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HIVE CITY LEGACY

Video credit: Hive City Legacy: Dublin Chapter

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Image credit: Hive City Legacy: London Chapter

Photographer: Helen Murray

HIVE CITY LEGACY: DUBLIN CHAPTER

A Hot Brown Honey Production developed and produced by Dubling Fringe in partnership with Quiet RIOT. 

WRITTEN BY 
Lisa Fa’alafi, Kim "Busty Beatz" Bowers, Yami Löfvenberg with the HCL DUBLIN ENSEMBLE      

     

DIRECTED BY
LISA FA’ALAFI

MUSIC DIRECTION BY
"BUSTY BEATZ" 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
YAMI LÖFVENBERG

THE HCL DUBLIN ENSEMBLE
Jess Kav as ASCENSION
Alessandra Azevedo as MOONHA
Ozaro Azams as THE SONIC BOOM
Deborah Dickenson THE CHARMING RIOT
Shauna Harris as THE SHOWSTOPPER
Venus Patel as VENUS
Tatiana Santos as TATI INNA DI GHETTO
Andrea Williams as STORM

CHOREOGRAPHY
Lisa Fa'alafi and Yami Löfvenberg with the HCL DUBLIN ENSEMBLE

ORIGINAL COMPOSITION 
Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers 


The HCL DUBLIN ENSEMBLE
“Joyous Rage”  with additional composition by Aisling Moore
“Ascension”  The X Collective
“Home”  Jess Kav and Debora Dickenson
“Shaking the Shackles” Osaro Azams and Alessandra Azevedo 
with additional composition by Ancestress
“Love for my Sistas” Lady Lash and Kween G
Featuring the voice of Mary Kilduff
Hive City Legacy: London Chapter Ensemble
Hot Brown Honey Ensemble

LIGHTING DESIGN
SJ Sheils

SET DESIGN 
Lian Bell

SOUND DESIGN
Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers 

COSTUME DESIGN
Zeda The Architect

 

COSTUME ASSISTANT AND SEAMSTRESS
Ally Colfer

SEAMSTRESS
Izabela's Alterations at Zipyards Swords

PROP REALISER
Mary Kilduff

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Emily Long

STAGE MANAGER
Mary Kilduff

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
Ruby Collin

SOUND ENGINEER
Eóin Murphy

CHIEF LX
Sophie Cassidy 

CREW & SET ASSISTANT
Conor Kelly 

SET CONSTRUCTION
Stephen Bourke

ASSISTANT SET AND LIGHTING 
Ayesha Syeddah

ASSISTANT SOUND 
Aisling Moore

SOUND ENGINEERING 
Hannah Owens
Adelina Ryan


From Sound Training College
Adam Shanahan
My Fault Music

HCL CREST DESIGN
Grace Enemaku 

HOT BROWN HONEY PRODUCTIONS ARE PRODUCED WORLDWIDE BY QUIET RIOT
Executive Producer Linda Catalano
In partnership with Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers and Lisa Fa’alafi

Produced by Dublin Fringe Festival in partnership with Hot Brown Honey and Quiet Riot. Supported by CoisCéim Dance Theatre. 

This project is part of Weft, proudly funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhaírle Ealaíon through the Open Call initiative for 2021.

HIVE CITY LEGACY: LONDON CHAPTER

A Hot Brown Honey Production developed and produced by The Roundhouse in partnership with Quiet RIOT. 

 

CREATIVE TEAM
Hive City Legacy: London


Written and developed by Busty Beatz, Lisa Fa’alafi, Yami ‘Rowdy’ Lofvenberg and  A League of Extraordinary Femmes. 
Starring: Aminita Francis, Rebecca Solomon, Krystal Dockery, Farrell Cox, Dorcas A. Stevens, Koko Brown, Elsabet Yonas, Shakaiah Perez, Sherika Sherard

Director: Lisa Fa’alafi
Assistant Director: Yami Löfvenberg
Project Assistant: Elena Wangurra 
Choreography: Yami Löfvenberg and company
Sound Design: Xana and Busty Beatz
Music composition: Busty, Xana and company
Lighting Designer: Jessica Hung Han Yun

Costume Designer: Sabrina Henry
Associate Set, Prop and Costume Designer: Emily Harwood
Costume Illustrations: Kezia Frederick
Stage Manager: Sylvia Darkwa-Ohemeng 
Logo Illustration: Erin Aniker

Photography:  Helen Murray (2018) 

WITH THANKS
The cast and crew of Hot Brown Honey

Carly Woodbridge - Creative Producer of Passion and Purpose
Valeria Meng and her team at EYESONTHEWALL Visual Productions 
Photographer Shingi Rice

HOT BROWN HONEY PRODUCTIONS ARE PRODUCED WORLDWIDE BY QUIET RIOT
Executive Producer Linda Catalano
In partnership with Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers and Lisa Fa’alafi

Produced by Roundhouse in partnership with Hot Brown Honey and Quiet Riot.  

ACTIVATE. POLLINATE. LIBERATE.

Support Femmes of Colour in your community by collaborating with Hot Brown Honey and Quiet RIOT on the Hive City Legacy project. When touring, Hot Brown Honey are constantly asked 'What do I need to do to make and present a show like Hot Brown Honey? They created the Hive City Legacy project to ACTIVATE the genuine interest in their work. 

In this project, Hot Brown Honey co-creators Lisa Fa’alafi and Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers POLLINATE by sharing their philosophy and collaborative, cross disciplinary, live performance making process to create a 60 - 70 minute professional production with femmes of colour in your community. Hot Brown Honey's ambition is to create Hive City Legacy Chapters all over the world to LIBERATE femmes of colour and create an unapologetic and genre defying experience that will challenge and uplift both participants in the project and audiences.

The first The Second Hive City Legacy took place in 2022 n partnership with Dublin Fringe. This followed on from the inaugural Hive City Legacy which occurred in 2018 in partnership with  London’s Roundhouse.

 

The project has been a huge success in both cities both in terms of critical acclaim and ongoing impact in the community. Hive City Legacy; London Chapter was performed at The Roundhouse for a two week season, returning in 2019 for a UK tour including Home Manchester, Circus City Bristol and Wales Millenium Centre. Hive City Legacy: Dublin Chapter was nominated for a Fringe Award. 

★★★★ “A fast, furious blast of beatboxing, body-popping, hip- hop, breakdance, mime, burlesque, aerial acrobatics and spoken word.” – The Guardian


★★★★ “Hive City Legacy pollinates the seeds of revolution... [an] explosive and invigorating show.” – The Stage

 

★★★★ “It’s impossible not to be moved by the strength of the

message, and the very smart approach to inspiring a room of people to not just to be who they are but to celebrate it... More than just a show, this is weaponised theatre.” – The Reviews Hub

Are you the host of our next chapter? 

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