JADE ANOUKA(Writer and Performer)

Jade recently appeared on our screens as Ruta Skadi in HBO/BBC's HIS DARK MATERIALS, Channel 5’s THE DROWNING, ITV’s CLEANING UP and TURN UP CHARLIE on Netflix. 

In theatre Jade just finished performing in COCK on the West End and has played the title roles in Hampstead’s Olivier-nominated THE PHLEBOTOMIST, QUEEN MARGARET at The Royal Exchange and ROMEO & JULIET at Shakespeare’s Globe. She has also starred in MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL at The National Theatre and in the Donmar Warehouse Shakespeare Trilogy where she played Mark Antony in JULIUS CAESAR, Hotspur in HENRY IV and Ariel in THE TEMPEST. All three productions transferred to St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.

As a poet Jade has performed regularly around London including The Southbank Centre, The Roundhouse and various Sofar Sounds events. She recently recorded her poetry at Abbey Road studios alongside Sam Smith for their song ‘My Oasis’. 

She’s had writing work commissioned by Paines Plough, Audible UK, Stylist Magazine, Broccoli Content, The Young Vic, The Old Vic and BBC Radio 4 where she wrote and performed her short story THIS SUNDAY. 

Jade did a TEDxTalk 'Being Black, Being a Woman, Being 'Other’. She wrote, directed and co-starred in her award winning short film ‘Her & Her’ for BBC’s Culture In Quarantine. Both can be watched in full on YouTube.

Her debut play, HEART, combines her love of writing and acting and she is so hyped that it is making its world premiere in New York, a city that she loves!

OLA INCE(Director)

Ola graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2010 with a First Class Honours BA in Theatre Directing.                   

Ola is a critically acclaimed and award-winning Director. In 2012 she was the Boris Karloff Bursary recipient. In 2015 Ola became a BBC Performing Arts Fellow, Resident Associate Director at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Red Women of the Year nominee. In 2016 she became the Genesis Future Director Award winner and Artistic Associate at Lyric Hammersmith and Theatre Royal Stratford East. In 2018 she won the h100 Theatre & Performance Award. In 2019 she was named one of the Elle list’s ‘50 Game Changers of Now’. Ola was named as one of The Stage 25 in January 2022: “theatremakers to watch out for in 2022 and beyond”.

Ola has been an Artistic Associate at the Royal Court Theatre and was one of three recipients of the National Theatre’s 2020/2021  Sir Peter Hall Bursary.

 

ARNULFO MALDONADO(Scenic Design)

 

EMILY REBHOLZ(Costume Design)

 

JEN SCHRIEVER(Lighting Design)

 

FITZ PATTON(Sound Design & Additional Original Music)

 

ANNIE-LUNNETTE DEAKIN-FOSTER(Movement)

 

RENELL SHAW(Original Music)

 

BRIAN BOGIN(Production Stage Manager)

AUDIBLE THEATER (Producer)

Audible Theater makes outstanding performances and powerful storytelling available to millions of people all over the world. As part of this initiative, Audible has produced Girls & Boys with Carey Mulligan, The Half-Life of Marie Curie with Kate Mulgrew, Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup, Billy Crystal’s Have A Nice Day with Annette Bening and Kevin Kline, the revival of Aasif Mandvi’s Sakina’s Restaurant, and many others at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village will serve as its creative home for live performances in New York. Audible hosts and produces a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, engaging panel discussions, and more, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. 

Audible was co-producer for the Broadway transfer of the Tony Award-nominated Latin History for Morons written by and starring John Leguizamo and for the Tony Award-nominated Sea Wall /A Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge. The initiative also saw the release of John Lithgow’s Stories By Heart, Judith Light’s All The Ways To Say I Love You, Sharon Washington’s Feeding The Dragon, and more. Since June 2017, Audible has commissioned 40 theater playwrights to receive support from its $5 million Emerging Playwrights Fund dedicated to developing innovative English-language works from around the globe. The $5 million fund enables the creation of original plays driven by language and voice, keeping with Audible’s core commitment to elevating listening experiences through powerful performances and extraordinary vocal storytelling.

ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible content includes more than 600,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.

 

KATE PAKENHAM(Producer)

Kate Pakenham Productions is a production and consultancy company led by London-based producer Kate Pakenham.  Kate works with exceptional artists to tell essential stories for today.  Previous productions include the multi Olivier Award-winning, EMILIA, by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm at The Vaudeville Theatre; the transfer of HAMLET, directed by Yael Farber and starring Ruth Negga, to St Ann’s Warehouse, NY; and Kaleider’s THE MONEY at London’s County Hall.  Kate also acts as an executive and creative consultant across the cultural sector.  Clients include: Digital Theatre; The Gate Theatre, Dublin; The National Theatre; The WOW Foundation; The Kiln Theatre and The Space.

Kate was a judge for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2021 and, in 2022, is a member of the selection panel for the Writer’s Guild of GB’s New Play Commission Scheme.  She is passionate about platforming and celebrating women’s voices and stories. 

From 2012-2018 Kate was Executive Producer of the Donmar Warehouse where she produced over 40 productions, many of which transferred to the West End, NY, or onto screen.  Prior to the Donmar, Kate worked as a producer at The Old Vic Theatre for 11 years.  She began her career in television, spending 4 years researching and directing factual programmes for BBC, ITV and Channel 4.