Programme sheet
The Things Around Us (USA)
Composer & Performer | Ahamefule J. Oluo
Producer | Roya Amirsoleymani
Lighting Designer | Lily McLeod
Support | Ellen Beth Abdi
Rinse (Australia)
Co-Writer, Choreographer and Performer | Amrita Hepi
Co-Writer & Director | Mish Grigor
Sound Design and Composer | Daniel Jenatsch
Lighting Design | Matt Adey
Producer | Performing Lines
Tour Production Manager | Harrison Grindle
Dear Laila (UK/Palestine)
Writer and Performer | Basel Zaraa
Translator and Script Editor | Emily Churchill Zaraa
Sound Engineer | Pete Churchill
EXXY (UK)
Artistic Director DDCP, Co-Director and Performer | Dan Daw
Co-Director | Sarah Blanc
Production Management | Froud
Dramaturg & Co-Writer | Brian Lobel
Lighting Design | Nao Nagai
Sound Design | Lewis Gibson
Composer | Guy Connelly
Stage and Costume Design | Kat Heath
Exec Director DDCP & Exec Producer for EXXY | Liz Counsell
Performers & Collaborators | Joe Brown, Tiiu Mortley & Sofía Valdiri
Costume Supervisor | Izzie Byers
Video and Creative Caption Design | Sarah Readman
Technical Stage Manager | Emily Winsor
Access Support Worker | Lottie Vallis
Creative Producer Fellowship | Erin Clark
Access and Producing Assistant | Georgie Luppi
Leeds Community Connector | Leanna Benjamin
Magic Maids (Philippines & Sri Lanka)
Concept, Creation, Dramaturgy, Performance | Eisa Jocson, Venuri Perera
Sound Design | Soraya Bonaventure
Light Design | Ariana Battaglia
Artistic Advice | Rasa Alksnyte, Tang Fu Kuen
Text Advice | Ruhanie Perera
Spiritual Advice | Nenet Ocson Babaylan-Vaigaland
Creative Presence | Arco Renz
Dramaturgical Support | Anna Wagner, Alexandra Hennig
Production Advice | Sandro Lunin
Producer | Katja Armknecht, Anne Kleiner
Production Management | Greta Katharina Klein
Technical Production & Touring | Yap Seok Hui
Technical Execution | Huang Xiangbin
“Magic Maids” by Eisa Jocson and Venuri Perera is a production of Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, in co-production with Frascati Producties (supported by Ammodo), Tanzquartier Wien, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Festival Theaterformen, DDD – Festival Dias da Dança, Kampnagel, Arsenic – Centre d’art scénique contemporain, La briqueterie CDCN du V al-de-Marne, Points Communs – nouvelle scene nationale Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture.
The Joystick and The Reins (UK)
Choreography Performance | Eve Stainton
Producer | Michael Kitchin
Creative Producer | Sara Sassanelli
Lighting Designer | Edward Saunders
Rehearsal Director | Temitope Ajose
Rehearsal Director/Steward | Maëva Berthelot
Dramaturg | Florence Peake
Shield design and creation | Eve Stainton
Conductor | Ben Crick
Orchestra | Airedale Symphony Orchestra
RUNNER (Netherlands)
Concept and Performance | Ira Brand
Dramaturge | Marta Keil
Final Direction | Abigail Conway
Scenography and Light Design | Tim Vermeulen
Sound Design | Thomas van den Berg
Producer | Frascati Producties
Coproducers | SPRING Performing Arts Festival (The Netherlands) / CAMPO / Battersea Arts Centre
Thanks to Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Ammodo
PERPETUUM (Netherlands)
Concept Artistic Creation | Katja Heitmann
Concept, Music and Creative Producer | Sander van der Schaaf
Interviews and Editing Assistance | Eleni Ploumi, Maria Mora Navarro
The Last Supper (Brazil)
Direction and Dramaturgy | João Turchi
Performance and Co-creation | Aivan, Alê Tradução, Dourado, Patrícia Borges, Suzy Muniz, Tatiane Arcanjo
Video Performer, Video Creation, and Technical Direction | Laysa Elias
Assistant Director, Movement Assistant, and Performer | Lucas Heymanns
Soundtrack, Sound Design, and Performance | Podeserdesligado
Lighting and Performance | Iara Izidoro
Executive Production | Francesca Tedeschi/Casa do Povo
Art Direction | Lu Mugayar
Costume Design | Anuro Anuro and Cacau Francisco
Set Design | Vão
Vocal Direction | Dourado
Contributors to the Creative Process | Anita Silvia, Daniela Pinheiro, and Gustavo Colombini
Dramaturgical Collaboration | Olivia Ardui
Research and Artistic Consultancy | Guilherme Giufrida
Production | MEXA
Co-production | Casa do Povo, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kampnagel – Internationales, Zentrum für Schönere Künste
Special thanks Esponja, Ana Druwe, Benjamin Seroussi, Marcela Amaral, Felipe Martinez
Mexa has been an artist-in-residence at Casa do Povo since 2016
IT’S GOT LEGS!!!!!!! (UK/France)
Concept, Choreography and Performance | Samir Kennedy & Sean Murray
Scenography / Objects | Tim Spooner
Technical Direction and Production Manager | Seth Rook Williams
Outside Eye | Joe Moran & Liz Rosenfeld
Sound | Samir Kennedy
Production | Marie L’hotellier
Dramaturgical Support | Joe Moran
Access Support | Loren McKillop
Thanks to Mary Osborn, Ella Gamble, Pelin Basaran, Oscar Owen, David Dibilio, Anne Fontanesi, Ema Boswood, Amy Letman, Anne Kezerho, Hubert Colas, Chloé Chambelland, Phillipe Quesne, Christophe Susset, Sandrine Kuster & Jean-Daniel Broussé
Co-production | Transform Festival, performance, possession + automation – pp+a with support from the arts and humanities research council, CCN – Ballet National de Marseille, Maison Saint-Gervais, ICI-CCN centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier, Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre and Home Live Art
Supported by | KLAP Maison pour la danse, La Ménagerie de Verre, Queen Mary University London, Wainsgate Dances, Triangle-Asterides
blackmilk (South Africa/ Switzerland)
Concept, Artistic Direction & Performance |Tiran Willemse
Light design | Fudetani Ryoya
Music | Manuel Riegler
Costume | LML studio Berlin
Production | Paelden Tamnyen, Rabea Grand
Touring/Production | Eva Cabañas
Distribution | Tristan Barani
Co-production | Sophiensaele Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Gessnerallee Zürich, WP Zimmer Antwerp
Residency support | Tanzhaus Zurich, Buda Kortrijk, Les Urbaines Lausanne, Impulstanz Vienna, Trauma Bar and Kino Berlin
Free (Jamacia/UK)
Artistic Direction | Akeim Toussaint Buck
Choreography | Akeim Toussaint Buck in collaboration with the performers
Creative Producer | João Maio
Project Producer | Gillian Tan
Artistic Mentors | Beverley Glean, Dr. ‘H’ Patten
Performers | Aline Simo Kamga, Francesca Matthys, Jemima Tawose, Márcio Inácio, Manukaa Tony Kaaba
R&D Performers | Maisha Kungu, Jeremiah Olusola
Scenography | Rhian Millar
Lighting Designer and Operator | Luke Jackson
Set Design and Fabrication | Robyn Hughes
Rehearsal Director | Sadé Alleyne
Audio Description | Soloman The Wizard
Audio Description Consultancy | Soundscribe
Dramaturgy | Anthony Ekundayo Lennon & Louise Katerega
Studio Photography | Solomon Charles-Kelly
Poster Design | Leon Davis (aka LUSCIOUS)
Production Film & Photography | Studio Bokhego
Thanks to the Transform 25 Delivery Team:
Creative Director| Amy Letman
Executive Director | Ali Ford
Producer | Ema Boswood
General Manager | Brad Welch
Marketing & Engagement Manager | Hannah Keating
Programme and Communications Assistant | Sydney Gilbride
Freelance Producer | Kate Daley
Production Manager | Martin Clarke
Volunteer Coordinator | Iqra Khan
Artist Laision Manager | Sophie Okonkwo