Talawa Firsts 2024 Presents: Double Bill | The Pool x Aromatherapy

Following the success of last year’s two week festival of new and emerging Black work and artists, Talawa Firsts festival is returning.

This July at our base in Croydon, Talawa Theatre Company will host two amazing weeks of new work, workshops, rooftop club nights, their first Don’t Flick short film screenings and more, themed around obsessions and chance encounters, encouraging all festivalgoers to stay curious!

The first double bill on the 4th July will be Hannah Shury-Smith’s The Pool and Khai Shaw’s Aromatherapy. The Pool sees repressed memories surface when three best friends, Ella, Jada and Isra, are stranded by a flood near the pool of an English spa – and there’s no escaping the anger bubbling beneath the surface of this picture perfect friendship. In the hard-hitting Aromatherapy, Marcus – a perfume seller who hates his job – meets Sol, who promises money, power and glory. Marcus has the chance to be the man he’s always dreamed of – and stands to lose everything in the process.

Host or Publisher Talawa Theatre Company