For the first time in my life, everything is silent”

Winner of the 2024 Offie Award for Best Performer: Sutara Gayle.

A Hackney Showroom production by Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee, in association with Brixton House and winner of Best Performance at the 2024 Offie Awards.

★★★★★ “Absorbing and visceral” The Stage
★★★★★ “A tour de force” Afridiziak
★★★★ “Pummelling and powerful” Time Out
★★★★ “A singular, hypnotic show” Financial Times
★★★★ “Nothing short of awe-inspiring” WhatsOnStage
★★★★ “A show that plays to your heart” The Times

With high octane musical numbers and a virtuoso solo performance, The Legends of Them is a unique theatrical experience brought to you by connoisseurs of experimental entertainment, Hackney Showroom.

Darkness descends at the Pink House in Tiruvannamalai, India. As the storm cracks through the windows, Lorna’s memories pierce their way through the silence. The legends of her life come to guide her – her mother Euphemia, her sister Cherry, her brother Mooji and her ancestor, Nanny of the Maroons. But will Lorna find the strength to face her demons? Come, let our observer take your hand, as she leads us on an epic voyage of discovery.  

Sutara Gayle – Writer & Performer
Jo McInnes – Director & Co-Creator
Nina Lyndon – Dramaturg & Co-Creator
Christella Litras – Composer & Musical Director
Elena Peña – Sound Content (2025 Edinburgh production & tour) 
Joshie Harriette – Lighting Designer
Daniel Batters – Video Designer
Melissa Simon-Hartman – Costume Designer
Martina Laird – Associate Director
Sam Curtis Lindsay – Associate Director
Toby Smith (The Production Family) – Production Manager
Sunita Hinduja – Company Stage Manager
Stuart Duncan – Technical Stage Manager 
Sarah Victoria – Sound System Designer & Sound Associate (2025 Edinburgh production & tour) – Based on the original Sound Design for the 2024 Royal Court production by Elena Peña
Zoé Ritchie – Lighting Associate & Relighter