Kim Tatum

Shakona doesn't always want to be treated so nicely... sometimes she wants to feel like the world does: chaotic. Yet she can't get her devoted and loving boyfriend Eddie to meet her needs, so she goes to where all good decisions are made: a hookup app. Just as it seems like Shakona is finally letting go, she has the chance to take power into her own hands.

Principal Boy follows the audition, rehearsal, and performance of the central character in British pantomime, known as the ‘principal boy’. Traditionally a young male protagonist, the character is conventionally played by a woman in drag. Using and subverting traditional British pantomime conventions, Principal Boy explores the presence and absence of trans and gender-nonconforming people in mainstream culture, including film and stage productions.⁠ ⁠

A rich tapestry of image, music and poetry is interwoven in this powerful meditation on Black resilience.