C R E A T I V E S
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Director
Che Walker

 
​In theatre, Ché's writing and directing credits include his musical Been So Long, which played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival & the Young Vic in 2009 and was bought and produced by Netflix. His play The Frontline made theatrical history being the first contemporary-set play to be performed at Shakespeare’s Globe since the 1600’s. Lovesong in collaboration with uk soul legend Omar MBE for English Touring Theatre Flesh Wound at Royal Court Theatre and winner of The George Devine Award, Arts Council Writer of the Future Award. The 8th in collaboration with Paul Heaton for Barbican, Manchester International Festival Klook's Last Stand, which played at the Park Theatre London in 2014 and is currently being produced by several theatres in the US after a workshop performance at the NAMT Festival in New York. Ché's other writing credits include The Lightning Child at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2013. More recently, Ché wrote and directed The Etienne Sisters at Theatre Royal Stratford East, which thestage.com described as a "Thrilling new chamber musical featuring a bold narrative style and a classy, simplistic staging". Ché has won the Peter Brook Award (Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award) for his plays Crazy Love and Burnt Up Love, and his version of Been So Long was a nominee for The Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009.

Playwright /Producer
Bianca Bagatourian

                                                     Photo Credit: Dawn Bowery
​Bianca received her MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College where she was mentored by lifetime Obie Award winner, Mac Wellman. Her plays have been produced worldwide. The Time Of Our Lies is based on the works of US radical historian, Howard Zinn with whom she had the honor of working with before his passing in 2010. It ran at The Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014 where it was nominated for the Amnesty International “Freedom of Expression” Award. Bianca is also the president and founder of the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance, a non-profit organization since 2005 where she administers the global $10,000 Saroyan/Paul Human Rights Playwriting Award. Bianca also works in the world of film & TV and has several TV sitcoms in development with independent TV companies. She has sold a comedy reality show to the BBC & produced a feature film. She is the author of a Children’s book, Draculiza published by Cedar Grove. Bianca currently lives in Los Angeles and is working on the play, Operation Ajax about the overthrow of the first democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran in ​1953.

Composer
​Sheila Atim

Olivier Awards 2018: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Winner Critics’ Choice Award for Most Promising Newcomer 2018 - Winner Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Emerging Talent Award 2017 - Nominee What’s On Stage Awards: Best Supporting Actress in a Play 2018 - Nominee Clarence Derwent Awards 2018 - Winner






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Video Composer
​Gamal Chasten

Gamal is a writer/performer and co-founder of Universes Theater Ensemble.  Theatre credits include:  Co-writer and performer: Slanguage, (New York Theater Workshop): Ameriville (Humana Festival); Party People (Berkeley Rep); Individual writer and performer: The Last Word (Performance Space 122), Badge (Flight Deck Theatre, reading) and The Black Mann Act (New York Theatre Workshop).  His work has been chronicled in Fire This Time, African American Plays of the 21st Century and several Humana Festival anthologies. A recent recipient of the 2018 Prize of Hope, Gamal is currently working on Americus premiering at the Cincinnati Playhouse in 2020.

Choreographer
Bonnie Oddie

Bonnie Oddie began her formal dance training at WAC arts as a teenager. Brought up by two musical parents, with a love and appreciation for Jazz music, WAC is where she first learnt of Jack Cole and Mattox based jazz technique under the tutelage of Michelle Scott. Bonnie spent the next five years with Jazz and Contemporary dance as her focus. From WAC she studied dance at Lewisham College and finally graduated from London Studio Centre a few decades ago! Bonnie has danced, choreographed and taught extensively since then, in a vast spectrum of environments; from small touring companies to the Royal Opera House, Primary Schools to Degree courses. During this time she has developed a particular love of working with young people, and now has twenty years’ experience. She was the founding Artistic Director of East London Dance Youth Co, and the creator of Studio Youth at London Studio Centre. ​

Video Choreographer
Maureen Fleming​

Maureen Fleming is renowned for her original form of visual theater. With the discipline of a classicist, and the imagination of an iconoclast, she connects cultures and art forms in an interdisciplinary celebration of the universality of the soul’s journey. A Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, South Korea, Colombia and Latvia, her solo and group works have toured five continents including the Spoleto Festival in Italy, FILO Festival Brazil, Performing America’s Tour Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay, Jacob’s Pillow Festival, Emerson Majestic and Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and NY City Center Fall for Dance Festival.


Lighting Designer
Arnim Friess


Sound Designer
Ollie Burridge

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​Producer Jeff Kalousdian

Jeff has worked in theatrical development as well as heading micro-finance and economic development projects in many of the world’s hot spots for organizations such as UN Refugee Agency, Save The Children, and the Danish Refugee Council, among others.  In 2009, he produced the film Here, starring Ben Foster, which went on to be screened in over 25 festivals worldwide, including Sundance and Berlin.  In 2011, he won the Paul Award for his feature film script, The Florist, a story about love and loss in a frozen conflicted former Soviet Union.  He also produced Territoria, which won the best screenplay award at the Cannes Film Festival Atelier in 2014.  As a writer/producer, he currently has several films in development, including Mariposa, which has been invited to When East Meets West in Trieste, Italy, and The Moscow International Film Festival.

​Producer Paul Sanoian

Paul comes from a background of musicPaul’s background is primarily in the music business.  He has worked in business affairs for A&M Records and was an executive of Sector 2 Records.  He has also done production and management work for a variety of clients.  Paul is currently engaged in  increasing his involvement in production and performance..