About the Show
Josephine Baker. The little girl from Missouri who became an original 20th Century icon. Based on the extraordinary story of Josephine Baker: performer, spy and civil rights activist.
But, almost 50 years after her death, Café Josephine, a down-at-heel New York diner dedicated to her memory, faces closure. Nobody remembers Josephine, who she was, what she did, what she stood for. And she just can’t allow that.
With a sultry, Harlem Renaissance-inspired score, spring-heeled Charleston dancing and a hatful of historical figures, Josephine blurs the real with the imagined as we follow one woman’s incredible journey from the slums of St Louis via the bright lights of Paris and into the hearts of the world.
Creatives
Leona Allen
Author
The Egg
Producer
Wales Millennium Centre
Producer
Oxford Playhouse
Producer
Holm Theatre
Company
Jesse Briton
Director
Debbie Duru
Design
Nadine Lee
Music
Nadine Lee
Musical Director
Simon Lee
Music
Ingrid Mackinnon
Choreographer
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