Experience:
(Set and Costume design unless otherwise stated)
The Father and the Assassin
Dir. Indhu Rubasingham, National Theatre, Olivier, London
two Palestinians go dogging
Dir. Omar Elerian, Royal Court Theatre, London
Trouble in Mind
Dir. Nancy Medina, National Theatre, Dorfman, London
The Mountaintop
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
seven methods of killing kylie jenner
Dir. Milli Bhatia, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and film, Royal Court Theatre, London
Can I Live?
Dir. Daniel Bailey and Simon McBurney, Complicite Filmed at the Barbican, London
The Return of Danton
Dir. Omar Elerian, Collective Ma’louba at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim, Germany
Autoreverse
Dir. Omar Elerian, BAC, London
Master Harold and The Boys
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise. National Theatre, Littleton, London.
seven methods of killing kylie jenner
Dir. Milli Bhatia, Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London
Going Through
Dir. Omar Elerian. Bush Theatre, London
Richard II
Dir. Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Dark
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise. Fuel and Ovalhouse, London
Sundowning
Dir. Helena Bell. Kali Theatre.
Nine Night
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise. National Theatre, Dorfman, Trafalgar Studios, West End.
Misty
Dir. Omar Elerian. Bush Theatre, Trafalgar Studios, West End.
The Mountaintop
Dir. Roy Alexander Weise. JMK Award Winner. Young Vic Theatre, London
Safe
Dir. Arti Prashar, Re-staging for 40th Anniversary Spare Tyre Theatre Company, New Diorama, London
Muhammad Ali and Me
Dir. Sheron Wray. Re-staging at The Albany Theatre, London and tour
Head Wrap Diaries
Dir. Vicki Igbokwe. Uchenna Dance. The Place, London and tour
Mobile
Dir. Jemma McDonnell. The Paper Birds. Site Specific tour set in a caravan
How Nigeria Became, A Story & A Spear that didn’t work
Dir. Gbolahan Obisesan. Unicorn Theatre, London
The Shroud
Dir. Russell Bender. Penned in the Margins, RichMix, London and tour
Sweet Taboo
Dir. Mojisola Adebayo. Talawa TYPT13, Embassy Theatre, London
Power Games
Dir. Shane Shambhu. Altered Skin. Jerwood Dance, Ipswich, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
I Stand Corrected
Dir. Mojisola Adebayo & Mamela Nyamza. Artscape, Cape Town, South Africa and Ovalhouse Theatre
Richard II
Dir. Conall Morrison. Ashtar Theatre, Hisham’s Palace, Jericho and Shakespeare’s Globe
Still Life Dreaming
Dir. Arti Prashar. Spare Tyre and Wellcome Trust, Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Safe
Dir. Arti Prashar. Spare Tyre Theatre Company, Tara Arts and tour
The Lion and Unicorn and Lincoln Road
Dirs. Lucy Kerbel and Naomi Jones. Eastern Angles, Platform Peterborough touring project
Krunch
Dir. Amani Naphtali. Talawa. Bernie Grant, London, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
Feeble Minds (Set only)
Dir. Arti Prashar. Spare Tyre Theatre Company, Albany Theatre and Rich Mix
Muhammad Ali and Me
Dir. Sheron Wray. Ovalhouse Theatre
Angina Monologues
Dir. Arti Prashar. Spare Tyre Theatre Company, St Paul’s, Camden
Speak
Dir. Dawn Reid. Theatre Royal, Stratford East Youth Theatre, LIFT Festival
Moj of the Antarctic, an African Odyssey
Dir. Sheron Wray. Re-staging and British Council tour to five Southern Africa countries
A Night at the Theatre
Dir. Pip Minithorpe. Touring production for Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Bean Street
Dir. Terry O’Leary. Cardboad Citizens, RADA and Roundhouse Theatre
Moj of the Antarctic, an African Odyssey
Dir. Sheron Wray. Lyric Hammersmith and Ovalhouse Theatre
Visible
Dir. Adrian Jackson. Cardboard Citizens. Contact, Everyman, Ustinov and Soho Theatre
Everything is Illuminated
Dir. Kirsty Housley. Etcetera Theatre, London
Changes
Dir. Terry O’Leary. Touring production by Cardboard Citizens
Goblin Market
Dir. John Terry. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sydmonton Festival and Southwark Playhouse
King
Dir. Adrian Jackson. A scratch performance staged in a squatted church
Tales from the Emerald City
Dir. Mojisola Adebayo. Touring production devised for ShowHow
The Ghost Downstairs (Co-design with Fred Meller)
Dir. Daniel Buckroyd. New Perspectives Theatre, Nottingham
The Wall
Dir. Terry O’Leary. Touring production by Cardboard Citizens
Nymphs and Shepherds
Dir. Kirsty Housley. Etcetera Theatre, London
Love Wars
Dir. Mojisola Adebayo. Touring production by Cardboard Citizens
Don Giovanni
Dir. Matt Lane. St Andrew’s Church, Islington and Beauforthuis, Holland
Le Nozze di Figaro
Dir. Matt Lane. St Andrew’s Church, Islington and Beauforthuis, Holland
Brokenville
Dir. Nicholai La Barrie. Ovalhouse Theatre
Other professional experience:
Director
Show Me Edgware Road. A devised piece led by Rajha Shakiry in collaboration with Mojisola Adebayo. Rich Mix, London. Supported by Arts Council of England.
Director
A performance of Carol Ann Duffy’s Salome, supported by Spare Tyre, Albany Theatre and Tara Arts.
Performer
Member of the Skills Ensemble in Philip Glass’s Satyagraha, Improbable and English National Opera, London Coliseum and Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Workshop Leader and Head of Production
Working with South Connections and Sunshine International Arts. Leading a team of artists, providing workshops for youths to design, create and produce Southwark Youth Carnival and participate in Luton, Notting Hill Carnival and Thames Festival.
Freelance Maker
The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre, Masks and Puppets department
Exhibitions:
Staging Places, SBTD Exhibition, Prague Quadrennial and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2019
Make Believe, Society of British Theatre Designers’ Exhibition, Nottingham and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2015
World Stage Design Exhibition, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 2013
Transformation and Revelation, Society of British Theatre Designers’ Exhibition, Cardiff, 2011