Ashley Ramsden Ashley Ramsden has been a storyteller for over 25 years. He started telling stories in Australia, where he trained as an actor in the Harkness Studio and founded MYTHOS, a company dedicated to the revival of the Art of Storytellin. In 1986 he then moved to the United States where he developed a…
Sahand Sahebdivani Sahand and Raphael have been working together for many years. They have a strong connection as friends and artistic partners and that brings their performances to the next level of sincerity. Sahand Sahebdivani fled from Iran as a child during the Iran-Iraq war. The experience of him and his family being refugees provided…
Raphael Rodan Sahand and Raphael have been working together for many years. They have a strong connection as friends and artistic partners and that brings their performances to the next level of sincerity. Raphael Rodan grew up in Galilee in Israel. Since his childhood, he was surrounded by stories demonizing “the Other”: on the one…
Tom Radcliffe Sons of Abraham is directed by Tom Radcliffe, who is director of London Group Theatre and teacher at Actors East in London has an impressive track record in the film and theatre world. Tom’s work is completely based in the Meisner Technique, which he learnt directly from Sanford Meisner. The story that Sahand and…
Hackney Showroom The Hackney Showroom is an award-winning cultural organisation which supports exceptional artists to make live performance. Hackney Showroom’s hallmark is their support of artists who sit outside the mainstream, developing their craft and carving out a space for exceptional experimental artists who are innovating new forms of performance.
Sam Curtis Lindsay Sam Lindsay trained as an actor and has since directed, programmed and produced work shown across the UK and featured in numerous major festivals. Recent directing credits include the acclaimed Heartbreak Hotel (The Jetty, North Greenwich); The Court Must Have a Queen by Ade Solanke (Hampton Court Palace); Thank You For Your…
Travis Alabanza Travis Alabanza is a London based artist, writer and theatre maker. As one of the UK’s most prominent trans artistic voices, over the last 4 years Alabanza has initiated much of the public conversation around the intersections of blackness, gender, transness and class, as noted by numerous publications (MOBO, Dazed, Artsy). Their work…