BROWN BABIES
KIRSTY TALLENT
SAT 25 OCT | THE KEY
US Air Force personnel have been continuously stationed in Suffolk since 1942, with the mixed heritage children of white mothers and African-American US servicemen termed ‘brown babies’ by the American press.
Kirsty Tallent was born in Ipswich in 1985 to a white mother and Black US Air Force father who first me ton the dancefloor of legendary Ipswich club Cinderella’s.
Raised on Nacton council estate by her mum, Kirsty met her dad for the first time aged 36, a significant moment in her understanding of her place in the world.
Join Kirsty for a participatory workshop and discussion at the original site of Cindy’s nightclub, The Key. She will share new research into Suffolk GI’s, and you are encouraged to contribute your own experiences and recollections in this lively and informal workshop.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Sat 25 Oct
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: The Key
Tickets: £5
Ages: 16+
Access: They Key is wheelchair accessible. If you have any access requirements you would like to discuss with us, please call 01473 210169 or email boxoffice@spillfestival.com.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kirsty Tallent is an Experiential Theatre Director and Practitioner from the East of England. Stylistically, her work is bold, fresh, messy, and relevant, with a core ethos of engaging minority audiences. Kirsty has worked in many of the East of England’s prominent theatre companies across a varied career beginning within creative learning, practitioner delivery which has progressed and developed into Directing
Kirsty is currently Creative Communities Coordinator (People & Place) for Eastern Angles Theatre Company and has had previous roles as Community Director (Red Rose Chain) and Storyteller in Residence at (Suffolk Libraires).
Brown Babies has been supported by a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England.
