Talawa Young Company: TYPT

 

July 11, 2017

I'm enormously pleased to have been accepted onto the Talawa Theatre TYPT programme for 2017! TYPT puts emerging theatre makers together with established artists to develop their practice, test ideas and produce a brand new piece of theatre in just 4 weeks; only around 1 in 30 applicants wins a place.

http://www.talawa.com/productions/typt-17

I am very honoured to be given this opportunity and excited to give my all in the room, as well as getting to know Talawa better and expanding my praxis as a theatre-maker and performer. Judging by the auditions, this is going to be a very special course! Our final show will be at Hackney Showrooms August 31st, September 1st and Sept 2nd, directed by Miranda Cromwell.

Founded in 1986, Talawa is the primary Black theatre company in the UK, with more than 40 award-winning touring productions from African classics to Oscar Wilde behind it. The Company has performed work by writers like C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Michael Abbensetts, Wole Soyinka, Patricia Cumper, Mustapha Matura, Roy Williams, Derek Walcott, Jackie Kay, Kwami Kwei-Armah, Trish Cooke, Malorie Blackman, Michael Bhim and Theresa Ikoko. A number of Britain's finest actors, many of whom have sustained successful careers in film, radio, theatre and television, have worked with Talawa including Norman Beaton, Carmen Munroe, Mona Hammond, Doña Croll, Danny John-Jules, Cathy Tyson, Don Warrington, Sharon D Clarke, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Nonso Anozie and Michaela Coel.