Overview

For only £5 get a ticket to see Princess Essex at The Globe (these are lower gallery seated tickets). About the show: It’s Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1908. Princess Dinubolu of Senegal enters a beauty contest at the iconic Kursaal, Europe’s biggest entertainment complex. Meet: Princess Essex. A fast-paced, music-filled, empowering comedy based on the incredible true story of the first woman of colour to enter a beauty pageant in the UK. Writer and performer Anne Odeke (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Globe) makes her Globe playwriting debut, celebrating unapologetic authenticity, audacity, and challenging the stereotypes that we still cling to. The show begins at 7:30pm you can either Meet at Guy's Hub Desk at Guy's Campus at 6:45pm to walk over together or meet us at The Globe Theatre at 7:15pm. Please email any access needs to [email protected]. Content Warning: This play contains themes of racism, colonialism and misogyny, and includes racist and ableist language, sexual assault, sexual references, strong language and stage violence.