BEIGE is a bold, darkly funny and deeply personal two-woman performance about the violence of being "easy to consume”.

A woman stands before an audience and tries to explain who she is. Not because she wants to, but because she has learned that clarity is currency. Caught between cultures, expectations and labels, she finds herself performing versions of herself for everyone except herself.

Blending storytelling, physical theatre and sharp humour, BEIGE explores race, femininity, ambition and mental health, exposing the quiet negotiations we make to be loved, hired, desired and understood. It asks what is lost when we soften our edges, flatten our contradictions and make ourselves more palatable.

Raw, playful and confrontational, BEIGE is a reckoning with identity in a world that rewards neutrality, and a celebration of the complexity of being human.

It is for anyone who has ever felt caught between worlds, searching for a place to belong.
Raw, physical and intimate, BEIGE moves between comedy and discomfort, asking what it costs to be “palatable” and what happens the moment you stop trying.

Created by Swiss-Congolese actress and theatre-maker Jessica Nlabu
Shannon Kurlander as actor, Directed: Catherine Mieses, Producer & PM: Rebecca Tozzoli-Clozza, Lighting & Sound Designer: Nathan Hunt, Stage Manager: Jude Chibueze Meju