Soho Theatre<\/a>, Dean Street from 10 \u2013 14 June 2025,\u00a0 Underbelly Bristo Square in Edinburgh from 1\u201326 August 2025, and at Soho Theatre Walthamstow from 9\u201313 September 2025.<\/p>\n\n 
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You\u2019re bringing\u00a0Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not to Come\u00a0to Soho\u00a0Theatre\u00a0Walthamstow \u2013 what can you tell us about the show?<\/strong><\/p>\nP: <\/strong>It\u2019s messy, it\u2019s honest, and it\u2019s everything we were raised to keep quiet about. Built from fragments of our real lives \u2013 from the hilarious to the unbelievably cringe\u2013 the show is ultimately a celebration of what it means to be a British Asian woman.<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s a collection of flashbacks from our own lives told in song, sketch and dance as we share some of our most personal stories and feelings about growing up as British Asians. From who we masturbate to, to the complex relationships we have with our mothers, this is an acid trip into our colourful and chaotic brains.<\/p>\nThe podcast has been a huge success \u2013 how did you go about translating that energy and honesty to the stage?<\/strong><\/p>\nP: <\/strong>The podcast gave us the freedom to say things we never thought we\u2019d say and the stage gives us a chance to\u00a0show\u00a0them. FYI the show isn\u2019t just the two of us sitting on stage talking \u2013 it\u2019s\u00a0theatrical, it\u2019s performative and a little unhinged. We wanted people to laugh, wince and maybe even feel a little exposed. It\u2019s raw and honest \u2013 with a space hopper, a hula hoop, and absolutely no regard for shame, which still holds so much power in the South Asian community.<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>When we had a chance to bring our podcast to stage, we really wanted to do something different, something that had audiences sitting up in their seats in shock, something that we know the podcast did. We\u2019ve had to shed any self-consciousness and leave shame at the door and hopefully we can encourage our audiences to do the same!<\/p>\n\n 
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You\u2019re performing in your hometown \u2013 how does it feel to bring this show to to Edinburgh Fringe and then to Walthamstow?<\/strong><\/p>\nP: <\/strong>I grew up in Waltham Forest, went to school here, and had some of my toughest years in this borough, so bringing the show home feels nerve-wracking but cathartic. I\u2019m not the same girl who grew up here \u2013 I\u2019m coming back freer, louder, and finally in control. Edinburgh, on the other hand, will be\u00a0wild. I\u2019m shitting myself, but chaos is kind of where we\u00a0thrive. Best advice I\u2019ve had so far for surviving the Fringe? \u201cEat veg\u201d.<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>I lived in the borough of Waltham Forest for 3 years and am from North London, so this feels very much like home turf.\u00a0 While I am very excited to bring our show to Walthamstow and to an iconic venue where I have been drunk more than once, its nerve wrecking to bring it to people who maybe had parallel lives growing up. Let\u2019s hope they see themselves in us.<\/p>\nThe show tackles everything from sex and heartbreak to racism and family politics \u2013 how do you balance humour with such powerful themes?<\/strong><\/p>\nP: <\/strong>We don\u2019t try to balance it \u2013 we let it collide head on. Our humour and the pain come from the same place. Growing up British Asian, you learn to laugh in uncomfortable moments. It\u2019s a survival skill. But it\u2019s also what makes our stories rich \u2013 they\u2019re tragic and ridiculous at the same time. And brown girls are elite level trauma\u00a0bonders so they get it.<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>Comedy has this unique power to talk about everything and anything and we hadn\u2019t realised that our podcast was really using laughter to probe deep into the darkest parts of ourselves. Our community is very very funny and we\u2019re so excited to no longer be the butt of the joke, but in fact make jokes, about butts.<\/p>\nYou\u2019ve received praise for your openness \u2013 what keeps you motivated to keep pushing boundaries?<\/strong><\/p>\nP: <\/strong>Boundaries? What are those? Asians don\u2019t get boundaries \u2013 I didn\u2019t grow up with any, and I\u2019m only just learning what they are in my late 30s. What keeps me going is the silence we were raised in. The things left unsaid. The shame that seeped into the gaps. If we can put words to those things \u2013 and have other women nod, laugh, or shout \u201csame!\u201d \u2013 that\u2019s enough. For me, it\u2019s about reclaiming our stories, especially the painful ones but doing it through laughter cos honestly if we don\u2019t laugh, we\u2019ll cry.<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>British Asian women in this country are magnificent creatures. Their love for the podcast, their love for the show and their support means we want to continue to represent them, tell their stories and keep amplifying their voices.<\/p>\nWhat would you say to anyone thinking of booking to see\u00a0Brown Girls Do It Too: Mama Told Me Not to Come?<\/strong><\/p>\nP:<\/strong> If you\u2019ve ever felt too brown, not brown enough, too loud, too horny or just too much \u2013 this show is for you. Come for the jokes, stay for the truth bombs. And bring your mum\u2026(No really bring her).<\/p>\nR:\u00a0<\/strong>Stop thinking and just come. 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