Misty Post-Show Talkback

On Sunday, March 12 Shed members were invited to take part in a post-show talkback and Q&A with the cast of “Misty”. Fusing live music, spoken word, and absurdist comedy, “Misty” is an exhilarating journey through a city in flux, transporting audiences to the streets of gentrifying London in an exploration of the pressures and expectations that come with being an artist in our time. In a performance that is part poem, part concert, part confession, Olivier Award–nominee Arinzé Kene self-consciously wrestles with cultural representation and identity politics as they pertain to a new play he has been commissioned to write. Most recently seen as Bob Marley in the smash-hit West End musical “Get Up Stand Up!”, Kene is now making his US stage debut with this riveting production directed by Omar Elerian. A pulsating original score composed by Kene, Adrian McLeod, and Shiloh Coke is performed by a live band featuring co-musical directors Liam Godwin (keys/synth) and Nadine Lee (drums/bass). When it premiered at London’s Bush Theatre, “Misty” was hailed as “one of the great theater success stories of 2018” (The Guardian”) and “a tour de force by a force of nature” (“The Upcoming”) before it transferred to the West End—making Kene only the second Black British playwright to have a play produced in the West End—and garnered 2019 Olivier Award nominations for Best New Play and Best Actor. “Misty” was originally commissioned and produced by the Bush Theatre in London, Madani Younis, Executive Producer, and had its world premiere on March 21, 2018. “Misty” transferred to the West End for a limited run presented by Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Jonathan Church Productions, Eilene Davidson, and Audible from September 8 to November 17, 2018.