Theatre Peckham Fringe 2026 God’s Gift
“An interesting piece about identity, hierarchies and family”
Four generations. Two islands. One school.
Our debut play, God’s Gift, follows a family through a fictional South East London school. In 1911, two Jamaican boys learn how far they must bend to belong. In the present day, a grandfather who keeps the school archive is challenged by his grandson to ask who the past is really for, and what silence costs.
Inspired by our own family history and by Dr Harold Moody’s New Cross Gate, God’s Gift asks who gets to write history, and who pays for the silence.
We previewed it as a work in progress in the studio at Peckham Fringe 2026, Theatre Peckham, to two sold-out audiences.
See the trailer for our show at Theatre Peckham Fringe.
Video and photographs by Inigo Woodham Smith
Cast
richard bobb-semple - @rbsemple, Dé Jean Brown - @dejeanbrown.m, Belenus Johnson - @bel_blake456, Thaob Kano - @instaaintreallyf, Sarah Priddy - @sarahpriddyuk
Crew
Lolly Whitney Low (writer/director) - @lolly.low.theatre, Siobán Whitney Low (writer/producer) - @siobanwhitneylow, Anna Crump (drama therapist), Ines Aresti (movement director) - @inesaresti, Clio Chinyama (dramaturg)- @clio.cc, Kai Richie (marketting manager) - @1kairichie
[Photo gallery: Peckham Fringe 2026]