BROWN BABIES
KIRSTY TALLENT
SAT 25 OCT | THE KEY
Step into the world of Brown Babies, the bold new play in development by theatre maker Kirsty Tallent, as she shares insights from her research and creative process, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and memory.
Kirsty Tallent was born in Ipswich in 1985 to a white mother and Black US Air Force father who first met on the dancefloor of legendary Ipswich club Cinderella’s.
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.
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.
This fun, informal and interactive workshop invites you to listen, reflect, and contribute.
Were you there when the bass dropped and the lights dazzled at CINDYS, the legendary nightclub that defined an era? Did you dance on the floor of a thousand lights? Kirsty wants to hear your stories.
Share your memories of the people, the music, and the magic that made CINDYS more than just a club - it was a moment in time.
And the ultimate question: Hats or Cindys? What do you choose?
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Sat 25 Oct
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: The Key
Tickets: £5
Ages: 16+
Access: The Key is wheelchair accessible, and there will be seating with back support available. 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.
