Let’s go back to the 2000s. MSN, Myspace, Big Brother, Nokia Brickphones and lads mags ruling the shelves.

But what if you don’t quite fit the mould? What if you’re the only kid of colour in town? 

At 13, David finds himself uprooted from the city, navigating life as a Jamaican-English mixed-heritage kid in a small working-class Northern town—trying to carve out his identity while everyone around him thinks they’ve already decided it for him. Hilarious, sharp, and painfully nostalgic, A Small Town Northern Tale is for anyone who ever spent hours perfecting their Myspace bio, knew the exact right time to go “offline and online” for attention, and remembers just how dodgy 2000s fashion really was.

But beneath the laughs is a deeply personal, Black-British story about finding your voice in a world that doesn’t quite know where to place you. About the awkwardness of standing out when you desperately want to blend in. And about the quiet, everyday acts of rebellion that shape who we become.

For fans of The Inbetweeners, American Pie, and anyone still holding onto an embarrassing Hotmail email address they refuse to delete.