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Blaccine: First Dose – Podcast

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12 January, 19 January & 26 January

The Process by Maheni Arthur

Trigger Warning by Tonderai Munyevu

Brixton Royalty by Isaac Tomiczek

Together they make: Blaccine: First Dose

You have 3 opportunities to listen to this collection of 3 monologues on 12, 19 and 26 January.

When the Covid-19 vaccine take up in the Black British community began to be speculated about in the media, three writers Tonderai, Maheni and Isaac became curious and started an urgent conversation.

Listening and talking soon opened up a gateway to the varied and deeply powerful forces playing into the lives of Black people in the UK today.

Blaccine: First Dose takes listeners on a personal journey touching on complex realities through a series of three monologues. Told with sincerity and curiosity, this radically honest reflection is followed by a post-show discussion with the writers.

Creative Team:

Writer & Director – Tonderai Munyevu

Writer – Maheni Arthur

Writer – Isaac Tomiczek

Co-Director – Debbie Hannan

Sound Designer – Louis Blatherwick

Composer – Rina Mushonga

Assistant Director – Fatima Serghini

Actor performing Brixton Royalty – Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer

Actor performing The Process – Femi Tiwo

Actor performing Trigger Warning – Stefan Adegbola

Sound Stage Executive Producer – Polly Thoma

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Reviews:

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/10/blaccine-first-dose-review?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1673358481

https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/review-blaccine-first-dose-sound-stage-online

https://www.thereviewshub.com/blaccine-first-dose-sound-stage-pitlochry-festival-theatre-stockroom/

https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/blaccine-first-dose-audio-monologue-review-podcast-pitlochry-festival-theatre-stockroom

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/entertainment/theatre/3997267/pitlochry-festival-theatre-podcast-black-british-community-covid19-vaccine/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/New-Sound-Stage-Monologues-to-Explore-the-Black-British-Communitys-Relationship-With-the-Covid-19-Vaccine-20221206

https://www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/interviews/tonderai-munyevu-blaccine-first-dose

Tonderai Munyevu

Writer & Director

Tonderai Munyevu

Tonderai is an in-demand actor, writer and director for theatre, screen and radio who is interested in new and untold stories across the board. Born in Zimbabwe and raised in London, this is reflected in the work he chooses to engage in. As well as comedy and drama he has also written prose (fiction and non-fiction) including the short stories Bullets (Black and Gay in the UK Anthology, Team Angelica Publishers) and A Dispatch From Zimbabwe: The Visiting Hours for The Johannesburg Book Of Reviews.

A founding member and co-artistic director of the international Shakespearean troupe Two Gents Productions, renowned for their mix of new writing and classical adaptations, he has written several new projects for them and will co-direct their forthcoming stage adaptation of Mansfield Park. Tonderai also won a place on the inaugural writers’ collective at Stockroom (Out of Joint). His latest play Mugabe, My Dad and Me was shortlisted for The Alfred Fagon Award 2019 and premiered in 2021 at York Theatre Royal in collaboration with English Touring Theatre, garnering a wealth of 4 and 5 star reviews. In 2022 it transferred to London’s Brixton House. The play won the UK Theatre Awards 2022 for Best New Play, as well as an Antonyo Award Nomination for its audio adaptation now available on Audible. Tonderai is currently under commission to Hampstead Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Watermill Theatre.
Maheni Arthur

Writer

Maheni Arthur

Maheni Arthur is a poet and visual artist from South London. She graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Linguistics, with studies focused on the linguistic and social science of human language.

Maheni draws inspiration for her writing from her personal life, writing spoken word poetry and prose that explores themes of mental health, relationships, identity, womanhood and social culture.

Maheni has been performing her work at open mics and private events since 2017; she is currently working on a poetry collection with a view to independently publish, and continues to work on creative projects that fuse poetry, performance, and visual art.
Isaac Tomiczek

Writer

Isaac Tomiczek

Isaac is a writer and director, working across film, TV, and theatre. His works are borne from a desire to fuse crowd-pleasing and thought-provoking entertainment with the lived experiences of his diverse and distinctive upbringing.

Isaac’s play VAR (very audible racism) was recently named runner-up for The Ambassador Theatre Group Playwright’s Prize, and he was also a recipient of an emerging talent award at The New Renaissance Film Festival.

He is a BFI Network @LFF and BFI Network x Bafta Crew alumnus, a JBA awardee, one of twenty international writers chosen for the UGC writers’ camp at Series Mania in Lille, and has had work screened on Channel 4 and BBC.

He is a writer for Stockroom and a leading figure for Pocc, a community dedicated to positively changing the experiences of people of colour in the creative industries.

He has written two episodes of Spellbound, a new YA series for Hulu and Cottonwood Media, and has original projects in development with Joi Productions and Urban Myth.

Isaac’s writing and plays have also been selected for competitions and festivals by The Vaults, Talawa, Arcola, Southwark Playhouse, Stratford Arts, and Bush Theatre.

His promo work has earned him a large YouTube following with clients including Universal, Sony, Beats By Dre, and Ministry of Sound. In 2015, his video for Sam Feldt’s ‘Show Me Love’ was Screen Nation nominated, and came in 2nd on Promo News most viewed (behind Beyoncé).

When he’s not writing to you in the third person, working on a script, or directing, he is also a regular collaborator with the dark matter marketing agency, a Korean cinema aficionado, and a disciple of the cult of Pixar (with tattoos to prove it). He also wants to live in a world where Glow gets a proper finale.

His desert island DVDs are The Incredibles and La Haine. His cocktail was an Aviation. His current footwear of choice is the Reebok Classics. His manor is in South London. He is represented by Emily Smith at The Agency.
Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer

Actor performing Brixton Royalty

Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer

Kiren most recently played Balthazar in Simon Godwin’s colourful, romping adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, opposite Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan.

Earlier this year he also played the titular prince in Jude Christian’s child-friendly Hamlet for a National Theatre Learning school tour.

Other credits include roles in BBC’s Doctors and short film Comedown. Kiren is also a talented voice actor, playing Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture in BBC Bitesize’s course on the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Femi Tiwo

Actor performing The Process

Femi Tiwo

Michelle Tiwo is a multi-disciplinary artist with work spanning across radio, poetry, theatre, film and music. There is no art form off-limits when it comes to fully realising the perspective of this emo with a sunshine aura.

Select credits include, for writing: Rights for whom, exactly? commissioned by The Young Vic for Fly The Flag 2020, and for acting: Parakeet (Boundless/Roundabout); Little Miss Burden (Bunker); Parakeet (Boundless/Boom Shakalaka Productions); And The Rest of Me Floats (Bush Theatre); Ackee and Saltfish (BBC3); Faces (dir. Joseph Adesunloye); We Love Moses (dir. Dionne Edwards); The Ting (Channel 4 Random Acts).
Stefan Adegbola

Actor performing Trigger Warning

Stefan Adegbola

Stefan Adegbola has just wrapped on the new Channel 4 series Get Millie Black, and has been on screens in the latest series of McDonald and Dodds. Stefan has also recently been seen in new historical show Lincoln, in which he portrays American social reformer Frederick Douglass. Other screen work includes: Extinction for Sky; Blitz for BBC and Doctor Who.

Stefan is a prolific theatre actor, with performances in shows such as: The High Table at the Bush Theatre; Richard III with Headlong Theatre company and Titus Andronicus at the RSC.