Black Is the Colour of My Voice – Crucible Theatre
‘Black is the Colour of My Voice’ takes on the phenomenon of gospel, jazz and blues icon Nina Simone, and her activism leading up to and during the height of the civil rights movement in the United States. Fictionalising events and names so that it serves more of an ‘inspired by’ or a ‘representation of’ the life of Simone, there is a shared understanding of this unofficial autobiography being that of Simone.
This solo show stars Florence Odumosu as Mina Bordeaux, unpacking her life in the wake of her father’s death. Odumosu navigates Bordeaux’s early years - wowing her family with her piano playing abilities at the age of 3 reciting her mother’s favourite hymns, through to unresolved youthful crushes and turbulent, violent relationships with men, before climaxing with the death of Doct...