Following a sold-out run at the Bush Theatre earlier this year, Misty by Arinzé Kene has transferred to Trafalgar Studios for a limited six week run. It’s a one-man show unlike any other – and one you simply have to catch!
Regardless of whether you can personally identify with writer and performer Arinzé Kene or with his storytelling and themes, as part of the audience at the Trafalgar Studios you will be collectively charmed and enthralled by him and Misty.
It’s a fascinating insight into this young man’s consciousness. His words and lyrics are combined with catchy, pulsating beats through original music, performed live on stage by the hugely talented musicians Shiloh Coke and Adrian McLeod.
This well-structured and honest production is undeniably thought-provoking. The audience witnesses his personal struggle as an actor/writer, torn between wanting to explore his artistic freedom and yet still live up to the responsibilities he feels weigh on him as a young black man in Hackney, London.
Arinzé is a multi-talented writer, actor and performer. Misty is a beautifully blended concoction of music, poetry, song, acting, comedy, rap and physical theatre. And yes, he’s amazing at all of them!
Don’t just take our word for it, here’s a snippet of what is being said on social media:
Wow wow wow saw #Misty @TrafStudios last night. Slamming rhymes from beginning to end delivered with great gusto by Arinze Kene you are a star your cast and the set were brill. There is brilliance emerging from #Hackney. Will never look at an orange balloon the same again pic.twitter.com/KL9amSB3dr
— Eileen Bellot (@Questlife2) September 13, 2018
#Misty Press night. Wow just wow. I feel so privileged to have been in a room with so many amazing people.
— Georgia Dodsworth (she/her) (@SelfCareQueen_) September 14, 2018
#ArinzeKene and @ShilohCoke you are both ridiculously talented, wonderful people #Misty is one of the most stunning experiences I have had in over 25 years of going to the theatre. I cried my eyes out, laughed and cheered. Thank you.
— Rachel (@raemcken) September 11, 2018
BRILLIANT!!! #MISTYTHEPLAY is a must see production.
Electrifying Poetic Rebellion!
Misty exposes a story of modern social constructs that currently plague 'urban' areas that hold the label as 'Cosmopolitan Canopy'.
I now have a whole new meaning for Blood Cells & Viruses 😁 pic.twitter.com/jCpia1ziER
— Darrel Blake (@Darrel__Blake) September 13, 2018
Arinzé Kene in Misty (Photo: Helen Murray)
Arinzé Kene, Adrian McLeod and Shiloh Coke in Misty (Photo: Helen Murray)
#MistyThePlay @TrafStudios A staggeringly brilliant tour de force of rhyme, rhythm and radical energy as well as some truly sublime physical comedy. And you literally never know what's coming next.
Huge congrats to all the team @bushtheatre— Daniel York Loh (@DanielYorkLoh) September 13, 2018
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Misty is booking at Trafalgar Studios until 20 October.