I Am: Oommoo

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The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, BN3 1AS

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**A poetic reflection of an experience unpacked through an Afro-Futuristic East African lens. An acronym for one of many many of one, OommoO explores the life of a 1st gen immigrant as she navigates the duality of two cultures, her Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) heritage and British identity.**

Interweaving language and customs with innovative high-tech storytelling tools like the wearable tech MiMu gloves (a midi gestural controller); story, visuals+music+soundscape are stitched together to teleport you to a different world.

OommoO is a one woman modular theatre series and the theme of this pilot episode: effects of memory loss on a displaced community, on different generations, caused by different reasons.

It asks what happens when you’ve left everything behind for the promise of...Read More

About

**A poetic reflection of an experience unpacked through an Afro-Futuristic East African lens. An acronym for one of many many of one, OommoO explores the life of a 1st gen immigrant as she navigates the duality of two cultures, her Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) heritage and British identity.**

Interweaving language and customs with innovative high-tech storytelling tools like the wearable tech MiMu gloves (a midi gestural controller); story, visuals+music+soundscape are stitched together to teleport you to a different world.

OommoO is a one woman modular theatre series and the theme of this pilot episode: effects of memory loss on a displaced community, on different generations, caused by different reasons.

It asks what happens when you’ve left everything behind for the promise of something better, and the something ‘better’ isn’t ‘better’? When you have nothing but memories and memory is fading… What do you have? OommoO, neither a musical, drama or gig theatre… It is a new kind of storytelling.

AWARDS

Winner of the Lustrum Prize

Winner of the Eclipse Award

Nominated for the Filipa Branca Award, 2023

"A unique experience, I've never experienced anything like this before" - Kate Nash

"This is what theatre is all about" - Ed Fest Magazine

"An emotive show that is genuinely innovative in the storytelling space" - YoungIsh Perspective

"Lula Mebrahtu mesmerises her audience" - The Skinny

Presented by Lula XYZ with OommoO Productions

Parental Guidance Advised, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

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Opening Times

I Am: Oommoo 5 Apr 2025
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Saturday18:45 - 21:30
I Am: Oommoo 6 Apr 2025
DayTimes
Sunday18:45 - 21:30

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