Fragments of a Complicated Mind

Fragments of a Complicated Mind  is  a bold piece of theatre by multidisciplinary arts duo Initiative DKF. The play will hit the stage at the Theatre503 on January 21st.

Here is what the award-winning writer and director Damilola DK Fashola has to say about her latest piece of work.

"The play is about stereotypes and cultural pressures, what you are supposed to be like as a black girl, as a writer. It is about finding yourself through your thoughts. It’s therapy, it’s about rationalising your thoughts and if your thoughts have to be rationalised? Experiencing the full breadth of your mind with all of its conflicting thoughts through the mind of a black female writer in the arts industry. I want the audience to think differently, leaving having dismantled some of their stereotypes about women, about black women, about what theatre can be, what it should look like, what it’s supposed to look like on black bodies.

When I started theatre making in 2009, there wasn't really room for, or an understanding of the style. We were the only Black/Brown women I saw in these spaces, from open mics to pubs to scratches, talking like we did and how we did. In trying to push further, theatres would say ‘oh we like you, but we are not really sure’, but recently everyone’s been reaching out saying 'it’s time, the world is ready now'. Fragments is somewhat an ode to self, gathering all those once quieted ideas into one place"