LEI-LDN review – teenage delights and dilemmas, from the Midlands to the capital

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

Na-keisha Pebody captures the roiling uncertainty of growing up in a show with upbeat music and audience interaction

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hardaye Brown is a 17-year-old Leicester girl who has just been kicked out of home. And all because she defended herself against a racist classmate. She’s being shipped off by her white mum, Claire, to her Jamaican aunt Jemima in Peckham, south London, leaving her best friend behind.

Can the force of her teenage bravado, the shield of her phone and the comfort of her favourite musicians steer her through the move? Written and performed by Na-keisha Pebody, LEI-LDN explores growing up mixed race, and how that experience shifts as Chardaye relocates from the Midlands to the capital, mirroring Pebody’s own journey.