Sheffield Theatres announce casting for upcoming production of Here’s What She Said To Me

Casting has been announced for Sheffield Theatres’ upcoming production of Oladipo Agboluaje’s Here’s What She Said to Me, due to run from 30 October - 14 November.

Kike Brimah and Ayo-Dele Edwards, as Aramide and Agbeke respectively, make their Sheffield Theatre debuts, alongside Estella Daniels as Omotola. In the show, these characters make up three generations of proud African women connecting with each other across two continents, time and space. Together they share their joys, tragedies, struggles and broken dreams, working together to find healing in the present.

Here’s What She Said To Me brings together drama, music, poetry and movement to tell a story of mothers and daughters in a world of migration and shifting identities, braving life with hope, optimism and resilience.

Director Mojisola Elufowoju said: “We are very excited to be bringing this bold production featuring three generations of Nigerian/British women to the Crucible stage in Sheffield. The staging is stripped back yet inventive. The three actors double up repeatedly in their roles to play over thirty-five characters. Here’s What She Said to Me has been a work in progress for about four years and when the studio co-production with Sheffield Theatres earlier on in the year was cancelled due to Covid, we were very disappointed.

“As it turned out, every cloud has a silver lining. The show is now happening on the Crucible stage and we are opening Sheffield Theatres Together season. As much as this wasn’t how we originally envisaged the show premiering, it is incredibly exciting. It would be good exposure for Utopia Theatre, a good opportunity to link our online audience to our live theatre work. And in terms of me as a director, I am excited to take on a space such as the Crucible, a space I have always aspired my work as a director to live on as part of my professional development. It is also an opportunity to share an incredible story that I believe will resonate with a diverse audienc.”

The show’s creative team includes design by Amanda Stoodley, lighting by Andy Purves, sound design by Rob Hart and movement by Karin Fisher-Potisk.

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