YV_Mandela programme_v20 FINAL - digital cast sheet

THE TIME COMES IN THE
LIFE OF ANY NATION
WHEN THERE REMAIN
ONLY TWO CHOICES...
SUBMIT OR FIGHT.
WE SHALL NOT SUBMIT.
A NEW MUSICAL
@youngvictheatre

CREATIVE TEAM
Vusi
Gregory Armand
Bongani
Zion Battles
Prime Minister
Earl Carpenter
Warden
Stewart Clarke
Nomsa
Hanna Dimtsu
Winnie Mandela
Danielle Fiamanya
Adelaide Tambo /
Evelyn Mase
Lerato Gwebu
Praise Singer
Prudence Jezile
Walter Sisulu
Akmed Junior
Khemalai
Nelson Mandela
Michael Luwoye
Gugu
Blue Makwana
A NEW MUSICAL
IN PROUD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MANDELA FAMILY
CO-PRODUCED WITH NANDI MANDELA, LUVUYO MADASA, SHAUN HURWITZ, RONEN ZEKRY, GREG DEAN BOROWSKY, SHAUN BOROWSKY AND BRIAN & DAYNA LEE
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY GREG DEAN BOROWSKY & SHAUN BOROWSKY
BOOK BY LAIONA MICHELLE
DIRECTED BY SCHELE WILLIAMS
CAST
Susan / Erika
Kayleigh McKnight
Thembi Mandela
Posi Morakinyo
Albertina Sisulu /
Maki Mandela
Sneziey Msomi
Zeni Mandela
Nomfusi Ngonyama
Joe Slovo
Ryan O’Donnell
Kobus
Adam Pearce
Kgatho Mandela
Botlhale Phora
Ahmed Kathrada
Shiv Rabheru
Piet
Will Richardson
Zindzi Mandela
Leanne Robinson
Oliver Tambo
Ntsikelelo
Nicholas Vani
Music and Lyrics by
Greg Dean Borowsky
& Shaun Borowsky
Book by
Laiona Michelle
Director
Schele Williams
Choreographer
Gregory Maqoma
Additional Music & Lyrics
Bongi Duma
Set Designer
Hannah Beachler
Costume Designer
Fay Fullerton
Lighting Designer
Jon Clark
Sound Designer
Paul Gatehouse
Projection and Video Designer
Akhila Krishnan
Orchestrator and
Associate Musical Director
Sam Young
Musical Supervisor
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell
Musical Director
Sean Mayes
Casting Directors
Pippa Ailion CDG
& Natalie Gallacher CDG
Associate Casting Director
Richard Johnston
Associate Choreographer
Dickson Mbi
Associate Set Designer
Debbie Duru
Voice and Dialect Coach
Hazel Holder
Joel Trill
Associate Sound Designer
Charlie Smith
Associate Director
Rochelle Wilson
Becca Chadder
Associate Projection /
Video Designer
Iain Syme
Fight Director
Kev McCurdy
Assistant Musical Director
Luke Bacchus
Emily Tran
Assistant Lighting Designer
Skylar Turnbull Hurd
Orchestral Manager
Justin Pearson
Consultant Band Fixer
Knoetics
Keyboard Programmer
Chris Gardiner
Commercial General Manager
Mark Rubinstein Ltd.
Production Manager
Sarah Barton
Assistant Production Manager
Phyllys Egharevba
Stage Manager
Sarah Askew
Deputy Stage Manager
Mary O’Hanlon
Assistant Stage Manager
(Book Cover)
Louise Charity
Assistant Stage Manager
Daniel Roach Williams
Props Supervisor
Lily Mollgaard
Production Electrician
Ben Nichols
Matthew Dean
Lighting Programmer
Elliot Smith
Lighting Programmer
Tom Turner
Lighting Operator
Luke Jackson
Follow Spot
Chloe Stallibrass
Follow Spot
Ben Wilson
Production Sound Engineer
Kyle MacPherson
Sound No 1
Mat Williams
Sound No 2
William Miney
Sound No 3
Jeremie Ndombasi
Automation Programmer
Tom Salmon
Automation Operator
Emma Horne
Dan McKeown
Stage Crew
Ryan Underwood
Lead Production Carpenter
Dec Costello
Production Carpenter
Nick Aldrich
Production Carpenter
Harvey Barker
Video System Design
and Engineer
Mogzi
Video Programmer
Stan Orwin-Fraser
Production Video Engineer
Mollie Tuttle
Costume Supervisor
Isabelle Parzygnat
Assistant Costume Supervisor
Lydia McDonald
Costume Consultant
Thando Lobese
Wigs, Hair, and
Makeup Supervisor
Suzanne Scotcher
Assistant Wigs, Hair and
Make-up Supervisor
Brenda Ford
Head of Running Wigs,
Hair and Make-up
Gavin Rennick
Wigs, Hair and Make-Up
Technician
Mitch Laguerre
Costume Buyers
Rianna Azoro, Ellen Rey De
Castro, Sian Clare
Costume Makers
Phil Reynolds
Angelina Pieroni
Ian Costello
Karen Crichton
Parkinson Gill
Catriona Patterson
Susanna Wilson
Running Wardrobe Manager
Ysanne Tidd
Dresser
Tilly George
Shereen Maungoo
Savannah De-Sadik
Natacia Roosevelt
Laundry Technician
Alexandra Muñoz
Set built and scenic art by
Capital Scenery, Johnny Scenic
and Centreline Fabrications
Lighting Equipment
supplied by
White Light
Set Electrics supplied by
Junction Inc
Sound Equipment supplied by
Stage Sound Services
Video Equipment supplied by
Stage Sound Services
Communications Equipment
supplied by
Creative Technology
Automation Equipment by
TAIT and Absolute
Motion Control
Rigging by
Rigging Team
Lead Production Electrician
Ben Nichols
Production Electricians
Matthew Dean,
Doug Thomas-Currie,
Ian Jardine,
Faye Hetherington,
Lauren Woodhead
Commercial Marketing
& PR Consultation
Alain Airth
Storyhouse PR
Special thanks to: David Spence, Nick Murray, Ben Linwood at Collaborative Creations, Dane Stevens – Artist Blacksmith, Mark Rubinstein, Dave McNeilly, Sarah Edwards,
Katy Galloway, Roger Wilson, Black Lives in Music, Rukiya Jemmott.
LEAD PRODUCTION
SPONSOR
Cover image: Photography by Emilio Madrid, concept by Émilie Chen.
Programme: Design by Eureka!. Edited by Florence Bell.
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THE CAST
GREGORY ARMAND
VUSI
Theatre includes: Dream,
Believe, Succeed;
Cinderella and Her
Lost Prince (Millfield
Theatre); Wizard Of
Oz (Brookside Theatre).
Short film includes: Dream, Believe, Succeed
Volume 1 & 2 (Platinum Performing Arts);
Buried (London Film School).
Music Video includes: All About Us – Allegra .
Adverts include: WISHU – Community Stories.
ZION BATTLES
BONGANI
Theatre includes:
Everybody’s Talking
About Jamie (Apollo
Theatre). Everybody’s
Talking About Jamie US
(Ahmanson Theatre).
Television includes: Pistol.
Film includes: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,
Black Dog.
EARL CARPENTER
PRIME MINISTER
Theatre includes: Les
Misérables (London,
Broadway, Toronto,
Paris, Singapore, Manila,
UK); Phantom of the
Opera (Her Majesty’s/Tour); The Pirate Queen
(Coliseum); Les Misérables Stage Concert
(Gielgud & Sondheim); Queen’s We Will Rock
You (tour); The Witches of Eastwick (Drury Lane
and Prince of Wales); The Dreamers (Abbey
Road); Moonfleet (Salisbury Playhouse); The
Merry Widow (Tour); Ragtime (Charing Cross
Theatre); Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress
(Singapore Repertory Theatre); Broadway and
Beyond (Japan); Paradise Square (Toronto);
Zorro (tour); The Secret Garden (Byre Theatre);
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Dominion/Tour);
Sunset Boulevard (Tour); RSC: 50 Musical Years
(Stratford); Evita (Europe).
Earl is also Creative Producer/Owner (Ginger Boy
Productions Limited); Patron and Associate Artist
(Mayflower Theatre): Visiting Professor (Solent
University) and founder of Three Phantoms (UK,
Scandinavia, Sweden, Dubai, Macau, Shanghai,
Beijing and Singapore).
STEWART CLARKE
WARDEN
Theatre includes:
Cabaret (West End);
Be More Chill (The Other
Palace & West End);
Fiddler On The
Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory & West
End); Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory);
The Rink (Southwark Playhouse); Loserville
(West End); Ghost (UK Tour); Cool Rider (West
End); Return of the Soldier (Jermyn Street);
A Streetcar Named Desire (The Curve).
Television includes: Moonstone.
HANNA DIMTSU
NOMSA
Theatre includes: Hex
(National Theatre); Blak
Whyte Gray (Teatros del
CANAL); Breaking
Convention (Sadler’s Wells);
A Night With Boyblue (Barbican Theatre).
Television includes: Mood.
Dance Training: Boyblue Entertainment;
IMD Legion.
DANIELLE FIAMANYA
WINNIE MANDELA
Theatre includes:
Nettie in The Colour
Purple (Leicester
Curve); u/s Juliet in
& Juliet (Shaftesbury
Theatre); u/s Elsa in Frozen (Theatre Royal
Drury Lane); Dionne in Hair (Turbine Theatre).
Television includes: Halo (Paramount), The
Crown (Netflix).
Short film includes: Lucid, Shielders.
Workshop includes: Sylvia (Old Vic); James
IV (National Theatre Scotland); Prom
Queen (The Other Palace).
The Stage Debut Award Winner.
LERATO GWEBU
ADELAIDE TAMBO/
EVELYN MASE
Lerato is a multilingual,
and multitalented South
African actress, musician,
and playwright.
Theatre includes: Letters From Madiba, Lion
and the Lamb, Talk to Me, Diaparo Tsa Mama
(Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa);
Evolve (Joburg Theatre, Johannesburg).
PRUDENCE JEZILE
PRAISE SINGER
Prudence Jezile, was born
and bred in the Northern
Cape, Kimberley - South
Africa. Her music career
began professionally at
the age of 16 And in 1991 she was the overall
winner for Best Soloists /Singing Competition SA.
She has worked both in South Africa and the UK
as a singer, dancer and performer. Prudence has
performed all over South Africa and globally.
Theatre includes: Nelson Mandela book launch
(Earl Court); Random\Generation (Chichester
Arts Festival); South African Cultural gospel
celebration (Minerva); London African Gospel
show (Broadway); The Playground, South African
Music and Language coaching; Rebecca sings live
gospel recording (State Theatre SA).
Television: The One Show BBC: Nelson Mandela’s
Life and Birthday Celebration; Loose Women;
Christmas Carol show; Britain’s Got Talent;
Asanda Jezile interview.
Short Films include: Wild Thorn Berries
(Paramount Pictures).
AKMED JUNIOR
KHEMALAI
WALTER SISULU
Theatre includes: Book of
Mormon (Prince of Wales
Theatre).
Short film includes: Sunrise Meets Sunset.
Concert includes: The Color Purple (Cadogan
Hall).
MICHAEL LUWOYE
NELSON MANDELA
Theatre includes: Hamilton
(Broadway); Marley
(Baltimore Center
Stage); Cardboard Piano
(Actor’s Theatre of
Louisville); Witness Uganda (American Repertory
Theater); Invisible Thread (Second Stage); Tick,
Tick...Boom! (American Theater Group).
Television includes: Waco: The Aftermath;
The Gilded Age; Prodigal Son; Bluff City Law;
She’s Gotta Have It; The Gifted; The Magicians;
The Family.
Films include: Emancipation.
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BLUE MAKWANA
GUGU
Live dance work includes:
He’s Dead (Malik Nashad
Sharpe – UK, Denmark,
Sweden); Burberry AW19
(London Fashion Week);
Forgot To Be Your Lover (Yukiko Masui at The
Place).
Short film includes: Mise-en-Crise
(Marikiscrycrycry for Center for Human Rights in
the Arts, New York); Neverland (Holland x Gucci
X Dazed).
Choreographic work includes: The Extension
To My Skull (Commission For Trinity Laban); A
Touch Of Red (The Urdang Academy); A Cluster
Of Strands (Dance City); Toying With A Flex (The
Place); Shop Plastique (Greenwich Docklands
International Festival); Flavour and Tang
(Disneyland Paris, Videopolis theatre); Infusion
(The Place).
Associate Movement Direction / Choreography
includes: Hope for Justice (Lewisham Borough of
Culture Event); The Glow (The Royal Court); Two
Tracks and a Mix (EDGE Dance Company).
Training: London Contemporary Dance School
(2016 – 2019), UNICAMP, São Paulo Brazil
(2015), The BRIT School (2012 – 2016).
KAYLEIGH McKNIGHT
SUSAN / ERIKA
Theatre includes:
Lift (Southwark
Playhouse); Heathers (The
Other Palace); Hugh
Jackman: The Man.
The Music. The Show. (World Arena
Tour); Vanara (Hackney Empire); Tina: The Tina
Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Jesus Christ
Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Les
Misérables (Queen’s Theatre); Bend It Like
Beckham (Phoenix Theatre); The Mikado (Charing
Cross Theatre); The Dreaming (Union
Theatre); 14-18 A Spectacular Musical (Studio
100, Belgium).
Concert work includes: Keala Settle in
Concert (Cadogan Hall); Kayleigh McKnight:
Live at Jack Solomons (Jack Solomons
Club); Keala Settle: Live at Lola’s Underground
Casino (Hippodrome Casino); Kayleigh
McKnight: Live at The Other Palace (The Other
Palace); Children of Eden (Prince of Wales
Theatre).
Recording work includes: Kaleidoscope (debut
EP); Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Original
West End Cast Recording); Bend It Like
Beckham (Original West End Cast Recording); As
Long As I Have Music (Auburn Jam/Rob Eyles
& Bob Gould); The Dolls of New Albion: A
Steampunk Opera (M Productions); Atompunk
Opera (Paul Shapera).
POSI MORAKINYO
THEMBI MANDELA
Theatre includes: Tina –
The Tina Turner Musical
(Aldwych Theatre);
Madagascar The Musical
(UK and International Tour).
Short film includes: The Half You Hate.
Training: Italia Conti Arts Centre.
SNEZIEY MSOMI
ALBERTINA SISULU /
MAKI MANDELA
Snenhlanhla Msomi,
professionally known as
Sneziey Msomi, is a singer,
songwriter and a plus-size
model and influencer born and raised in Umlazi,
KwaZulu-Natal. A full-time recording musician,
she has worked as both a backing vocalist for Dumi
Kokstad, Brenda Mambo, Thina Zungu and Naima
Kay, and worked on Rebecca Malope’s 35th album.
Television includes: Idols (South Africa), Clash of
the Choirs South Africa 2, Mzansi Magic Mnet
Awards.
Music includes: Kungomusa, Blacksheep,
Ungubaba, Zulu (nominated for a Sama27 Award).
NOMFUSI NGONYAMA
ZENI MANDELA
Nomfusi is a South African
born and Johannesburg
based, singer-songwriter,
whose music incorporates
Afropop and Afrosoul. As a
young girl, Nomfusi used to accompany her mother
to weekly sangoma rituals, where she developed
interest in music, singing and dancing. She is
now revered across the world for her joyful and
energetic stage performances.
Nomfusi has released three albums so far. She
portrayed the character of Miriam Makeba in
the highly-anticipated 2014 film, Long Walk To
Freedom, about the life of Nelson Mandela.
Nomfusi has performed all across Europe and
Canada at prestigious festivals including WOMAD,
FMM Sines, Lugano Jazz and more. She shared
stages with big stars like Angelique Kidjo, Hugh
Masekela and Lionel Richie.
Recently her concert was live broadcasted on Arte
Concerts TV from one of Europe biggest music
festivals: Bardentreffen.
In 2022 her latest album The Red Stoep was
nominated for the South African Music Awards in
the category: Best African Adult Contemporary
Album.
RYAN O’DONNELL
JOE SLOVO
Theatre includes: Tina
the Musical (Aldwych
Theatre); Sunny
Afternoon (Harold Pinter
Theatre); Quadrophenia the
Musical (UK Tour); Romeo & Juliet (RSC).
Television includes: The Crown; The Serpent.
Short film includes: En Drabe.
Work as a musician includes: Singer – Jethro Tull
& Ian Anderson Band; Guest Vocalist – Cat Yusuf
Stevens.
ADAM PEARCE
KOBUS
Training: Guildford School
of Acting and The National
Youth Music Theatre.
Theatre includes: The
Prince of Egypt (Dominion
Theatre); Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air
Theatre); Local Hero (Edinburgh Lyceum);
Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour); The Light Princess
(National); Love Never Dies (Adelphi); Les
Miserables (Sondhiem); Urinetown (Other
Palace); Sweeney Todd (Chichester & Adelphi);
Children of Eden (Cadogan Hall); Knights of the
Rose (Arts); Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat and Evita (Adelphi).
Recordings: The Prince of Egypt; Guy Fawkes;
The Light Princess; Les Miserables (Film Cast
Recording); Love Never Dies; Sweeney Todd;
Evita; A Tale of Two Cities.
BOTLHALE PHORA
KGATHO MANDELA
A self-taught singer,
songwriter, guitar musician
and a radio personality,
Botlhale was born in South
Africa, Pretoria deep in
the dusty streets of Ga-Rankuwa.
Theatre includes: Commonwealth Pageants
(Lyric Theatre, South Africa).
Television includes: South Africa’s Got Talent, The
Voice South Africa, Idols South Africa, M-Net and
Friends.
Television & Film: Friday Night Dinner (Channel
4); The Prince Of Egypt (DreamWorks); Sunset
Boulevard (Curve); A Tale Of Two Cities (PBS);
The Current War (Scorsese); Les Miserables
(Working Title).
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THE BAND
SHIV RABHERU
AHMED KATHRADA
Training: The M&M
Academy of Arts in
Basingstoke and later
at Bird College and The
Identity School Of Acting.
Shiv was in the original cast of Everybody’s
Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre And
Sheffield Crucible). He later became the associate
director and choreographer, joining the creative
team to remount the West End, UK tour and Los
Angeles productions.
Theatre credits include: The Caucasian Chalk
Circle (Rose Theatre); Shake My Bones (The
Royal Court); Peter Pan (National Theatre
& Troubadour); Sweeney Todd (Liverpool
Everyman); The Kings of Idle Land (Vaults);
A Christmas Carol (RSC); TERP (Finborough
Theatre); 21 Chump Street (Courtyard Theatre);
The Taming of the Shrew (Lazarus Theatre);
Submission (Kings Head Theatre and Edinburgh
Fringe Festival); The Sh*t (London Improv
Theatre); Prevent Tours (Bunker Theatre); Cats
(UK & International Tour & Royal Caribbean
Cruises); Sleeping Beauty (Millfield Arts
Theatre); Celebrity Cruises (Infinity); Dick
Whittington (Loughborough Town Hall).
Workshop credits include: Dick Whittington
(National Theatre); Sylvia (Old Vic); Some Girls
(Playful Productions); Me I’m British (Richmond
Productions); Next of Kin (ITV/ Mammoth Screen).
Television includes: Class Dismissed (CBBC).
Film includes: What’s Love Got To Do With It
(Working Title); Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
(Warp Films/Film 4/FOX).
Voice & Radio credits include: #whatkatydid (BBC
Radio 1 Drama); Undercliffe (Open Palm Films).
Commercial credits: Amazon Premier League
(Amazon); Nokia Lumia (Microsoft); Go Ahead
Bars (Mcvities); Wii Sing (Nintendo).
Directing & Choreography Credits include: Les
Misérables (Mountview); Spring Awakening
(RADA); Into the Woods (The Royal Academy of
Music); The Secret Garden (Guildford School of
Acting); Pippin (Bird College).
WILL RICHARDSON
PIET
Theatre includes: Les
Misérables (Sondheim
Theatre); Cats (Asia Tour);
Les Misérables (UK/Ireland
Tour); Cymbeline (London
Theatre); The Sound of Music (International
Tour); Chess (Union Theatre); Follies (Yvonne
Arnaud); Julius Caesar (Brownsea Open Air
Theatre); Cinderella (Mayflower, Theatre Royal
Plymouth, Wolverhampton Grand, Newcastle
Theatre Royal).
Television includes: Father Brown (BBC); Pride
and Prejudice: Having a Ball (BBC).
Film includes: Robin Hood (Universal Pictures).
Workshops include: Chasing Rainbows: The Road
to Oz (ATG Productions); Mandela (Young Vic).
Training: Guildford School of Acting (Sir Andrew
Lloyd Webber Scholarship & Sir Michael
Redgrave Bursary recipient).
LEANNE ROBINSON
ZINDZI MANDELA
Theatre includes: The Book
of Mormon (Prince of Wales
Theatre, Jumamosi Tour).
Concerts include: West End
Does: Hollywood.
Music: Singer and songwriter of R&B and Afro
House music. Including Top 5 Tracksource singles
Bad Energy and Replay with Top South African
producer, Ralf Gum.
Training: The Brit School.
NTSIKELELO
NICHOLAS VANI
OLIVER TAMBO
Born in Port Elizabeth South
Africa
Music includes: jingles for
Umhlobo Wenene (Xhosa); featured on the South
African Music Awards; backing vocalist for Jabu
Hlongwane Benjamin Dube Tshepo Tshola and
Brenda Fassie; Musical Director for The Nelson
Mandela unveiling in London by Prince Harry.
Television includes: Allan Titchmarsh with the cast
of The Lion King; and BBC & ITV Morning show.
Theatre includes: The Lion King (Holland)
Ensemble; The Lion King West End Super Swing
(Simba Banzai & Ed Cover); I Am Here UK tour
with Oti Mabuse as a lead singer.
WILL FRY
PERCUSSION / DJEMBE
Theatre includes: Motown The Musical
(Shaftesbury Theatre); Burn The Floor
(Shaftesbury Theatre/EU Tour); The Lion
King (UK tour); Playboy of the West Indies
(Birmingham Rep); Thriller Live (UK arena/
European tours).
Deputy theatre credits include: The Lion King
(Lyceum Theatre), Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre);
On Your Feet (Colosseum); Everyone’s Talking
About Jamie (Apollo Theatre); Dirty Dancing
(Aldwych Theatre).
Film sessions include: Black Panther: Wakanda
Forever, The Bad Guys, Prizefighter, Nowhere
Boy…
Recording sessions include: Baaba Maal, Hikaru
Utada, Jungle, Sam Smith, Mr Children (Jpn),
The Womabats, Skinsahpe, Sahra, Eliane Correa,
Jax Jones, Juanita Euka, Maisha, Human Nature
(Aus), Kwame Yeboah…
Will Fry has performed in over forty countries
and taken lessons in Cuba, The USA, Brazil and
Senegal. willfrypercussion.com
ANDY FINDON
WOODWINDS
Andy can be heard on countless movie and TV
soundtracks, alongside hundreds of albums for a
long list of international artists.
He is a member of The Michael Nyman Band,
medieval prog rock band Gryphon and folk-rock
band The Home Service.
Andy is known as London’s foremost global
woodwind instrumentalist, having recorded his own
sample library, Andy’s Kitbag, for Spitfire Audio.
As a composer, he has produced and performed
hundreds of music ‘library’ tracks which are played
across the media regularly.
Andy performed tin whistle live in the interval
act at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in
Birmingham and was Mike Oldfield’s recorder
player (In Dulci Jubilo) at the 2012 Olympics
Opening Ceremony.
He has held over 50 chairs in West End and
National Theatre productions, most recently
featuring in The Band’s Visit at The Donmar
Theatre.
Andy is principal flute of The National Symphony
Orchestra and a ‘Pearl Flutes International Artist’.
For full credits, please visit: andyfindon.com/
credits.
MAT ELLIOTT
BASS / ELECTRIC
Theatre includes: Young Frankenstein (Garrick);
9 to 5 the Musical (Savoy); The Famous Five
(Theatr Clwyd/Chichester Festival Theatre); But
I’m a Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre); Carousel
(Kilworth House); Identical (Nottingham
Playhouse/Lowry Theatre); The Producers, Annie,
The Rocky Horror Show, Singin’ in the Rain,
Jersey Boys, La Cage aux Folles, Sister Act,
Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray, Tell me on a
Sunday (UK Tours).
Film includes: The Rocky Horror Show – Live
Broadcast
ZACH OKONKWO
DRUMS
Zach Okonkwo studied Music at Newcastle
University before training at the Royal Northern
College of Music.
Theatre includes: Bonnie & Clyde (The Arts
Theatre); The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre); What’s
New Pussycat (Birmingham Repertory Theatre);
Choir of Man (US residency); Rent (Hope Mill
Theatre).
Concerts include: Jordan Luke Gage in concert
(Outernet); Jeremy Jordan in concert (Theatre
Royal Drury Lane); Bonnie & Clyde in Concert
(Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Short film credits include: Backbone; Invisible;
Afterthought; Two Sugars; The Witch Doctor.
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CREATIVE TEAM
WAYNE PLUMMER
GUITAR / KORA
Wayne Plummer has been in the Music Industry
for 30 years as a Multi-instrumentalist, Musical
Director and Arranger. His work has taken him
across many genres and fields. Notably Emeli
Sande’s ‘Our Version Of Events’ album where
he was Musical Director, and Arranger. Wayne
also currently lectures at the BIMM Institute,
Specialised Genres.
Theatre includes: King Of Pop – Tribute to
Michael Jackson (Europe), Gloria Gaynor Live
(Europe).
Session/Touring includes: Emeli Sande (MD/
Guitar/Arranger); Leona Lewis, Kelly Roland, Ella
Eyre (MD); Gloria Gaynor, Alexander O’Neal,
Ashanti, Craig David, Teedra Moses (MD/Guitar).
Television includes: Name That Tune (FOX
Network, House Band), Tonight Show/Letterman
(Performer); Jimmi Fallon Show (Performer);
Ellen Show (Performer); Sundance Lab’s – Pretty
Red Dress (Musician/Actor); X factor (Performer);
Emeli Sandé Live at the Royal Albert Hall (MD/
Arranger/Performer).
Recordings includes: Emeli Sande, Breaking The
Law – Alternate Version (Guitarist/Arranger);
Live At The Royal Albert Hall (Guitarist/MD/
Arranger).
CRAIG WILD
TRUMPET / FLUGEL
Craig has performed on many West End shows,
including: Ghost, Wicked, The Rat Pack,
Hairspray, Singin’ in The Rain, Dirty Dancing,
Chicago, Legally Blonde, Oliver, Jesus Christ
Superstar, Book of Mormon, 42nd St, Beautiful,
9-5, Everybody’s talking about Jamie, Tina,
Frozen, Matilda & many more.
He has recorded with many artists including: Sir
Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow,
Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra Jr., Robbie Williams,
Take That, Tom Jones, Nancy Sinatra, Seth
MacFarlane, Lisa Stansfield, Brian May, Johnny
Mathis, Beverley Knight, Nicole Scherzinger, Peter
Kay.
Craig has played on many albums, Video Games,
TV Adverts, Films & TV shows including The
Voice, X-Factor, Dr. Who, Poirot , Ant-Man,
Stan & Ollie, King of Thieves, Edge of Tomorrow,
Shazam!, Downton Abbey, Dad’s Army, Cuban
Fury, Viceroy’s House, Trial of the Chicago 7 and
many more. For the last 17 series he has been a
member of the Strictly Come Dancing band.
Craig has been a Yamaha artist since 2008.
craigwild.com
GREG DEAN BOROWSKY
& SHAUN BOROWSKY
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Greg and Shaun are songwriters and music
producers from South Africa, signed to Sony Music
Publishing New York.
Together, the brothers have been the creative
producers and writers behind some of South
Africa’s biggest SAMA (South African Music
Awards) winning artists, having earned a
Grammy Award Nomination, an Off-Broadway
Alliance Award, a Naledi Award, a Loerie Award
Nomination, a Metro FM Best R&B Award
Nomination, and a Channel O Africa Best R&B
Award Nomination.
In 2014, Greg was commissioned by the South
African government to co-write and produce
South Africa’s official 20 Years of Freedom song,
featuring 20 of South Africa’s music legends.
Shortly thereafter, the brothers partnered with
Nandi Mandela and Luvuyo Madasa of the
Mandela family and moved to New York to develop
the musical MANDELA.
In 2016, Greg’s debut album - The Greg Dean
Project – reached #1 on the UK Soul Chart and
remained on the USA Billboard R&B Chart for six
weeks.
Theatre includes: Polkadots: The Cool Kids
Musical (The Atlantic Theatre Company
Off-Broadway NYC) co-composer, winning an
Off-Broadway Alliance Award (Best New Family
Musical), as well as a Naledi Award (Best
Production for Young Audiences).
Senior Class co-composer, premiering in 2024.
Television/Film song writing and producing
credits include: South African Idol Theme Song
2014 (Never Miss A Beat). A+E Lifetime’s The
Christmas Edition; Merry Liddle Christmas
Wedding; Married At First Sight 2021 Theme
Song, History Channel’s Black Patriots; Tulsa
Burning; Fight The Power.
In 2021, Greg earned his first Grammy Award
Nomination (Best Traditional R&B Performance)
as co-composer for Let Me Go.
The brothers are deeply grateful and honoured to
have the World Premiere Production of Mandela
at the Young Vic, and would like to thank each and
every person who has so generously played a part
in bringing this dream to fruition.
LAIONA MICHELLE
BOOK
Laiona Michelle created the Nina Simone musical
Little Girl Blue, which won the Broadway Alliance
Award for Best Solo Show and the Lilly Award for
writing (2022). Ms Michelle recently made her
directorial debut at the George Street Playhouse’s
production of Her Portmanteau, written by
Mfoniso Udofia. As an actress, she made her
Broadway debut in Amazing Grace, which opened
at the Nederlander (2015).
Her body of work includes numerous awards and
nominations, including the Lucille Lortel (2022).
Laiona Michelle is also the recipient of the
Barrymore and Carbonell Awards (2004) and The
NAACP Hollywood award (2005).
TV/Film credits include: Lift, All My Children,
Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal
Intent, The Blacklist, and Crashing, as well as
Amazon’s Sneaky Pete.
She currently serves as the Artistic Associate
Director at the George Street Playhouse in New
Brunswick, NJ.
Ms Michelle is thrilled to be a part of the
Mandela team.
SCHELE WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR
Schele Williams is a director committed to
cultivating new musicals and devised work
with authentic representation on stage and
off. Profiled in Variety’s Top 10 Broadway to
Watch, Schele has directed at regional theaters
and festivals across the country and has a long
history of work on Broadway. Passionate about
pairing social justice with the arts, Schele is a
founding member of Black Theatre United, an
organization committed to dismantling systemic
racism on our streets and stages. She has been
a member of Broadway Inspirational Voices for
over two decades and serves as Chairperson of the
Board, and also serves on the board of Broadway
Care Equity Fights AIDS. Schele is the author
of the children’s book Your Legacy: A Bold
Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History, recipient of
a 2022 Boston Globe-Horn Book honor.
Theatre includes: The Notebook (Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre); AIDA (Disney Theatrical
Group, 2023); The Wiz (Tour / Broadway, 2023);
Hidden Figures (Disney Theatrical Group, in
development).
Theatre as Performer includes: AIDA (Palace
Theatre); Rent (Nederlander Theatre).
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GREGORY MAQOMA
CHOREOGRAPHER
Gregory Maqoma a dancer, choreographer, teacher
and director, renowned for collaborations with the
likes of Akram Khan, Vincent Mantsoe, Faustin
Linyekula, Dada Masilo, Shanell Winlock, Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoui, Idris Elba, William Kentridge, Mark
Bamuthi Joseph, Nhlanhla Mahlangu and James
Ngcobo. Founder and Creative Director of Vuyani
Dance Theatre, Maqoma is a three-time FNB Vita
Choreographer of the Year Award-winner, and has
won the Standard Bank Young Artist Award, the
Tunkie Award for Leadership in Dance and a Bessie.
He was honoured by the French government with
the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and
by the South African Department of Arts & Culture
with the inaugural Usiba Award for dedication to
dance teaching. In 2020, Maqoma was honoured
to deliver the prestigious International Dance Day
message under the auspices of the International
Theatre Institute and UNESCO. His works Broken
Chord, “Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, The
Valley of Human Sounds and Black Sun are
currently touring in United States, Canada and
Europe. Maqoma ventured into directorial work
in Simphiwe Dana’s Moya, Third World Express
produced by Shadrack Bokaba and recently the
musical Glow in collaboration with Phillip Miller.
BONGI DUMA
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & LYRICS
Music includes: (Composer/Vocal Arranger)
Born in Umlazi – Durban (South Africa);
Founder Leader of African Heroes Group Drama
Desk Award nominee for best music in a play
(Generations – Soho Rep) 2014 Sheila’s Day –
Lincoln Centre (Music Director); Mighty Zulu
Nation/Africa Africa (Composer/Arranger),
Dreaming Zenzile (Dialect/Vocal Coaching).
Film includes: Dressed Like Kings; Stop
(composer).
Documentaries include: Bad Friday; Four Days
In May Kingston (Composer); Musical Explorers
Carnegie Hall (Composer), Princeton Glee choir
(Guest Composer) Alvin Ailey/ Giordano Dance
Company/ Philadanco/ Dance Africa (Composer)
Disney’s The Lion King (Broadway, (Cast) 2004
– current Sony Music Group (Featured Vocalist/
Arranger) 2 Chellos’s Sjetpan Hauser.
Worked with the likes of Miriam Makeba, Angelique
Kidjo, Somi, Michael Frenti and many more.
HANNAH BEACHLER
SET DESIGNER
Hannah Beachler is a New Orleans-based
Production Designer, who made history when
she became the first African American to be
nominated, and to win, an Academy Award in
2019 for Production Design for her work on Black
Panther.
Film includes: The Collaboration, Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever, No Sudden Move, Dark
Waters, Black Panther (Academy Award, ADG
Award), Moonlight, Creed, Miles Ahead, Fruitvale
Station.
Television includes: Black Is King (ADG Award
Nomination), Lemonade (Emmy Nomination, ADG
Award).
Other: On the Run II Tour Interstitials Designer,
Metropolitan Museum of Art Before Yesterday We
Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room Exhibit
Curator.
FAY FULLERTON
COSTUME DESIGNER
Fay Fullerton trained in fashion design and period
costume at the London College of Fashion. She
joined the Royal Opera House costume department
as a costumier in 1977, was promoted to Head of
Production Costume in 1999, and appointed Head
of Costume in 2013.
Theatre includes: The Drifters Girl (Theatre Royal
Newcastle, Garrick Theatre, 2021); Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof (Novello Theatre, 2009).
Ballet includes: Elizabeth (Royal Ballet at
the Barbican, 2018); Circular Ruins and Two
Sides Of (Royal Ballet, New Work New Music
programme, 2019); Everyone Keeps Me (Royal
Ballet, 2019).
Fullerton’s awards include: Kulture2Couture
Trailblazer Award, an initiative of the Mayor of
London (2007), an Honorary Fellowship from
Exeter University for her contribution to the arts
and theatre (2008) and an MBE for her services to
dance and opera (2010).
JON CLARK
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Jon is a Tony and Olivier award-winning lighting
designer based in the UK.
Previous Young Vic: Tree (with MIF), The
Inheritance (also West End & Broadway); The
Jungle (also West End & New York), Galileo, Once
In A Lifetime, A Streetcar Named Desire (also
New York), The Return of Ulysses, Street Scene,
Been So Long, The Jewish Wife, How Much Is
Your Iron?
Theatre includes: The Lehman Trilogy
(Broadway, West End, National Theatre);
Betrayal (Broadway & West End); Cyrano de
Bergerac (BAM New York, West End); ANNA,
Amadeus, The Effect, As You Like It, Othello,
Hamlet (National Theatre); The Shark Is Broken
(Pinter at the Pinter); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(West End); Animal Farm (UK Tour); The Book
of Dust, A German Life (Bridge Theatre); King
Charles III (Broadway, West End, Almeida);
Evita (Regent’s Park); The Lorax (Old Vic,
Toronto & US).
Opera includes: Hamlet (Metropolitan
Opera, Glyndebourne); Macbeth (Valencia &
Copenhagen); Orphée et Eurydice (English
National Opera); The Exterminating Angel
(Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House,
Saltzburg Festival); Krol Roger (Royal Opera
House, Sydney Opera House); Written on Skin
(Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Royal Opera House,
Lincoln Center & internationally); Lucia di
Lammermoor, L’Etoile (Royal Opera House).
Recent dance includes: LORE for Wayne
McGregor (La Scala Ballet); The Cellist (Royal
Ballet).
PAUL GATEHOUSE
SOUND DESIGNER
Paul is a Tony & Drama Desk Award nominated
Sound Designer & Music Producer.
Sound Designer: Identical The Musical
(Nottingham Playhouse); Oliver! (Asia première
in Tokyo); RENT (Hope Mill Theatre); SIX The
Musical (London/Broadway/UK & US Tours/
Australia); Cameron Mackintosh & Disney’s Mary
Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre/Asia première
in Tokyo/Zurich Theatre11/Dubai Opera/Australia
Tour); The Witches Of Eastwick (Cirkus Theatre,
Stockholm); Amélie (Munich-Werk7); Billionaire
Boy (Nuffield Theatres, Southampton).
Associate Designer: Hamilton (Victoria Palace
Theatre); Half A Sixpence (Noël Coward
Theatre); Les Misérables (London / 25th
Anniversary, International Tour, Madrid,
Manilla, US Tour); The Phantom of the Opera
(London/Broadway); Phantom of the Opera
(Las Vegas/25th Anniversary); The Phantom
of the Opera (Hamburg/Paris); Evita (US
National Tour); Miss Saigon (Tokyo); Miss
Saigon (Netherlands); Betty Blue Eyes (Novello
Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (The London
Palladium); Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre);
Sister Act (London Palladium); The Sound Of
Music (London Palladium); Phantom The Las
Vegas Spectacular (Las Vegas); The Woman In
White (Broadway).
Recordings: SIX Live on Broadway – Original
Broadway Cast Recording (Producer, Mixer);
Young Frankenstein – Original London Cast
Recording (Producer/Mixer); Newsies –
Theatrical & DVD Release (Mixer) Miss Saigon:
The Definitive Live Recording, Theatrical, DVD &
CD Release (Recording Engineer & Mixer).
Film: SIX The Musical (London).
Awards: Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a
Musical – Nominee, Drama Desk Award for Best
Sound Design of a Musical – Nominee.
AKHILA KRISHNAN
PROJECTION AND VIDEO DESIGNER
Akhila Krishnan is an award-winning projection
designer and creative director for moving image
and immersive technology. She trained at the
Royal College of Art and the National Institute
of Design in India and was previously Senior
Designer at 59 Productions.
Previous Young Vic: Chasing Hares.
Theatre includes: Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ
Musical (Old Globe, San Diego); Our Generation
(National Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre);
What’s New Pussycat (Birmingham Rep); The
Two Character Play (Hampstead Theatre); Oliver
Twist (Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon);
While You Are Here (The Place/Dance East);
Maggot Moon (Unicorn Theatre).
Opera includes: Die Meistersinger von
Nürnberg (Wiener Staatsoper); The Wreckers
(Glyndebourne); Samson et Dalila, The Knife
of Dawn, Echoes at the Gate, 8bit (Royal Opera
House); The Handmaid’s Tale, The Valkyrie
(English National Opera); Syllable (Theatre O).
Live Broadcast and Film Direction includes: POD,
Lifesongs (Guildhall).
Event design includes: Sound of Colour (Arthouse
Jersey); Mamma Mia: The Party (O2 Arena);
UpNext (National Theatre Fundraising Gala).
SAM YOUNG
ORCHESTRATOR/
ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Sam was accepted onto the music courses at
the University of Cambridge, Berklee College
of Music and Royal Academy of Music, before
eventually enrolling at the latter. Perhaps
best known for his bold rearrangements, Sam
regularly works with London’s leading artists,
having served as an accompanist and arranger for
Ramin Karimloo, Hadley Fraser, Rob Houchen
and Alice Fearn.
Musical Director/Arranger: Ride (Charing Cross
Theatre); Lift (Southwark Playhouse); The Man
in the Ceiling (Turbine Theatre); Legally Blonde
(Mountview); Lysistrata Jones (ArtsEd).
Associate Musical Director: White Christmas (UK
Tour).
Assistant Musical Supervisor/Arranger Work:
Coming to England (Birmingham Rep)
BENJAMIN KWASI BURRELL
MUSICAL SUPERVISOR
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell trained in Jazz Piano
at Trinity College of Music and holds a Masters
in Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games
from Berklee. He is the Musical Director of the
House and Garage Orchestra. He has performed,
composed and arranged for bands and artists
including Zara McFarlane, Cape Verdean singer
Carmen Souza, Jazz Jamaica, the Jazz Jamaica
All Stars Big Band, New Civilization Orchestra,
and Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Orchestra.
He has scored several independent short films.
Previous Young Vic: Best of Enemies.
Composer includes: Blues for an Alabama Sky
(National Theatre); A Taste of Honey (Trafalgar
Theatre/UK tour).
Musical Director includes: Small Island, Dick
Whittington (The National Theatre).
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Assistant Musical Director includes: One Love
(Birmingham Rep); Lady Day (Emerson’s Bar &
Grill at Wyndham’s); A Clockwork Orange (Theatre
Royal Stratford East); Get Up, Stand Up!,The Bob
Marley Musical, Memphis (West End).
SEAN MAYES
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Based in New York & Toronto, Sean Mayes enjoys
an active and varied career as a conductor, music
director, orchestrator, arranger, composer, author
& educator across North America and Europe,
spanning the range of numerous musical styles
between Broadway, theatre, opera, classical &
pops.
Conducting credits include: Hadestown
(Broadway); MJ (Broadway); The Color Purple
(Canadian Premiere). Conductor of Black
Broadway with American Pops Orchestra (PBS
National Broadcast).
Supervision, Composing, Orchestration credits
include: Come From Away (Music Supervisor,
Finland); Fall On Your Knees (Music Supervisor/
Composer, Canada National Tour); aportia
chryptych (Composer/Music Supervisor,
Canadian Opera Company); Music Director for
André De Shields. André De Shields with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Orchestrations,
Arrangements, Music Direction).
Other: Co-author of An Inconvenient History
of Black British Musical Theatre & Reframing
the Musical (Bloomsbury), upcoming text
Conversations In Colour.
PIPPA AILION CDG &
NATALIE GALLACHER CDG
CASTING DIRECTORS
RICHARD JOHNSTON
ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR
Pippa Ailion has cast over 200 productions
internationally. Natalie Gallacher has worked
alongside Pippa for 17 years. Richard Johnston has
worked with Pippa and Natalie for three years.
For the Young Vic: Tree, Twelfth Night, Far Away,
Generations, Been So Long, The Enchanted Pig
and Simply Heavenly.
Current West End: Ain’t Too Proud; Tammy Faye;
Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Get Up Stand Up;
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical; Come From
Away; The Book of Mormon; The Lion King &
International tour.
Current tours: Dreamgirls; The Book of Mormon;
Beauty and the Beast.
Selected other includes: Legally Blonde, Sound
of Music, Porgy and Bess, Into The Woods,
Ragtime, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lord
of the Flies (Regents Park); The Wind in the
Willows, Memphis, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory, Bend It Like Beckham, Legally Blonde,
Wicked (West End); Funny Girl: On Your Feet!,
Motown the Musical, Sunny Afternoon, Billy
Elliot, Top Hat, We Will Rock You (West End/ UK
tour); Here Lies Love (National Theatre); Fela!
(National Theatre/ Broadway/ US tour); Spring
Awakening, American Psycho, Decade (Almeida);
Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith/West
End); Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, The Pajama Game,
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street, Kiss Me Kate, Love Story (Chichester
Festival Theatre/ West End); One Love – The
Bob Marley Musical, The Rise and Fall of Little
Voice, The Wiz, Waiting for Godot and Follow My
Leader (Birmingham Rep).
Film includes: Rocketman; Wonka (Dance Casting-
Film).
DICKSON MBI
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
Dickson Mbi is an award-winning Hip-Hop dance
artist, world-renowned for Popping. Born in
Cameroon, Mbi grew up in London, trained at
Lewisham College and London Contemporary
Dance School where he obtained an MA in
Choreography.
He founded the Dickson Mbi Company alongside
producer Farooq Chaudhry in 2017; choreographic
commissions for the company include Sadler’s
Wells, Dance East, The Barbican, Bush Theatre,
The Lowry, Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet, Scottish
Ballet & Desert X Alula 2022. Mbi is also codirector
of Fiya House.
Dickson received nominations for Best Achievement
in Dance, UK Theatre Awards 2017, Outstanding
Male Performer & Emerging Artist, National
Dance Awards, Times Breakthrough Artist, South
Bank Sky Arts Awards 2018 and OFFIES 2022.
He choreographed the winning piece Unstrung
for BBC Young Dancer 2019, was Associate
choreographer for Riz Ahmed’s The Long Good
Bye (MIF), was awarded the Jerwood Arts Live
Work Fund 2021 and recently movement directed
Can I live, a filmed performance by Complicite.
DEBBIE DURU
ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER
Debbie is a designer for performance spaces
working across theatre, film, fashion and dance.
Her training includes an internship with Es Devlin
studio, MA at the Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama, and a BA (Hons) from Goldsmiths College.
Theatre includes: Alice in Wonderland (Brixton
House); Ravenscourt (Hampstead Theatre); The
White Card (Northern Stage/UK tour/Soho); Two
Billion Beats (Orange Tree Theatre); Song Project
(Royal Court); . . .cake (Theatre Peckham);
Josephine (Theatre Royal Bath/UK tour).
Associate Designer work includes: Get Up! Stand
Up! (Lyric); Dick Whittington (National Theatre).
Film work includes: Express (Film 4).
Debbie was part of the Living Newspaper design
collective at the Royal Court and was a Linbury
Prize finalist, 2019.
HAZEL HOLDER
VOICE AND DIALECT COACH
Previous Young Vic: Best of Enemies, Changing
Destiny, Death of a Salesman, The Convert,
Fairview, The Emperor, The Mountaintop, Cuttin’
It, The Sleeping Beauty.
Other Theatre includes: Blues for an Alabama
Sky, Rockets and Blue Lights, Death of England:
Delroy, Death of England, Small Island, Nine
Night, Barber Shop Chronicles, Pericles, Angels
in America, Les Blancs, Ma Rainey’s Black
Bottom (National Theatre); Wife of Willesden,
Pass Over (Kiln Theatre); ear for eye, Poet in
Da Corner, Father Comes Home from the Wars
(Royal Court Theatre); To Kill a Mockingbird
(Gielgud); The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s
Theatre); Constellations (Vaudeville Theatre
for Donmar Warehouse); Uncle Vanya (Harold
Pinter Theatre); Get Up Stand Up – The Musical,
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Dreamgirls as
Resident Director (West End).
Television includes: The Anansi Boys; The Power;
The Baby; Small Axe Anthology.
Film includes: Aisha; Drift; Silent Twins; Death
on the Nile (for Letitia Wright).
JOEL TRILL
VOICE AND DIALECT COACH
Theatre includes: Master Harold & The Boys,
Mirror Mirror (National Theatre); The 47th, A
Number, Bagdad Cafe (The Old Vic); House Of
Ife, Strange Fruit (Bush Theatre); All My Sons,
Love Letters, As You Like It (Queens Theatre
Hornchurch); Statements After An Arrest Under
The Immorality Act (The Orange Tree Theatre);
Rockets & Blue Lights (Royal Exchange); Trojan
Horse (BAC); Two Trains Runnin’ (The Royal
& Derngate); Red Dust Road (National Theatre
Scotland); One Night in Miami (Nottingham
Playhouse); Glass Menagerie (Arcola); A Taste
of Honey (National Theatre West End); J’Ouvert
(Harold Pinter) West End.
Television includes: The Crown (Seasons 5&6),
Queen Charlotte, The White Lotus, Riches, The
Confessions Of Frannie Langton, Gangs of London
(Season 2), Citidel, My Name is Leon, Empire,
The Ancestors.
Film includes: Queen & Slim.
CHARLIE SMITH
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER
Charlie has always had a passion for sound design
and quality audio for theatre. Since graduating
from GSMD in 2013 with a first class degree and
Gold Medal in Technical Theatre, Charlie has
worked as a sound designer and operator within
the West End and Internationally.
Theatre as Associate Sound Designer includes:
Six – The Musical (West End, UK Tour and
International); Mary Poppins (West End and
Japan); Identical (Nottingham Playhouse);
42 Balloons (Vaudeville Theatre).
Theatre as Sound Designer includes: Our House
(Bristol School of Acting); St Anne Comes Home
(Actors Church); Spend Spend Spend (GSA);
Lipstick (Southwark Playhouse); Merrily We Roll
Along, Fiddler on the Roof (Silk Street Theatre).
Other Theatre includes: Our Ladies of Perpetual
Succour (National Theatre, International Tours
and West End); The Book of Dust: La Belle
Sauvage (Bridge Theatre); Flowers For Mrs
Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre); This is
My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre); Kiss
Me Kate (Sheffield Crucible Theatre); Wizard
of Oz (Sheffield Crucible Theatre); Shipwreck
(Almeida Theatre); Oh What A Lovely War (UK
Tour).
Recording includes: Bluff the Musical, Flowers
For Mrs Harris (Cast Recording).
ROCHELLE WILSON
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Rochelle Wilson is a London based artist born
to first generation Caribbean parents. Her work
centres on Caribbean stories, Gender, and Yoruba
mythology. She strives to develop stories and
visuals that merge imagination and identity.
Rochelle also works as a Senior Scientist and
is keen to develop work which embraces the
intersectionality between science and art. She
works predominantly with new writing that
pushes the traditional boundaries of theatre and
amplifies the voices of the Global Majority.
Theatre includes: Message in a Clay River
(The Cockpit/Theatre Peckham); Snakes and
Ladders (Redbridge Theatre).
Theatre as Assistant Director includes:
Splintered (Soho Theatre).
Theatre as Assistant Sound Designer includes:
Hymn (National Theatre).
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BECCA CHADDER
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Becca is currently a Playwright in Residence at
The Watermill Theatre, a Creative Associate at
Jermyn Street Theatre, and was nominated for the
Evening Standard Future Theatre award.
Theatre as Director includes: The Poison Belt
(Jermyn Street Theatre); La Voisin (The
Pleasance); Summer’s Park Adventure (Deptford
Park); Her Romeo (Wee Red Bar); Number,
Please (Edinburgh Fringe/UK Tour).
Theatre as Assistant Director includes: The
Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour);
Cancelling Socrates (Jermyn Street Theatre);
The Ballad of Maria Marten (UK Tour); Cabildo
(Wilton’s Music Hall).
Theatre as Writer includes: Through The Looking
Glass, The Girl of Ink and Stars (The Watermill
Youth Ensemble).
JUSTIN PEARSON
ORCHESTRAL MANAGER
Justin Pearson is one of London’s busiest and
most versatile musicians. He is General Manager
and Artistic Director of The National Symphony
Orchestra (UK), Guest Principal cellist of the Royal
Philharmonic and English Sinfonia Orchestras, and
for many years was cellist of the English Piano
Trio.
Justin has written award-winning scripts for plays
with music that have been performed in London’s
West End, also at many festivals in both Britain
and abroad.
Theatre includes: Matilda, Phantom of the Opera,
Evita, Whistle Down the Wind, Bombay Dreams
(West End); Spring Awakening (Almeida); Tammy
Faye (Almeida).
Film includes: Gladiator; Harry Potter.
Television includes: Wolf Hall; Father Brown.
THANDO LOBESE
COSTUME CONSULTANT
Thando Lobese is a set and costume designer, and
a visual artist.
Theatre includes: And The Girls in Their
Sunday Dresses (Market Theatre, Johannesburg,
Edinburgh Festival/Afro vibes Festival,
Amsterdam); Woza Albert (Market Theatre,
Johannesburg); Trapped (Grahamstown Festival,
Salzburg Festival); The Suitcase (Soweto Theatre,
Johannesburg); Boesman and Lena (Theatre
on the Square, Johannesburg, Baxter Theatre,
Cape Town); Rhetorical Question, Sunjata,
Songs of Migration, The Off Side Rules, Death
of a Colonialist, Brer Rabbit, The Fat Black
Women Sing, Thirst, MacBeki (Market Theatre,
Johannesburg); I am an emotional creature
(Market Theatre Lab); Kalushi: The Story of
Solomon Mahlangu (State Theatre, Pretoria).
Opera includes: Fairy Queen (Uj Theatre,
Johannesburg, Joseph Stone Auditorium,
Cape Town).
Dance includes: Treasures to a being (Dance
Umbrella);s Fractured, Inception (Arts Alive,
Johannesburg).
KEV McCURDY
FIGHT DIRECTOR
Kev is an Equity registered Fight Director,
Director, Actor and an Action performer. Kev is
also co-founder and Chairman of The Academy
of Performance Combat. Kev is also an Honorary
Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama and Associate Artist with Theatre Na N’og
and The Bristol School of Theatre.
Previous Young Vic: Barbarians, A Doll’s House,
Fairview, Hamlet
Theatre includes: The Wife of Willesden (Kiln
Theatre); Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe); Marys
Seacole (Donmar Warehouse); The Burnt City
(Punchdrunk); Red Velvet, Moon Licks, Jungle
Green (Richard Burton Company); Les Misérables
(West End & National tour); Red Pitch (Bush
Theatre); Gunpowder Immersive Show (Layered
Reality); Guardians of The Galaxy (Secret Cinema
/ Disney); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Not Too
Tame / Shakespeare North); The Colour Purple
(UK Tour).
Recent TV includes: The Pact S2 (BBC); The A
List S2 (Netflix); Y Golau / The Light (BBC Wales
/ S4C Wales); Keeping Faith S1,2,3 (BBC).
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CO-PRODUCERS
NANDI MANDELA &
LUVUYO MADASA
Nandi Mandela & Luvuyo Madasa are Nelson
Mandela’s granddaughter and great-grandson
respectively, and helm the Mandela Family’s
direct involvement in the creation & production of
Mandela, a new musical.
Nandi is a seasoned South African businesswoman
who has dedicated over two decades of her
career to delivering life-changing initiatives and
economic opportunities to empower people from
under-developed and disadvantaged communities.
Nandi is a board member of the KwaZulu Natal
Philharmonic Orchestra (KZNPO) – a premium
orchestra on the African continent – whose
outreach programmes to orphanages, old age
homes and schools expose tens of thousands of
youth to the power of music and the orchestra
annually.
Luvuyo is a development professional passionate
about building solutions that showcase South
Africa’s potential and talents to the world. Luvuyo
is the Founder of Tyathumzi and the Executive
Director of ReimagineSA NPC, where his roles
are focused on change management, social
entrepreneurship and youth empowerment. Luvuyo
is also Vice Chair of The GYIFT Foundation and a
One Young World Ambassador.
By sharing personal anecdotes of precious family
moments spent with their grandfather & greatgrandfather,
Nandi & Luvuyo are delighted to have
helped the Mandela team tell the story of Madiba
as both a family man as well as an inspirational
icon so many have come to admire, and are excited
by the potential for Mandela to touch lives all
around the world.
SHAUN BOROWSKY &
GREG DEAN BOROWSKY
Shaun and Greg were born and grew up in South
Africa. The brothers’ teenage years coincided
with South Africa’s transition from apartheid to
democracy under the incredible leadership of
Nelson Mandela. In 2005, during a trip to London
they conceived the idea of creating a stage musical
inspired by the story of Mandela and his family.
The brothers immediately set to work developing
Mandela, while also pursuing careers in both music
and in producing major entertainment-events in
South Africa for over a decade.
In 2014 Shaun & Greg were honoured to present
a selection of their songs from Mandela to Nandi
Mandela and Luvuyo Madasa, who graciously
embraced their vision for the musical, and agreed
to partner officially with the Borowsky brothers
and the GRE Group.
By 2016 the brothers had relocated to New York to
further the development of Mandela. In 2019, the
South African producing team partnered with Brian
& Dayna Lee and upon partnering with the Young
Vic Theatre in 2021 to produce the world premiere
production of Mandela, the brothers relocated to
London.
Shaun & Greg are immensely grateful to everyone
who has supported and contributed in any way to
the realisation of their dream for the past 17 years
of bringing Mandela to the stage.
THE GRE GROUP
Represented by Shaun Hurwitz, Ron Goldstein &
Ronen Zekry, the GRE Group is a private equity
& venture capital investment group led by South
Africans, which focuses on backing talented and
passionate entrepreneurs worldwide, and across
various industries, in realising their dreams.
As a lover of the arts himself and as a lifelong
friend of the Borowsky brothers, Shaun Hurwitz
together with his partners Ronen Zekry & Ron
Goldstein joined the development of Mandela at the
musical’s conceptual stage in 2005, with the firm
belief that Mandela is a story that needs to be told.
The entire GRE team is exceptionally proud to
have been involved in every step of the thrilling
journey of developing and producing this show
over the past 17 years, and would like to sincerely
thank everyone who has played a role in bringing
Mandela to fruition.
BRIAN & DAYNA LEE
Brian and Dayna Lee are a husband and wife
producing team and the founders of the three-time
Tony Award-winning production company, AF
CREATIVE MEDIA.
Broadway: Company 2022 Revival (Tony Award
for Best Revival of A Musical), Moulin Rouge
(Tony Award for Best Musical), Angels in America
(Tony Award for Best Revival of A Play), Funny
Girl.
Off-Broadway: People, Places and Things. They
are currently developing several new projects
for the stage including: Nowhere Boy, based on
the 2009 film about John Lennon’s adolescence,
Becoming Eve based on the best-selling memoir
by Abby Stein, Cheryl West’s Jar The Floor, Jerry
Herman’s Mrs. Santa Claus and Female Troubles:
A Period Musical and several other commissions.
Additionally, Brian and Dayna run a popular
Instagram blog called @artsfoodfamily with over
93k followers, where they share their journey
navigating their way through the Big Apple. Their
greatest achievement to date has been their twin
girls, Ella & Emmy and their new arrival due mid-
December. They currently reside on the Upper East
Side in Manhattan.
THE PRODUCERS WISH
TO SINCERELY THANK:
The Entire Mandela Family
Njabulo Ndebele, Sello Hatang
& The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Kwame Kwei-Armah &
the entire Young Vic team
Danny Aaron
Scott Abrams
Sid Abrams
Alain Airth
Archie & Andrea Allen
Sam Arce
Jason Ayelsworth
Gregory Barnes
Scott Bartolf
Hugh Bauer
Jonathan Beare
Dorika Beckett
Thomas Bemelman
Josh Berger
David Bloom
Bruce Blumberg
Wayne Borowsky
Terri & Alvin Bowles
Stephen Brooker
Robbie Brozin
Karen Bruce
Rebecca Byers
Stephen Byrd
Matty Cogliono
Mark Collie
Cris Criswell
Collen Dlamini
Porcha Dodson
Sarah Edwards
Tarryn Edwards
Meghan Flaim
Ashley Frazer Evans
Robert Fried
Craig Friedman
Wayne Furphy
Dale & Robyn Furphy
Andy Gainsford
Katy Galloway
Boo Graham
Elijah Grant
Candace Graves
Shayla Griffin
Elliot Groffman
Alan Gross
Gary Hackner
Sam Hackner
Tony Herbert
Dianne Houston
Jonathan Hull
David Isaacs
Lawrence Jackson
Myron Jacobson
Ray Anne Jacobson
Luyanda Jezile
Jessica Johnson
Alia Jones-Harvey
Michael, Craig & Ricky Joseph
Colin Kapeluschnik
Michael Kerker
Devin Keudell
Willette & Manny Klausner
Steven Kottler
Dovi & Toni Krok
Simone Krok
Daisy Lee
Robert & Regina Lee
Marilyn Levine
David Lewis
Shan Lin
Mary Maggio
George Maloian
Brett Mattison
Jesse McKendry
David McNeilly
Devin McNichol
Rabele & Mosidi Melamu
Leah Michalos
Tando & Zama Mkosi
Anthony Moore
Jenna Moritz
Jedd & Hayley Myers
Peter Myers
Jaishree Naidoo
Terence Naidu
Tristyn Naidoo
Adam Nathanson
Eitan Neishlos
Monique Nelson
Tim Noble
Jeri Norris
Kendra Norwood
Imtiaz Patel
Barbara Peterson
Daniel Peterson
Glenn Peterson
Matt Polk
Alan Pollard
Dirk Pretorius
Ryan Raichilson
Michael Roffey
Chip & Kathleen Rosenbloom
Dean Rosenthal
David Roth
Daniel Rubenstein
Linda Rubin
Mark Rubinstein
Matt & Ila Scheckner
Mark Sendroff
Jeff & Howard Shankman
David Shafer
Martha Joan Shopshire
Marcel Solomon
Jessica Sporn
Nadia Statham
Stacey James Stephens
Rudi Stumpf
Heather Susskind
Marie Sylla
Tembi Tambo
Mark Twum-Ampofo
Raelene & Howard Tradonsky
Liz Ulmer
Adam Valkin
Michael Van Zijl
Jonny Vilakazi
Daniel Watkins
Ron Zeelens
John Znidarsic
Philip Zylstra
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Artistic Director
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Executive Director
Lucy Davies
Associate Artistic
Director
Sue Emmas
Head of Artistic
Development
Teunkie van der Sluijs
Literary and
Dramaturgy Associate
Olivia Poglio-Nwabali
Head of Producing
Nisha Modhwadia
Associate Producer
Holly Aston
Producer
(maternity leave)
Robyn Keynes
Producer
(maternity cover)
Christabel Holmes
Assistant Producer
(Maternity Leave)
Lucy Steward
Assistant Producer
(Maternity Cover)
Myles Sinclair
Executive Assistant
Amy Cranston
Production Assistant
Maciek Zdobylak
Creators Program
Producer
Sandra Thompson-
Quartey
Creators Program
Administrator
Tia Ali
Channel 4 playwright
Lulu Raczka
Young Vic Artistic
Associates
Glenn Davis
Alfred Enoch
Anna Fleischle
Marcus Gardley
Kate Hewitt
Afua Hirsch
Kirsty Housley
Alex Basco Koch
Doña Kroll
Gregory Maqoma
Prema Mehta
Duncan McLean
Chinonyerem Odimba
Wendell Pierce
Caitriona Shoobridge
Charles Randolph-
Wright
Charlotte Sutton
XANA
Associate Companies
Belarus Free Theatre
Crying In The
Wilderness
Productions
Regional Theatre
Young Director
Scheme
The What If
Experiment
Development
Deputy Executive
Director
Alex Tonetta
Head of Corporate
Partnerships & Events
Elisha Owen
Institutional
Partnerships Manager
Bernadette Witham
Development
Operations Manager
Lewis Hammond
Development Assistant
Emily Hamilton
Finance
Finance Director
Cath Longman-Jones
Acting Finance
Manager
Janine Carter
Acting Finance Officer
Fahim Uddin
Finance Assistant
Amy Morbin
Marketing &
Audiences
Director of Marketing
and Audiences
Beatrice Burrows
Head of Press and
Communications
Su-Ann Chow-
Seegoolam
Senior Marketing
Manager
Steph Cullen
Senior Ticketing and
Sales Manager
Zoe Fitzpatrick
Social Media and
Digital Content
Manager
Florence Bell
Press Officer
Karl-Lydie Jean-
Baptiste
Digital Marketing and
Campaigns Officer
Aimee Dickinson
Operations
Operations Director
Rathi Kumar
Head of Systems and
Technology
Fi Joseph
Digital Systems Analyst
Damilola Senbanjo
Head of People
Maria Khan
Company Administrator
Isobel Ford
Head of Theatre
Operations
Bryan Lewis
Facilities Manager
Samuel Hailey-Watts
Front of House and
Welcome Team
Manager
Ryan Melish
Assistant Front of
House Manager
Eleanor Kumar
Assistant Welcome
Team Manager
Max Puplett
Ushers
Aisha Edwards
Albert Graver
Andre Da Silva-
Jenkins
Anna-May Wood
Ayisha Mi
Becky Stockley
Benjamin Clarke
Cassiopeia Berkeley-
Agyepong
Charlie Cuscito
Charlotte Micalef
Chenta Mariqueo
Daniella Connor
Debbie Burningham
Dynzell Muguti
Eboni Dixon
Ellis Jupiter
Grace Kayibanda
Gracjana Rejmer-
Canovas
Grainne Pearson-
Cockrill
Hana Jennings
Isaac Vincent
Jida Akil
Joanna Selcott
Josh Hitchman-
Pinnock
Joyce Clark
Julie Patten
Kitti Wells
Lethaniel Stacey-
Coombe
Linden Sloan
Luke Garner-Greene
Lynn Knight
Malika Sandover
Matheus Vianna
Maurice Chung
Max Pawley
Melina Barnett
Michael Asiamah
Millie Whittam
Molly-Rose Curran
Newton James
Thomas
Oliver Byng
Owen Haslegrave
Paula Shaw
Rosemarie Akwafo
Sahana Rackal
Sharitah Boulton
Simone Bell
Starr Ballard
Susan Harrold
Tanjiana Bryan-Hesse
Taz Munyaneza
Thea Sandall
Tom Sparkes
Urielle Klein-
Mekongo
Duty Managers
Lauren Holden
Maryam Shofowora
Sebastian Houillon
Production
Technical Director
Craig Tye
Production Manager
Sarah Barton
Company Manager
Kate Jones
Head of Sound
Kyle MacPherson
Head of Stage
Rhodri Evans
Head of Costume
(Maternity Leave)
Sarah Hamza
Head of Costume
(Maternity Cover)
Olivia Ward
Head of Lighting
Faye Hetherington
Production Manager
(Studios)
James Dawson
Deputy Head of Sound
Jet Sharp
Interim Deputy Head
of Stage
Harvey Barker
Deputy Head of
Costume
Aimee Russam
Interim Deputy Head
of Lighting
Lauren Woodhead
Workshop Manager
Rachel MacLoughlin
Lighting Technician
Luke Jackson
Stage Technician
Emma Horne
Interim Theatre
Technican
Dan McKeown
Production
Administrator
Mengfei Liu
Taking Part
Director of Taking Part
Shereen Jasmin
Phillips
Neighbourhood Theatre
Producer
Alisha Artry
Participation Producer
Lorna McGinty
Learning Producer
Melanie Anouf
Taking Part
Outreach Officer
Lanikai Krishnadasan
Torrens
Taking Part
Administrator
Michelle Cullimore
Welcome Team
Chiara Ciabattoni
Edward Jones
Johanna Keane
Tia Wingate
Joel Oladapo
Julie Patten
Kathy Bolt
Lethaniel Stacey-
Coombe
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Natalie Green
SUSAN/ERIKA
Sean Kingsley
KOBUS
Zalika Henry
SWING
AJ Lewis
SWING
Lee Ormsby
SWING
Theatre includes: Les Misérables
(Sondheim Theatre), The Prince Of Egypt
(Dominion Theatre), Hair (50th
Anniversary UK Tour); 21 Chump Street
(The Courtyard Theatre); Hair (Hope Mill
Theatre & The Vaults); Wicked
(UK & Ireland Tour); Parade
(Southwark Playhouse); The Fix (Union
Theatre); Seussical the Musical
(Selladoor/Arts Theatre); Spring
Awakening (UK Tour); Godspell (Union
Theatre); Grease! (European Tour).
Further credits include: Super You
(Workshop), Mandela (Workshop), The
Prince Of Egypt (Workshop), Eliza and the
Bear (Recording), A Night at the Oscars?
(Concert), Dunkan & Sheik; Steven Sater
(Workshop/The Other Palace).
@misnag12345 (Instagram)
@nat_green (Twitter)
Sean will be returning to the cast of Patriots
when it transfers to the West End in 2023.
Theatre includes: Patriots (Almeida
Theatre); The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic/
West End); Billy Elliot the Musical, The
Drowsy Chaperone, Les Misérables, Cats,
Me and My Girl
(West End); The Addams Family (UK tour);
Once (New Wolsey Theatre/Queen’s Theatre
Hornchurch); Cinderella, Oxy & the Morons,
The Sword in the Stone (New Wolsey
Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent's
Park Open Air Theatre); Jersey Boys (UK
tour); Jackie the Musical (Gardyne Theatre,
Dundee); We Will Rock You (European
Arena tour); The Rocky Horror Show
(European tour); Jesus Christ Superstar
(Minack Theatre); Little Shop of Horrors
(Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Chess
(European Tour); Mamma Mia!
(International tour); Some Girls Are Bigger
Than Others (Lyric Hammersmith); Hot
Pants (Oldham Coliseum); Scrooge (West
End/ European tour); A Chorus Line (Derby
Playhouse); Hot Shoe Shuffle, On The Town
(National tour); Sherlock Holmes (Bristol Old
Vic/tour); A Month in the Country, Toad of
Toad Hall (Liverpool Playhouse).
Film and television includes: London Road
(Cuba Pictures); “Poirot” Third Girl
(Granada); Wire in the Blood (Coastal
Productions); Merseybeat (BBC); The Bill
(Pearson Television).
Theatre includes: The Lion King (UK &
Ireland Tour); Respect Aretha: Song Book
(UK tour); Caroline or Change
(Playhouse Theatre); Disneyland’s Mickey
and the Magician (Disneyland Paris);
Yesterday’s House (Theatre Royal Stratford
East); Flesh (Edinburgh Fringe).
Television includes: I Can See Your Voice
(BBC One)
AJ trained at Italia Conti and London
Studio Centre
Theatre includes: Glory Ride (Other
Palace); Mrs Doubtfire (Manchester Opera
House); Show Boat (Royal Albert Hall); The
Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
(West End); Dancing in the Streets
(West End); Thriller Live (West End);
Bernstein’s Mass (Royal Festival Hall); Five
Guys Named Moe (Upstairs at the
Gatehouse); Respect (UK Tour); Soul Train
(UK Tour); Blues Brothers
(European Tour); Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour); Jerry
Springer the Opera
(Dublin); Up Against the Wall (Bolton
Octagon); The Real Monty Comes Again (UK
Tour).
Television includes: Backing vocals for X
Factor, JLS, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe,
Watchdog & Wildhouse (BBC); Death of a
Princess (C4 Film); Gerry Kelly Show (UTV);
Don't Stop Believing (Channel 5).
AJ is also a songwriter and has various
releases on all online music stores.
@ajlewisuk
Lee trained at Mountview Academy of
Theatre Arts.
Theatre includes: Cinderella (Hope Mill
Theatre), Les Miserables (UK Tour),
Oklahoma! (Grane Park Opera); My Fair
Lady (Teatro San Carlo); Promises
Promises (Southwark Playhouse); The
Great Jewish American Songbook,
Wallis! (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); The
Lion King (UK National Tour and Basel,
Switzerland); The Phantom of the Opera
(25 th Anniversary UK & Ireland Tour);
Chess in Concert, Night of 1000 Voices
(Royal Albert Hall); The Buddy Holly
Story (Duchess Theatre); Oliver!
(Larnaca, Cyprus); Sunset Boulevard (UK
Tour) Godspell (Union Theatre); She
Loves Me (Chichester Festival Theatre);
Crazyface (Bristol Old Vic).
Television includes: Emmerdale; The
Honey Siege (ITV), The Weekend Starts
Here (HTV), The Josie Lawrence Show
(C4), Down to Earth (BBC), Displaced
Person (Partridge Films).
Recording includes: Paradise Lost (2015
Studio Cast Album, Sim G Records), The
Nutcracker in 3D (G2 Pictures), The Last
Day of Summer (Demo).