BiBi Crew

BiBi Crew, founded in 1991, was the first British comedy troupe to consist entirely of Black actresses.[1][2] Their work focuses on the Black British experience.

History

In 1991, Joanne Campbell, Judith Jacob, Janet Kay, Suzette Llewellyn, Josephine Melville, Beverley Michaels and Suzanne Packer founded BiBi Crew in London.[1] According to Jacob and Michaels, the group was founded in response to The Posse, a comedy group made up of Black actors.[3][4] Michaels saw the troupe perform and thought "there should be a group of women doing this" and contacted the other women involved.[3] Campbell has stated that the group formed after a memorial benefit at the Theatre Royal Stratford East to celebrate the life of actor Calvin Simpson, in which a few of the troupe members participated.[5]

The troupe's name combines the word for lady in Swahili and Urdu, with the use of the word crew, which was popular with American music groups,[3] and which the group thought gave them some "street cred".[5] They were all of "Caribbean descent",[6] and "devised and produced work with an African Caribbean perspective" that drew on their personal experiences.[1]:74 They wrote, directed, produced and acted in their productions, which combined music, dance, drama and sketch comedy[1]:44 They were regular performers at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and contributed to the theatre's mission to reflect the diversity of Newham where it was located.[2]:305 They also toured throughout the United Kingdom and United States.[7]:20

Reunion

BiBi Crew reunited in 2005 without Campbell, who died in 2002, and Kay, who was pursuing a career in music.[8]

Legacy

They contributed to the emergence of a black comedy circuit in Britain in the 1990s.[9][10] Along with groups such as The Posse, they "introduced a new energized performance style into diasporic theatre in the early 1990s that was breaking away from old categories and attracting a black audience with sketch-like material, often highly political, rooted in common experience"[11]:195 Additionally, their performances at the Theatre Royal Stratford East helped to inspire the subsequent Asian revue series.[7]:20

Productions

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Abram, Nicola (2020), Abram, Nicola (ed.), "Theatre of Black Women", Black British Women's Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 23–84, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2, ISBN 978-3-030-51459-4, S2CID 226651462, retrieved 2020-10-28
  2. ^ a b Donnell, Alison (2002-09-11). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
  3. ^ a b c Porter, Toby (2018-07-20). "Writer and producer Beverley Michaels, talks about her upcoming show at The Albany Deptford". South London News. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. ^ "Judith Jacob (The Raunchy Interview)", Ebony Online, 2017-10-12.
  5. ^ a b "The BiBi Crew". The Late Show, BBC2, 1992.
  6. ^ "Suzanne Packer talks about her time in comedy group The Bibi Crew". The Sian Williams Interview, BBC One, 2014-04-23.
  7. ^ a b Ikoli, Tunde (1998-08-26). Scrape off the Black. Oberon Books. ISBN 978-1-84943-892-6.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "About BiBi Crew. Story of BiBi Crew making people think and laugh". mysite. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  9. ^ Starck, Kathleen (2006). "'Black and female is some of who I am and I want to explore it': black women's plays of the 1980s and 1990s". Studies in Theatre and Performance. 26 (1): 49–67. doi:10.1386/stap.26.1.49/1. ISSN 1468-2761. S2CID 194089831.
  10. ^ Aston, Elaine; Janelle, Reinett; Reinelt, Janelle (2000). The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-59533-9.
  11. ^ Chambers, Colin (2020-12-18). Black and Asian Theatre In Britain: A History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-21689-5.
  12. ^ Gardner, Lyn (27 May 1993). "Arts: Giggers with attitude". The Guardian.
  13. ^ "On A Level | BPA". www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  14. ^ "But Stop! We Got Work To Do | BPA". www.blackplaysarchive.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

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