Obioma Ugoala Archives - North West End UK

How do you cast the next James Bond? pick a random actor, man or choose to embark on a journey of stereotypical negotiation, whilst battling egos and judgemental decision making you might say no easy task. Come in A Role to Die for the Marylebone Theatre ‘has been expecting you’. Don your black dinner attire and join HQ and become an insider to the best kept secret ever, who will be the next Bond. Jordan Waller’s play written five years ago was based on his personal experience of having casting difficulties, “when a famous actor and Knight of the realm pulled out last minute and ruined everything “. From a flippant remark of thank God they weren’t casting James Bond! A Role to Die For was created a perfect subject for a play. Waller’s exploratory process of Bond was one of traditi...

“I want to be nothing in the world be except what I am. A musician.” This passing sentiment, felt by Afro-English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor whilst on his deathbed in 1912 and remembered by Song, a Black composer working in present-day London almost a century later, is the quintessential throughline of the new audio drama ‘Recognition’ by 45North and Ellie Keel Productions under the Written On The Waves series that features 8 audio dramas created in partnership with Atticist, HOTTER Project, and The North Wall. Co-created by Amanda Wilkin and Rachael Nanyonjo with writing by the former and original Music from Cassie Kinoshi, this hour-long audio experience introduces us to the artistic journeys of two Black musicians – Samuel (voiced by Obioma Ugoala) and Song (voiced by Shiloh...

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A Role to Die for – Marylebone Theatre

Recognition by 45North & Ellie Keel Productions