Theatre Director, Playwright and Dramaturg
The Color Purple (UK Tour 2022)
Marsha Norman, Allee Willis, Brenda Russell and Stephen Bray
Produced by Birmingham Hippodrome and Leicester Curve.
Revival Direction for Tour: Lakesha Arie-Angelo
Original Direction: Tinuke Craig
Design: Alex Lowde
Associate Designer: Ricardo Pardo
Musical Supervisor: Alex Parker
Musical Director: Ian Oakley
Choreographer: Mark Smith
Associate Choreographer: Iona Waite
Resident Choreographer: Bree Smith
Lighting & Video: Joshua Pharo
Sound: Tom Marshall
Dialect Coach: Hazel Holder
Fight Director: Kevin McCurdy
Intimacy Consultant: Gerrard Martin
Wigs, hair & Make-up: Cynthia De La Rosa
Costume Supervisor: Naomi Thompson
Wigs, hair & Make- up Supervisor: Nicole Iroh
Stage Management team: Richard Llewelyn, Jan Baird, Francesca Mai
Photography: Manual Harlan
***** All That Dazzles
"With phenomenal direction by Tinuke Craig and Lakesha Arie Angelo, the staging of this production is genius"
***** TheatreandTonic
"Directed on stage by Lakesha Arie-Angelo... it proves an unmissable, life-affirming production that will leave you uplifted and inspired."
The Ancestors
Portchester Castle
By Lakesha Arie Angelo
Director: Jade Lewis
Movement Director - Sara Dos Santos
Composer & Sound Designer - Romarna Campbell
Production and Costumer Designer - Libby Todd
Additional Sound Design - Will Berger
Post Production - Black Apron Entertainment
Dramaturg - Gail Babb
Director Of Photography & Film Lead - Jay Jones & Phoebe Fleming
Costumer Supervisor - Nicole Garbett
Production Manager - Jack Greenyer
Technical Manager - Sean Laing
Company Stage Manager - Marina Dunford
Stage Management team - Ruth Collett, Odette Robertson, George Ruston
Assistant Director - Udoka Maya Okonkwo
Assistant Director - Anna Chauri Phillips
Costume Assistant & Dresser- Imogen Mason
Costume Assistant - Molly Tackleberry
Wardrobe Manager - Rebecca Cartwright
Wardrobe Manager - Naomi Gibbs
Make-Up Artist- Megan Burke