Black is the Color of My Voice was reviewed at Storyhouse, Chester and continues touring with dates to October 2024 and in March 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A treat for lovers of Simone’s music and a powerful and timely rallying cry for tolerance and understanding.
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Musical Theatre 2022 Preview – all you need to know
With Covid-related delays and cancellations still plaguing theatre productions, we know it is impossible to predict whether all the shows listed below will go ahead, but we will continue to keep the faith and support all the incredible creatives bringing us these wonderful musical theatre openings in 2022 – in the West End, on the London […]
Florence Odumosu to star in touring production of Apphia Campbell’s Black is the Color of My Voice
Florence Odumosu (Into The Woods, Cockpit Theatre, A Christmas Carol, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) will step into the role of Nina Simone when Apphia Campbell’s award-winning Black is the Color of My Voice heads back to UK theatres in early 2022. Presented by Seabright Productions, the extensive national tour follows sold-out seasons in Shanghai, New York, […]
Black is the Color of My Voice – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Black is the Color of My Voice continues at the Cromdale Theatre, Pleasance at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, until 14 August 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The spirit – and sound – of Nina Simone is ever present in Apphia Campbell’s timely one-woman show, which recounts the tale of a […]
Black is the Color of My Voice – Stream.Theatre
Black is the Color of My Voice is available via Stream.Theatre until 18 July 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow. Apphia Campbell is a powerhouse of a performer. Shifting through every emotional register like the smoothest Ferrari going through the gears, this is a phenomenal one-woman performance. Telling Nina Simone’s life […]
MTR Award-winner A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Sad) among four Seabright Productions to be streamed
New productions of cabaret-musical A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad), the Nina Simone-inspired Black Is The Color Of My Voice, FRIEND (The One With Gunther) and Quentin Crisp:Naked Hope will be streamed worldwide next month. Curated by Olivier Award-winning producer James Seabright, the four productions were filmed last month in front of a […]
Black Is The Color of My Voice – The Vaults
Black Is The Color of My Voice continues at The Vaults, London until 13 July 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Actress-writer Apphia Campbell has created a remarkable picture of the early part of the legendary Nina Simone’s troubled life without one mention of Simone’s name in this breathtaking 70-minute one-woman […]
