Queer Storytelling in the ACCA Café: Mika Onyx Johnson

Four of the country’s most exciting and enthralling LGBTQIA+ writers-come-performers are performing newly commissioned stories by Marlborough Productions and New Writing South for The Coast is Queer. You will be able to catch their premiering pop-up performances and readings in the café bar throughout the festival. So grab a brew and a pew to hear their titillating short tales written especially for you.

11.45am – Mika Onyx Johnson is creating a surreal exploration about the complexities of conditioned humanhood. A dreamlike dive into the myths, fictions and trials of the masculine, the spirit and the self.

Mika Onyx Johnson is an actor, writer, facilitator, and performance artist. His debut show, Pink Lemonade at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2019) and the Bush Theatre (2021) earned critical acclaim.

Theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Seagull, Cyrano de Bergerac, Dear Elizabeth, Michael X, and Pink Lemonade.

Screen credits include What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC), Newark, Newark, Screw, and the film Dismantle Me.

His writing includes What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC), Pink Lemonade, Queer Upstairs, I’m Here, and My White Best Friend.

Mika is an associate artist at the Jamie Lloyd Company.

Photo Credit: Yellowbelly

Please note: Relevant content warnings will be shared before each performance.

Queer Storytelling in the ACCA Café: Mika Onyx Johnson

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