CV
CV
AS DIRECTOR
AND by Thomas Draper | Theatre503 | Dec 2024
Rapid Write Response: by their fruits by DK Fashola
HIS NAME by Ibukun Olumoroti | Contact Theatre, Manchester | Oct 2024
Ricochet Theatre: Bulletpoints Showcase
AROMATHERAPY by Khai Shaw | Talawa Theatre Company | Jul 2024
Talawa Firsts: New Work Festival
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR by Nikolai Gogol | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre/UAL: Wimbledon College of Arts | Mar 2024
Evolution Festival: Labs
BLACK TERROR; OR, LOOKING FOR BILL [R&D] by Kalungi Ssebandeke | Guildhall School of Music & Drama | Mar 2024
Boundless Theatre: Big Boundless Show Prize, in partnership with Guildhall School and the Museum of Youth Culture
THE HIVVY [R&D] by Luke Elliott | Hackney Showroom | Sept 2023
Gateway Arts Productions
AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell, adapted by Tatty Hennessy, directed by Amy Leach | Theatre Royal Stratford East & Leeds Playhouse, in association with Nottingham Playhouse (Tour) | Feb — Apr 2025
WE NEED NEW NAMES by NoViolet Bulawayo, adapted by Mufaro Makubika, directed by Monique Touko | New Perspectives & Fifth Word, in association with Brixton House Theatre (UK Tour) | Apr — Jun 2023
AS ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/CO-PRODUCER
SATURN RETURNS by/directed by Sonny Nwachukwu | Southbank Centre; Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Tour) | Sept — Oct 2022
Gateway Arts Productions
Nominated for Best Dance Production at the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards.
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE MAKING under Leo Skilbeck | Young Vic Theatre (Taking Part & Creators Program) | Sept 2022
OF THE CUT by Yasmin Joseph, directed by Philip J. Morris | Young Vic Theatre (Taking Part) & TEA Films | Jul — Aug 2022
DEAR BLK LDN | Theatre Peckham | Apr 2022
YV: MAKERS’ MOTIVE | Young Vic (Young Associates) | Mar 2022
FIVE PLAYS | Young Vic Theatre (Creators Program) | Dec 2021
INTRODUCTION TO DIRECTING under Diyan Zora | Young Vic Theatre (Taking Part) | Winter 2021
YV UNPACKED: LOVE REIGN by Shereen Jasmin Phillips, directed by Stef O’Driscoll | Young Vic Theatre (South London Community Tour) | Sept — Oct 2021
NOTABLE POSITIONS HELD
OLD VIC THEATRE Lambeth Baylis Trustee (Board of the Old Vic Theatre Trust) | Sept 2024 — Present
BOUNDLESS THEATRE Co-Artistic Director & Chief Executive Officer | May — Nov 2023
ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS Fellow (FRSA) | Oct 2022 — Dec 2023
GATEWAY ARTS PRODUCTIONS Associate Producer | Jun — Oct 2022
YOUNG VIC THEATRE Taking Part & Creators Program Young Associate | Sept 2021 — Sept 2022
Included secondment to role of Interim Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director & Joint CEO.
TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TAG AGENCY IRIN AJO | Feb 2025 — Present
Development programme for young Black creatives across the creative industries.
TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY Black Dramaturgy Club | Jul 2023 — Aug 2024
BLACK ACTING METHODS STUDIO Acting Methods for the 21st Century | Mar — Aug 2024
NEW DIORAMA / GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA / UPROOT PRODUCTIONS The Knot | Dec 2023
BLACK ACTING METHODS STUDIO Acting While Black: Essential Tools to Thrive | Dec 2023 — Mar 2024
TALAWA THEATRE COMPANY / EMERGENCY EXIT ARTS Creating Routes | Oct — Dec 2023
YOUNG VIC THEATRE Fresh Direction, under Nimmo Ismail and Monique Touko | 2022 — 2023
Training & mentorship for theatre directors and multi-disciplinary artists; Part of the Jerwood Artist Development Pathway.
THEATRE PECKHAM Young Producers (supported by Nike London) | Feb — Apr 2022
YOUNG VIC THEATRE Young Associates | 2021 — 2022
AWARDS
GET INTO THEATRE Emerging Artist Industry Spotlight Commission (in partnership with Theatre Royal Brighton and Ambassador Theatre Group) | Winter 2023 — Spring 2024
GRAND PLAN FUND Summer 2024: Grant Recipient | Sept 2024
For self-directed playwriting practice and to bolster development of debut play.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Developing Your Creative Practice: Grant Recipient | Nov 2023
To develop specialism in theatre directing through performance practices from the Black Diaspora and Global South.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX Drama and Film Studies BA (Joint Honours): First Class
AS FEATURED IN
University of Sussex | Get Into Theatre | Broadway World | Arts Professional | Platform B Radio | Vogue Italia | DAZED