The play then went on to be produced by the Bush Theatre (2012), Royal Theatre Holland (2012), Royal Exchange Theatre (2013) and the National Theatre (2014). The play featured Coel in a one-woman show telling the dramatic story of a 14-year-old girl named Tracey. The play was first produced at The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. Ĭoel's play Chewing Gum Dreams was her senior graduation project at Guildhall in 2012. In 2011, Coel released the record We're the Losers. That same year, Coel released an album entitled Fixing Barbie, which featured her work as a poet and musician. During her time at Talawa, Coel was in the TYPT 2009 production of Krunch, directed by Amani Naphtali. Ĭoel joined the Talawa Theatre Company summer school program TYPT in 2009. As a poet, Coel performed on many stages, including Wembley Arena, Bush Theatre, Nuyorican Poets Cafe and De Doelen, Rotterdam. As she continued to do open mics, she was encouraged by actor, playwright and director Ché Walker, who saw her perform at the Hackney Empire, to apply to Guildhall. In 2006, Coel began performing at poetry open mics in Ealing. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2012. During her time at Guildhall, Coel attended the Mark Proulx workshop at Prima del Teatro and took the Kat Francois Poetry Course at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. She won the Laurence Olivier Bursary award, which helped her fund her schooling. In 2009, she transferred to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was the first black woman enrolled in five years. She took a Ché Walker masterclass after meeting Walker at open mic nights. įrom 2007 to 2009, Coel attended the University of Birmingham, studying English Literature and Theology.
The isolation did not continue into her secondary education at a comprehensive school. She attended Catholic schools in East London, and has said that, during primary school, she bullied other pupils, claiming it was caused by her isolation as the only black pupil in her age cohort. She and her sister grew up in East London, primarily Hackney and Tower Hamlets, with their mother. Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson was born in East London.
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