The most challenging part about the role I play is…Īisha: Managing my energy and always giving out the right amount. The energy is big, the costumes are glamorous, and the song and performance blend beautifully in this euphonic, wonderfully colourful number.Īisha Jawando as Tina Turner. My favourite song from the show is…Īisha: I don’t know if I can answer that question! I have so many hahahaha!! What I love the most about my role is…Īisha: Playing a black woman. I just keep getting shocked with every job I am gifted with.Īisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo. The career moment I’m most proud of is…Īisha: This one.
My favourite show present or past (that isn’t one I star in/work on) is…Īisha: Oh gosh! That’s kinda hard… I do really love Once On This Island. It’s just a personal thing of recognizing people’s work at that moment in time and giving them their flowers.Īisha Jawando and the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical. My West End idol is…Īisha: I don’t actually have an idol in the West End. Jammy: I was put in a drama class in high school by accident. Grab a cuppa and settle down as we find out more about Aisha and Jammy!Īisha: I jumped on a bus from South London (haha!) This powerful, iconic Olivier Award-nominated show reveals the untold story of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender and race. Jammy will be playing Tina’s partner, Ike Turner, and you may know him from his roles in Grand Hotel at the Southwark Playhouse, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at the Aldwych Theatre and Hair at The Vaults. Today, we’re talking to Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo who will star in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical playing at the Aldwych Theatre from 5 August – 26 June 2022.Īisha will be playing the lead role of the global icon, Tina Turner and has previously starred in the original London cast of Motown The Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Fela! at the National Theatre, Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre and more! In our profile series, Tell Us In 10, we ask cast members and creatives of top London shows to tell us all about themselves in just 10 questions.