Theatrical
Excellence
2022
Best Show
EdFringe
2022
Best
Ensemble
2022
Infallible Award
Sinners Review Award
Stagey Place Award
Pecho Mama's radical reinvention of the
Oedipus myth is an intoxicating whirlwind of ecstasy and devastation.
A powerhouse production for our times,
telling Jocasta's story, and fusing
London’s domestic grit with
a searing live Electronica score.
LIVE PERFORMERS
Oedipus - Ryan David Harston
Laius - Kwame Bentil
Jocasta - Mella Faye
Drums - Don Bird
Keyboards - Alex Stanford / Tom Penn
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VOICES
Terry - Iain Johnstone
Delphi (Class Teacher) - Samantha Negbenebor
Literature Students - Frankie Clearance,
Ramone Dale-Cruickshank, Ndongo Faye
Jess - Tamara D'Silva
Doctor - Katie Grace Cooper
Private Investigator - Jason Lines
Laius’ Mother - Olivette Cole-Wilson
Women in Bathroom - Rosie Gray, Edie, Katie Grace Cooper
Police - Abigail Dooley, Emma Edwards, Oliver Harrison, Lee Ross, Jo McInnes, Shireen Dhondy
Roxy - Oyinka Yusuff
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CREW
Writer & Director - Mella Faye
Music - Pecho Mama (Don Bird, Mella Faye, Alex Stanford)
R&D Co-Director - Jo McInnes
R&D Assistant Director - Chloe Cattin
Technical Manager - Russell Beck
Live Sound Engineer - Daria Lipinska
Lighting Design - Clare O'Donoghue & Tanya Stephenson
Lighting Programming - Samuel Bell
Costume Design and Make - Zero To Product
Set Design - Mella Faye
Sound Design - Mella Faye
Set Build - Adam Bottomley & Boathouse Carpentry
Set Paint - Tamara D'Silva
Intimacy and Fight Co-ordination - Enric Ortuno
Movement Direction - Chris Evans
R&D Sound Design - Ross Flight, Don Bird
Sound Consultancy - Dominic Kennedy
Images - Jo Thorne
Graphic Design - Harry Neal
Filming - Cameron Carver
PR - Chloe Nelkin
Music Video - BACK AGAINST THE WALL
Music Video - EARTHQUAKE
AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED US ALONG THE WAY...
Joe Flavin, Harry Harris, Psychic, Kanyinsola Olanrewaju, Barbara Pierson, Philip Shelley, Daniel Bailey, Mensah Bediako, Guleraana Mir, Simon Booth, Nic Connaughton, Lewis Punchard, Harry Johnson, Jason Dormon, Jan Lennox, Ali Pritchard, Boathouse Carpentry, Ophir Burton, Clodagh Chapman, Alex Walker, Penelope Gwen, Philip Halmarack, Sam Halmarack, Tilly Coppins, Dara Safvatnia, Fiona Allison, Julene Robinson, Helen Jewell.