How I learned to Swim
By Somebody Jones
Brixton House, Summerhall and Bristol Old Vic, 2024
Shortlisted for the Filipa Bragança Award for best solo performer 2024
shortlisted for the BBC Popcorn Award for New Writing 2024
Chris Wiegan’s ‘Best show of the year’ in The Guardian
Director/dramaturg Emma Jude Harris
Cast Frankie Hart
Producer Prentice Productions with Brixton House
Set and Costume Design Debbie Duru
Lighting Design Ali Hunter
Sound Design and composer Nicola Chang
Associate sound design Hattie North
Technical Stage Manager Josephine Shipp
Assistant Stage Manager Leigh Arthur
Production Photographer David Monteith-Hodge
‘One woman’s swimming lessons open up an expansive world of aquatic Black history and myth [...] the play is staged by Emma Jude Harris with an assurance that matches the script.’
-Chris Wiegan, The Guardian
‘... theatre at its greatest. You too will be breathless until the end.’
–Fiona Russell, Theatre Weekly
‘Hart has a real grace and assurance as a performer and Emma Jude Harris' production is elegant and controlled, with strong movement work throughout’
-Natasha Tripney, The Stage