Assistant Directing
Small Island
Drama | 3h 15m | 2022
Directed by Rufus Noris
@ National Theatre -Waterloo/Southbank
Olivier Stage
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Staff Director - Leian John-Baptiste
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Adapted for stage by Helen Edmundson
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Gilbert and Hortense, a newly married Jamaican couple, emigrate from Jamaica to London aboard the HMT Empire Windrush and try to adjust to life in England after the outbreak of World War II.
Starring
Leemore Marrett Jr, Leonie Elliott, Martin Hutson, Mirren Mack, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Chereen Buckley, Cavan Clarke, Adam Ewan, David Fielder, Amy Forrest, Andrew Frame, Stephanie Jacob, Sandra James-Young, CJ Johnson, Rebecca Lee, Rachel Lumberg, Alicia McKenzie, Daniel Norford, Tom Page, David Webber, Marcel White (RIP), Flo Wilson
Other Creatives
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Andrea Levy - Book
National Theatre - Producer
Katrina Lindsay - Set Design
Katrina Lindsay - Costume Design
Jon Driscoll - Projection Design
Paul Anderson - Lighting Design
Benjamin Kwasi Burrell - Music Director
Ian Dickinson - Sound Design
Coral Messam- Movement Director
Kate Waters - Fight Director
Gary Crosby - Music Consultant
Denzel Westley Sanderson - Associate Director
Is God Is
Drama | 1h 30m | 2021
Directed by Ola Ince
@ Royal Court Theatre - Sloane Square
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Assistant Director - Leian John-Baptiste
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Written by Aleshea Harris
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When a letter arrives from the mother they thought was dead, 21 year old twins Racine and Anaia travel from the Dirty South to the California desert and a yellow house with teal shutters.
They are on a mission to avenge her past and ready to take down anyone who stands in their way.
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Received the Relentless Award and Obie Award for Playwriting.
Starring
Tamara Lawrence, Adelayo Adedayo, Cecilia Noble, Mark Monero, Vivienne Acheampong, Ernest Kingsley Jnr, Rudolphe Mdlongwa, Ray Emmet Brown
Other Creatives
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Chloe Lamford - SET DESIGNER
Natalie Pryce - COSTUME DESIGNER
Simisola Lucia Majekodunmi - LIGHTING DESIGNER
Renell Shaw - COMPOSER
Max Perryment - SOUND DESIGNER
Imogen Knight - MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
Jordan ‘JFunk’ Franklin - CHOREOGRAPHER
Susanna Peretz - SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNER
Shankho Chaudhuri - ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER & GRAPHIC DESIGN
Dawn-Elin Fraser - DIALECT COACH
Philip D’Orléans - FIGHT DIRECTOR
Barbershop Chronicles
Drama | 1hr 45mins | 2018
Directed by Bijan Sheibani (Olivier Award nominee)
for National Theatre American Tour
@ - Arizona
@ - LA
@ - Berkley
@ - Seattle
@ - Standford
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Associate Director - Leian John Baptiste
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Written by Inua Ellams
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Barber Shop Chronicles is a heart-warming, hilarious, and insightful new play, set in Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos, Accra, and London. The play invites the audience into a uniquely masculine environment where the banter may be barbed, but the truth always telling.The barbers of these tales are sages, role models, and father figures, they are the glue that keeps men together.
Starring
Tuwaine Barrett, Elliot Edusah, Maynard Eziashi, Alhaji Fofana, Solomon Israel, Patrice Naiambana, Anthony Ofoegbu, Kenneth Omole,
Other Creatives
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Rae Smith – Designer
Jack Knowles – Lighting Designer
Aline David – Movement Director
Gareth Fry – Sound Designer
Michael Henry – Musical Director
Kwami Odoom – Assistant Choreographer
Louis Hammond CDG – Casting Director
Catherine Morgan – Associate Designer
Lydia Crimp – Costume Supervisor
Andrew Whiteoak – WHAM Supervisor
Kev McCurdy – Fight Director
Peter Atakpo – Barber Consultant
Charmian Hoare – Company Voice Work
Hazel Holder – Dialect Coach
Stella Odunlami - Assosciate Director
The Brothers Size
Drama | 1hr 30m | 2018
Directed by Bijan Sheibani (Olivier Award nominee)
@ Young Vic Theatre - Southwark
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Assistant Director - Leian John-Baptiste
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Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Oscar winner)
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From the writer of Moonlight, the 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, ritual and reality intertwine in this darkly sparkling, brilliant play.
After a spell in prison, two African-American brothers reunite through Yoruba mythology and live music.
Bijan Sheibani directs this long-awaited revival of a deeply moving fable about the bonds between men.
Starring
Sope Dirisu, Jonathan Ajayi & Anthony Welsh
Other Creatives
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Designer - Patrick Burnier
Lighting Designer - Mike Gunning
Sound Designer - Manuel Pinheiro
Movement Director - Aline David
Vocal Musical Director - Michael Henry Casting Director- Amy Ball CDG
Assistant Director -Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu