show I AM [NOT] KANYE WEST premiered at the Bunker Theatre in London in March 2020. It explores the intersections between race, sexuality and gender and how discrimination occurs within those identities.
Read more about this show (originally titled Everything I Am in an earlier version) in her fascinating article for A Younger Theatre - On Creating Intersectional Theatre. Buy the play text here, and watch a short video with Natasha talking about the show with director Abigail Sewell here.
“Natasha Brown successfully entertains us with humour and pathos, diligently enthusing us to love and celebrate each element of her make-up.”
- Everything Theatre on ‘I Am (Not) Kanye West’
There are also plenty of opportunities to see Natasha’s work online, right now!
As part of the Bush Theatre’s Monday Monologue series, you can watch Natasha’s piece Contradictions, performed by Anjana Vasan and directed by Lynette Linton, here.
Natasha’s work, Mahoganie Jo, was also featured as part of Burn Bright’s Better In Person series - 5 plays by 5 Black women for £5. Watch the whole event, including Mahoganie Jo here for £5.