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Resumé

Born:

Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies

Education:

  • St. Hilda's Diocesan High School, Jamaica, Higher Schools Certificate
  • Rose Bruford College, UK: Acting and Teaching Diploma
  • Royal Academy of Music, UK: LRAM

Work in Education:

Excelsior High School, JamaicaTeacher
Kingston College High School, JamaicaTeacher
Fulham Grammar School, LondonTeacher
Rose Bruford College, LondonFreelance Lecturer
University of California, DavisArtist in Residence
University of California, Davis
Guest Lecturer
University of California,Davis
Visiting Professor
University of LouisianaArtist in Residence

Theatre Directing:

Numerous plays for the stage in various parts of the world. These include many of the early plays at the Barn Theatre, Kingston amongst them the premier productions of School's Out by Trevor Rhone, and The Electronic Nigger by Ed Bullins.

  • Barbara Gloudon's The Witch at the Ward Theatre , Kingston
  • Trevor Rhone's Smile Orange London Tour
  • Jamaica High Commission's Jamaica 10 at Sadlers Wells, London
  • Jamal Ali's Black Feet in the Snow at the Roundhouse London
  • Jamaica Festival's Grand Gala at the National Stadium
  • Sophocles' Antigone at Brixton Town Hall London
  • Derek Walcott's Pantomime for the Welsh Arts Council
  • Touring Wales and Europe
  • Barry Reckord's Streetwise, English National Tour
  • Lorca's Blood Wedding at the Factory, London
  • Paulette Randall's Fishing at the Arts Theatre, London
  • Trevor Rhone's Two Can Play at the Tricycle Theatre London
  • Earl Lovelace New Hardware Store at the Arts Theatre London
  • Derek Walcott's Pantomime at the Grove Theatre, London
  • Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun British National Tour
  • Neil Simon's The Good Doctor at the Arts Theatre, London
  • Trevor Rhone's Two Can Play at the Bristol Old Vic, UK
  • CLR James' The Black Jacobins at Riverside Studios London
  • Dennis Scott's Echo in the Bone at The Drill Hall London
  • Trevor Rhone's School's Out at Theatre Royal Stratford
  • Barbara Gloudon's Flash Trash at the Half Moon Theatre, London
  • Edgar White's Moon Dance Night at the Arts Theatre
  • Michael Ellis' Sticky Fingers at the King's Head, London
  • Lorca's Blood Wedding at The Royal National Theatre UK
  • Pinter's The Lover Teatro Limonaia, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • Nanny Queen of the Maroons, Apple Corps Theatre, New York
  • Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Newcastle (UK) and Cork(Ireland) Opera Houses, and the Bloomsbury Theatre London
  • Derek Walcotts' O Babylon! Riverside Studios, London
  • Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not To Blame at the Liverpool Everyman and The Riverside Studios
  • Maria Oshodi's Blood Sweat and Fears at the Riverside Studios
  • Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance at Theatre Royal Stratford
  • Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party National tour for Cambridge Theatre Company
  • Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra at the Liverpool Everyman and the Bloomsbury Theatre London
  • Wole Soyinka's The Road at the Cochrane Theatre, London
  • Carmen Tipling's Arawak Gold at the Cochrane Theatre
  • Ntozake Shange's Love Space Demands at the Cochrane
  • John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's A Whore at the Lyric Hammersmith
  • Jose Triano's Medea in the Mirror at the Shaw Theatre London
  • Sol River's To Rahtid at The Young Vic , London
  • Jean Binta Breeze @ Irie Dance Company National Tour
  • Michael Abbensett's The Lion produced for British Council tour to Jamaica
  • William Shakespeare's, King Lear, National Tour of England
  • Sylvia Wynter Carew's Maskarade at the Cochrane Theatre
  • Pearl Cleage's, Flyin' West, The Drill Hall, London
  • Biyi Bandele's Resurrections at the Cochrane
  • Derek Walcott's Beef No Chicken at the Tricycle Theatre
  • Shakespeare's, Othello, The Drill Hall, London
  • Derek Walcott's Ti Jean and His Brothers, Wright Theatre, Davis, California
  • Kwame Dawes' One Love, Bristol Old Vic, Lyric Hammersmith
  • Trevor Rhone's Bellas Gate Boy at the Brn Theatre Kingston
  • Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire , Davis California

Administration/Production and Company Management

The Fight Against Slavery, BBC/TV Production Assistant
My Father Son Son Johnson, BBC/TV Production Assistant
The Harder They Come, film Production Manager
Knuts Production/Smile Orange Films Production Manager
The Jamaican Government, Festival Commission Administrative Director
Arts Council of England Drama Officer
Talawa Theatre Company 1985-2003 Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer
Olivier Theatre Awards 2004 Judging Panel
The Theatre Book Prize 2005 Judging Panel
Commonwealth Writers Prize 2005 Judging Panel

TV

Acting and Directing includes:

  • Shakespeare Shorts for BBCTV
  • The Bill ITV
  • Doctors BBC TV (2 series)
  • East Enders BBC TV
  • Rose and Maloney ITV
  • Winnie and the Duppy Bat Big Hug Productions
  • Between the Lines BBC TV
  • The History File BBC TV
  • A Wing and a Prayer ITV
  • Holby City BBC TV
  • The Chinese Detective BBC
  • Maybury BBC TV 3 series
  • The Waterfall BBC Play for Today
  • Saturday Magazine JIS TV

Video

Produced for Talawa Blackstage/Blackgrounds a series of 15 video programmes celebrating the work of Black Theatre Practitioners in Britain in the 50's, 60's and 70's

Radio

Most recently:

  • Miss Lou at Rada BBC Radio 4
  • The Gods Are Not To Blame, BBC Radio 4
  • Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me BBC Radio 4 two Comedy Series
  • Panellist on many shows including Break a leg, Woman's Hour
  • Distaff Reporter for Caribbean Magazine BBC World

Publications:

  • Black Plays - Three Volumes published by Methuen
  • The Undertaker's Daughter published by BlackAmber Books (Oct 2004)

Board Appointments

  • The London Arts Board
  • The British Council Drama and Dance Committee
  • The Theatre's Trust UK
  • Arts Council Black regional Initiative for Theatre (BRIT)
  • Brent Kensington Chelsea and Westminster NHS Mental Health Trust
  • Black Theatre Forum

Awards:

  • Director's Bursary Arts Council of Great Britain
  • Woman of Achievement Award Arts Council of Great Britain
  • BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Award). Director: Shakespeare Short BBC TV
  • Royal Television Society Award- Romeo and Juliet
  • Living Legend Award National Black Theatre Festival, USA
  • Community Award for the Arts, Voice Newspaper
  • Heritage Award European Federation of Black Women Business Owners

Honours:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
  • Order of the British Empire
  • Honorary Doctorate, Open University
  • Fellow of Rose Bruford College
  • Fellow of Central School of Speech and Drama

Academic:

Numerous National and International papers which include:

  • The Matriarch in West Indian Theatre: National Black Theatre Festival, North Carolina
  • Mapping the Road: From Concept to Curtain: Soyinka Conference, University of Toronto
  • The Importance of Oscar: Oscar Wilde Conference, London University
  • Anansi: The Middle Passage: Panafest Festival of Arts , Ghana.

Further Ref:

Who's Who, pg. 324

Agent:

Sandra Boyce Management: info@sandraboyce.com

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