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Jordana Belaiche
(co-Creator & Performer)
Jordana Belaiche is a British-Algerian writer and performer who trained as a dramaturg at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama on the MA Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy course, and at SOAS, University of London. Jordana began her career age 7 in the children’s ensemble of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ at the London Palladium and later went on to appear as Little Cosette in ‘Les Miserables’ (Queen’s/Sondheim) and Jane Banks in ‘Mary Poppins’ (Prince Edward). She began writing for stage in 2017 when her first play ‘Knowledge is Power’ won Best New Writing prize at the London Student Drama Festival and went on to receive a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the same year.
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Grace O’Keefe
(co-Creator,
music & Performer)
Grace is an award-wnning writer, performer, Producer and director. Originally from Baltimore, she moved to the UK to study Theatre Directing under Katie Mitchell. Grace directed and produced five-star, two-time EdFringe sellout "Bad Teacher”. As part of Her double act, The Queens of Cups, She was awarded Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards ‘24. Her film and radio credits include BBC Studios and Radio 4. She is currently developing Sense and Sensibility as a new British Musical. She owns Stephen Sondheim’s Tarot Cards.
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Bel Parker
(co-Creator & Director)
Bel Parker is a freelance director and performer from London. She trained in physical theatre at Lecoq’s school in Paris, and then clown with Gaulier, Sky de Sela and Complicité. She studied Arabic at SOAS and has led workshops in Arabic and French for Good Chance Paris. Bel was the resident Associate Director at The Big House theatre company, when she developed and directed James Fritz’ world premier of Cashmoney Now. She is currently in post production for a short film Under The Blanket, that mixes live action and animation.
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Roxanne-Ivy Roberts
(costumes)
Roxanne-Ivy is a Finnish costume designer based in London, known for her versatile background in fashion and haute couture. She studied Fashion Design at Middlesex University and has since built a diverse career in theatre, TV, and film. Her notable theatre credits include Passing Strange (Young Vic), The Little Prince, A Dream Play, Seize the Day, and Ain’t I A Woman? (all at Tower Theatre). Beyond costume design, Roxanne-Ivy has worked as a sound technician and production assistant on productions such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hansel and Gretel, The Witch Baba Yaga, and Macbeth at Iris Theatre. Currently, she is expanding her expertise as a costume trainee on Apple TV’s Slow Horses, and working on The Worst Witch, Moby Dick, and The Colour Purple musical
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Lolly Whitney Low
(Set)
The fantastical, the peculiar, the thrilling; I want to find the image that represents a story and can act as a centre piece around which the narrative can unfold. I’m 21 years old and recently graduated in prop and set design from UAL Wimbledon. I want my work to integrate seamlessly into the rehearsal and development process so that it can prop up the audience’s enjoyment of a story, not detract. Nothing is too crazy nor impossible in this line of work and I hope to prove that
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shane gill
(Lighting)
Shane Gill is a freelance lighting designer based in London. Along with design, Shane works at Pearl in University College London where he fuses his love of theatre and science to create realistic immersive experiments to improve how people interact with cities. Recent design credits include Gun to Your Head(Vaults Festival), Ikaria(Old Red Lion Theatre), Blister(Dublin Fringe Festival), Fridget (Dublin Fringe Festival, Winner of Little Gem Award), Bump(Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Electric(Irish National Tour) and Disco Pigs/Sucking Dublin(Reality:check productions).
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Jake Venet
(Production associate & Tech)
Jake is a PhD researcher and theater maker. Jake's research focuses on creativity management. Current research questions that Jake is interested in exploring are, "what is imagination's role in the creative process?" and "how do creator's find career success by appealing to niche audiences?" Theatrically, Jake has most recently appeared as Jack in Into the Woods, Jesus in Godspell, and Pepper / Male Ensemble in Mamma Mia. Jake's other likes include pesto and folk music; and his dislikes include writing about himself in the third person. Jake is ecstatic to be working on his first Edinburgh Fringe show! And hopes to return in future years in all sorts of different roles.
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Jake Venet
(Production associate & Tech)
Jake is a PhD researcher and theater maker. Jake's research focuses on creativity management. Current research questions that Jake is interested in exploring are, "what is imagination's role in the creative process?" and "how do creator's find career success by appealing to niche audiences?" Theatrically, Jake has most recently appeared as Jack in Into the Woods, Jesus in Godspell, and Pepper / Male Ensemble in Mamma Mia. Jake's other likes include pesto and folk music; and his dislikes include writing about himself in the third person. Jake is ecstatic to be working on his first Edinburgh Fringe show! And hopes to return in future years in all sorts of different roles.
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Clea Godsill
(Choreographer)
Clea is a choreographer, performer and dance teacher, interested in how movement can help people process complex emotional experiences. She trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and London Contemporary Dance School, gaining a master’s degree in contemporary dance with distinction in 2020. Clea's previous choreographic work has been supported by South East Dance (2021) and she has been commissioned to create pieces for Project Female Dance Company and Let's Dance at Brighton Dome & Festival (2023). As a dancer with Tanzkompanie Theatre St Gallen (2018-19), Clea performed in works by Beate Vollack, Felix Landerer and Yuki Mori, and in the musical Hello, Dolly!. She created two original roles with Frankly Speaking Productions: Gerda in The Snow Queen (2020) and Hatty in Tom’s Midnight Garden (2021 & 22). Most recently, Clea appeared in Baggage by Lucy Clark at Brighton Dome and South East Dance (2024).
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richard Yuill
(Poster/Graphic Designer)
Richard is a writer, director, perfomer and graphic designer and currently co-runs the Theatre Company - Midnight Detour. Richard has produced 7 plays since 2017, the most recent being "With a Bang." A critically acclaimed two hander about love and loss set on the last night on earth. This is Richard's second collaboration with Grace after working on the marketing and Graphics for her previous show Bad Teacher. And is currently open for commission.
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tom f. Arnold
(Piano on ‘Summoning Tonight’ and ‘Children and Art’)
Tom is a Musical Director, Orchestrator and Songwriter based in West London. He is a resident Musical Director for The Crazy Coqs Presents.
As a Musical Director, Tom has worked on Musicals, Concerts and Pantomimes. Recently, Tom was the Musical Supervisor for A Song of Songs at the Park Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Offie. Tom wrote the book, music and lyrics for The House of Edgar, a folk musical based on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. The show premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016 to critical acclaim, and was shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award. tom is working with grace on adapting sense and sensibility into a new musical. .
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estelle Homerstone
(producer)
Estelle Homerstone (She/Her) is a 6-time award-nominated producer, actor and theatre maker. Recent projects include 'Run to the Nuns - The Musical' (Riverside Studios, Brighton Fringe) and 'Working for Crumbs' (4 x award-nominated Broadway World & Broadway Baby Play; The Space Theatre). She has supported productions such as ‘Showstopper! the Improvised Musical’, ‘Cirque Berserk’ and ‘Something in the Water’ across Edinburgh the last few years.
She is an interdisciplinary artist with a collaborative approach to making. Her work prioritises access, relevance and boldness. She is the owner of Estelle Homerstone Productions, which is a 100% neurodiverse and queer collective, championing new writing and genre-bending theatre.
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Stephen Sondheim
(Musical Theatre God, GOAT, Theatre Kids’ Lord & Saviour)
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical.
He is the greatest man who ever lived and a close personal friend of Grace O’Keefe who he loved very much.
He is also the greatest composer ever and anyone who thinks otherwise is a nincompoop.