Speak and Splash, The National Youth Theatre, This Bright Land, Somerset House, 2022

Speak and Splash featured an ensemble cast of movement performers and spoken word artists in a 15 minute piece, repeated across the August bank holiday Monday at Somerset House as part of NYT’s contribution to the This Bright Land festival. I worked with the spoken word artists as a mentor to develop and finalise the written pieces by the spoken word artists and as a co-director for the final piece.

Creative Team:

Co-Director (Spoken Word) – Dzifa Benson
Co-Director (Movement) – Kirsten Ho
Co-Director (Stage Direction) – Laurie Ogden
CSM – Robyn-Amber Manners
ASM – Maddie Goodman*
ASM – Abigail Nicholas*
NYT Production Team

Thanks to:
Niamh Caines, Paul Crewes, Rebecca Jones, Carson McColl, Gareth Pugh, Morgan Robinson, Lucy Troy.

Cast

Spoken Word Performers:
Elan Davies - Ambiguous Sheep
Miona Drčelić - Views
Emily Evans - Pine Overwritten
Eliezer Gore - Crown of Black Gold
Seun Matiluko - Will Buttercups Still Grow
Jasmine Ricketts - My Education
Marisol Spensieri  - I Hope This Email Finds You Well

Movement Performers:
Liam Crabtree
Rhianna Hosmer
Neetika Kurup
Set Myint
Stella Saltibus
Michael Sookhan
Ellen Stone
Junior Tuku

This Bright Land:

Creative Director - Gareth Pugh
Creative Director - Carson McColl
Executive Creative Producer - Paul Crewes
Production Manager - Morgan Robinson
Producer - Lucy Troy
Producing Coordinator - Niamh Caines

Supported by Arts Council England 
With thanks to Angels Costumes