Princess & The Hustler
Written by Chinonyerem
Odimba
Directed by Gbolahan Obisesan
The Linbury Theatre
Friday 10 - Thursday 16 October 2025
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Content warnings: Contains themes of racial discrimination, colourism, parental abandonment, mental illness, and domestic abuse. Includes depictions of domestic assault, racially aggravated assault, and microaggressions, as well as the use of blades, explicit language, and blood.
The play is set during the 1963 ‘colour bar’ that led to the banning of Black and Asian bus drivers in Bristol, and depicts the hostility and violence faced by Black communities during this period.
Creative Team
Director
Designer
Producer
Assistant Producer
Voice Director
Movement Director
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Intimacy Director
Fight Director
Wig and Hair Designer
Gbolahan Obisesan*
Tara Usher*
Rebecca Lyle*
Bobby Harding*
Molly Parker*
Kemi Durosinmi*
Jackson Walsh
Finley Cozens
Corina Andrian*
Sam Lyon-Behan*
Mary Antonia Dare*
Cast
Lorna James
Wendell ‘The Hustler’ James
Mavis James
Margot
Leon
Wendell ‘Junior’ James
Phyllis ‘Princess’ James
Jordan Copeland
Malachi Edwards
Emma Grelet
Katie Hutchings
Malachi King
David Mensah
Terry-Ann Wisdom
Production Team
Stage Manager
Deputy Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Production Manager
Production Lx
Dep Lx / Programmers
Production Sound Engineer Dep PSE
Production Carpenter & Green Captain
Deputy Prod Carpenters
Aryan Sherifi
Xitong Cao
Poppy Stewart
Phoebe Bennett
Holly Higgs
Sofia Altamirano
Simon Calahan
Tammy Cheng
Lucia Cohen
Arthur Moore
Ming Ong (GM)
Nic Usher
*LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
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