WRITING + PERFORMANCE

**1884**

co-written by **Rhianna Ilube**, **malakaï sargeant** & **Mareika Chirikure**, directed by **Tatenda Shamiso**
Presented by Coney at Shoreditch Town Hall & Brighton Dome (2024)

SELECTED WRITING & ARTIST-EDUCATOR CREDITS

1884 – co-writer of anti-colonial immersive theatre-game produced by Coney, presented at Shoreditch Town Hall & Brighton Dome (2024)

Vol97No3: A Portfolio on Black British Writing – contributing poet, edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf. Published by Prairie Schooner / University of Nebraska Press (2024)

BORN::FREE Writers’ Collective – co-tutor of annual writers’ collective for Black writers and poets alongside Belinda Zhawi (2023-present)

Talawa Introductory Writers’ Group – co-tutor of annual writers’ group for Black playwrights by Talawa Theatre Company alongside Michelle Matherson (2023 & 2024)

Uprising & Resistance – contributing poet, commissioned by Spread the Word, edited by Gboyega Odubanjo. Published by Ink, Sweat and Tears (2023)

#MerkyBooks New Writers prize – submitted poems shortlisted to final 20 out of 900+ submissions (2022/23)

SPINE Festival – lead artist co-creating poetic works with young people, produced by Apples & Snakes (2020 & 2022)

Rife: 21 Stories from Britain’s Youth – contributing essayist, commissioned by Rife, edited by Nikesh Shukla. Published by Unbound (2019)

Tottenham Symphony – contributing playwright, commissioned and presented by the Royal Court (2017)

An Orchestra of Feathers and Bones – contributing poet as part of Barbican Young Poets, edited by Jacob Sam-La Rose & Rachel Long. Published by the Barbican (2017)

Black Tongues – co-writer of site-specific outdoor piece produced by The S+K Project, presented at Dalston Eastern Curve Garden (2016)

The Incredible Tale of Mwindow – co-writer of theatre show alongside Nel Crouch, produced by Haringey Shed in association with The S+K Project & Royal Court (2015)