Theatre

 
Following its critically acclaimed premiere in 2018, this coming of age story inspired by Dizzee Rascal's seminal album, returns for a limited run before going on tour. In a strict Mormon household somewhere in the seam between East London and Essex, a girl is given Dizzee Rascal's ground-breaking grime album Boy in da Corner by her best friend SS Vyper.
 

Poet In Da Corner | 2018 & 2020

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“One of the most exciting things I’ve seen all year and marks out writer/performer/lyricist/dancer Debris Stevenson as one of the brightest emerging talents around. It is, in short, the real deal” Evening Standard | Fiona Mountford Read full review

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“Thrilling… Words blaze the stage and Stevenson appears like the Kate Tempest of grime”

The Guardian | Arifa Akbar  Read full review

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“An inspiring, thoroughly enjoyable evening full of possibilities for where Stevenson — and theatre itself — might go next”

The Times | Dominic Maxwell Read full review

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“Debris Stevenson’s show is totally, boldly different from anything else”

Time Out | Alice Saville Read full review

The Poet in da Corner soundtrack is now available on all streaming services and an educational resource pack for the show is available here.

 

The Song Project | 2021

The Song Project began as a bold experiment bringing together a group of artists and playwrights to co-create in a new way, starting with the idea that some things can only be sung.

Conceived by Royal Court associate designer Chloe Lamford and award-winning Dutch singer and composer Wende, in collaboration with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, choreographer Imogen Knight and playwrights E.V. Crowe, Sabrina Mahfouz, Somalia Nonyé Seaton, Stef Smith and Debris Stevenson, The Song Project focuses on those moments in life where rationality feels irrelevant.
What’s on Stage said, ‘I particularly loved the pulsating scariness of Debris Stevenson's Horror Story, sung against a red-lit wall, with its sharp observations about a nightmare of domestic life – "I'd moved into a fridge, the same colour as the toaster/colour as the sofa, colour as a bridge"’.

 
 
 

1st Luv | 2019

1st LUV brings together Ned Bennett, Debris Stevenson and Jammz to create a brand new piece of work for The Big House that promises to be dazzlingly modern and joyful. Fifteen marginalised young people will take us on a journey that explores how the templates of love that we are given as children shape our lives. 

The play weaves music and poetry into a theatrical event that will be both magical and heartbreakingly raw. The enthusiasm and excitement that this team brings to The Big House and their unique understanding of the young people that we work with is rare and hugely inspiring.

 

Treason the Musical | 2022-

Photo Credit: Mark Senior

Find the latest updates via the Treason the Musical website

Treason is the exciting new musical drama about the gunpowder plot, set to completely blow you away with a stunning new score and lyrics, featuring a fusion of original folk and pop songs that tell a crucial tale in England's history.

Debris has played the role of Narrator in the streamed concert of Treason in 2021 and in the live 2 day show in 2022 that sold out The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane where Debris also joined the creative team writing additional narrative material.

The Guardian described Debris as “a force as fierce as the flames that lap on a back-screen […] her energy and fizzing poetry hold us breathless”.

Listen to concert album - iTunes Spotify

 

NYT - Much Ado About Nothing | 2023

National Youth Theatre - Much Ado About Nothing

By William Shakespeare
Remixed by Debris Stevenson
Directed by Josie Daxter 

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps

Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy meets reality TV romance in a raucous and lyrical adaptation by poet and playwright Debris Stevenson (Poet in da Corner, Royal Court) at the iconic Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End. Josie Daxter (NYT alumna), who has worked extensively with The PappyShow and Complicite, playfully directs this modern-day love story as we go behind the cameras into a loved-up world of gossip, matchmaking and manipulation. Don’t miss some of Britain’s best young talent taking over the West End with 1000 £10 tickets on sale for this 10th anniversary NYT REP Company production.

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The Reviews Hub | Jane Darcy Read full review

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The Stage | Alexander Cohen Read full review

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Sardines | Susan Elkin Read full review

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Theatre Weekly | Greg Stewart Read full review

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London Theatre 1 | Chris Omaweng Read full review