Houmi Miura presents
In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun
Thursday 25th and Friday 26th September 2025
Doors: 7pm
Performance: 7.30pm
Running Time: 75 minutes no interval
Tickets:
General Admission (£15)
Concession (£7.50) Suitable for Over 65, Under 18, Student, Artist, Unemployment Benefit, Disability Benefit. Please note proof of concession eligibility may be asked for upon arrival at the box office. Complimentary tickets are available for PAs supporting those with access requirements.
No Questions (£3) If you can't afford any of the other tickets categories but still want to see the show then please purchase this one – no questions will be asked. Limited to 8 per gig and must be bought online.
Age Recommendation: 16+
A surreal, witty quest to find history’s iconic Japanese women.
What happens when you grow up with heroes that look nothing like you? And what happens when you find some that do?
Join Houmi on her odyssey to find new heroes in this surreal and witty show that celebrates centuries of iconic, badass, Japanese women.
Houmi’s bedroom is plastered with posters of her childhood heroes. From Marilyn to Mel B, Tudor Queens to the Spice Girls, these are the women she’s spent her whole life unquestioningly adoring. As she gazes on their faces, the penny drops: none of them look like her. Houmi realises she’s never tried to seek out heroes that share her heritage. Thus begins the quest of all quests, where we meet an 11th Century samurai, two powerhouse suffragettes and a legendary queen. And best of all, it’s literally, totally autobiographical. Well... Sort of.
In The Beginning Woman Was The Sun is Houmi Miura’s debut one woman show, supported by HOME, Unity, Arts Council England, New Earth Theatre and Horizons Collective.
Audience feedback:
“ A creative and controlled outpouring of righteous fury at those who say, ‘You don't belong here’”
“Fearlessly explores her own story and identity with insight, honesty and above all, good humour, to challenge preconceptions we in the West hold about East Asian women”
“ It’s so alive and inventive in a way that really pushes the form of a one-person show"
About Houmi Miura – Writer & Performer
Houmi Miura is a Japanese British writer and actor.
She participated in the BBC Writersroom’s Northern Voices and Drama Room schemes. She’s also an Alfred Bradley Bursary Award 2020 finalist. Screen credits include: Hollyoaks (Lime Pictures), Supertato (CBeebies), Biff and Chip (CBeebies), Daisy & Ollie (Hoopla Animation), The Amelia Gething Complex (CBBC). Playwriting credits include: Signal Fires (New Earth Theatre), Inquiry Agents Wanted (Farnham Maltings) and Bones (Vignettes, HER Productions).
As an actor, she’s performed for theatres across the UK including HOME, Camden People’s Theatre, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, The Octagon Theatre, Theatre By The Lake, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, The Lowry, Stephen Joseph Theatre and York Theatre Royal. She has filmed for BBC One, Amazon, Netflix, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Houmi has provided voiceover for the Total War gaming franchise, indie game Spirit of the Samurai and for the VR short film To Miss The End (Sundance Film Festival).