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Spill The Tea: A Cutty Crew Takeover
On 16 July 2021 the Royal Museums Greenwich Youth Collective produced an evening takeover on Cutty Sark. This year's collective known as 'Cutty Crew' consisted of: Joshlyn Evans, Frederick Fynn-Famodun, Rachel Galbraith, Millie Hamilton, Sarah Hocine, Daniel Kamere, Olaitan Komolafe, Nasir Muhammad, Jade Ngoc, Tunmike Onibuje and Peter Wareing.
Spill the Tea was a takeover that allowed people to come together to shed light on the themes of diversity, equality, unity, audacity, identity and community. The crew wanted to create a space where people could talk freely and express their views and opinions with confidence. Subverting the traditional Tea Party, the evening was filled with artists, performances, poets, games and food.
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The Cutty Crew met weekly for a period of 10 weeks to co-produce the evening take-over. They selected local young performers to be part of the evening, which included Carina Torres, Dan Whitlam, Emireallyhere, Isy Miller de Vega, James Gava, Karenchi, Ku-Ro, Molotov and The Unknown.
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Between acts the Cutty Crew designed table games and conversation starters as well as a quiz and evening meal.
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![A group of young people watching performers as part of Spill the Tea](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1440/public/2021-08/T0035-031%201.jpg?itok=UCxH_0NU)
Supported by the Charlton Athletic Community Trust and Big Lottery Community Fund
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