DRAMATURGY + DEVELOPING NEW WORK FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE

PRODUCTION | COMPANY / VENUE – PRODUCTION NOTES

In development

  • And the Stench of Flowers Fills the Air by Maria Messias Mendes | in development with Carmen Collective – attached as director

  • MINDPHUNK by Jennelle Reece-Gardner | supported by Talawa Theatre Company & Royal Court – attached as director & dramaturg

  • When the Mourning Comes by Alfie J Neill | supported by Lyric Hammersmith – attached as co-director & dramaturg

2024

  • HEAVY (dir. Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu) | Talawa Theatre Company – Dramaturg; co-created with TYPT:24 company

  • Under the Table by Dee Williamson (dir. Martina Laird) x Sandilands by Daniel Ward (dir. Danielle Kassaraté) (double-bill) | Talawa Theatre Company – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa Firsts Festival 2024

  • the pool by Hannah Shury-Smith (dir. Dubheasa Lanipekun) x Aromatherapy by Khai Shaw (dir. Jordi M Carter) (double-bill) | Talawa Theatre Company – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa Firsts Festival 2024

  • Bougie Lanre’s Boulangerie by Kareem Parkins-Brown (dir. Philip J Morris) | Talawa Theatre Company & national tour – Dramaturg for Talawa, as part of Talawa Firsts: On Tour

  • Love in Gravitational Waves by Testament (dir. Brigitte Adela) | Talawa Theatre Company & national tour – Dramaturg for Talawa, as part of Talawa Firsts: On Tour

  • BABYDYKE by Rashida Seriki (dir. Tian Brown-Sampson) | Talawa Theatre Company / BBC Radio 4 – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa, as part of Talawa Stories season 2.

  • copper + lead by lydia luke (dir. Philip J Morris) | Talawa Theatre Company / BBC Radio 4 – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa, as part of Talawa Stories season 2.

  • 1884 by Rhianna Ilube (dir. Tatenda Shamiso) | Coney / Shoreditch Town Hall – Co-writer/maker; 2-week run & tour

2023

  • Never Have I Ever (dir. Emma Butler) | Chichester Festival Theatre – Dramaturg; 4-week run.

  • What I Hear, I Keep (dir. Philip J Morris) | Talawa Theatre Company – Dramaturg; co-created with TYPT:23 company

  • Bougie Lanre’s Boulangerie by Kareem Parkins-Brown (dir. Tian Brown-Sampson) x Good Vibrations by Rubi Alexandra (dir. Rebekah Murrell) (double-bill) | Talawa Theatre Company – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa Firsts Festival 2023

  • Love in Gravitational Waves by Testament x How We Sing our Bodies by Malika Booker (dir. Gbolahan Obisesan) (double-bill) | Talawa Theatre Company – Commissioner & dramaturg for Talawa Firsts Festival 2023