Client:The Big House Theatre
Role: Consultant/Musical Director
Team: Maggie Norris, James Meteyard, The Last Skeptik, Jama Little + More
Skills: Consultancy/Musical Direction

In 2022 The Big House launched its second run of its successful play, Redemption. A play about an outspoken teenager from a broken home with an enviable ability to spit out biting rhymes at will. An ex-social worker puts her in touch with a music producer who wants to pair her with the terminally shy soul singer Tayo (Shaquille Jack). As they try to break into a music industry endemic with false prophets promising false profits, will this unlikely duo overcome their heartbreaking history or will it engulf them in more tragedy and trouble?

As the musical director, it was my responsibility to work with the actors on their musical performance technique, as well as making sure that they understood the history and the context of the music that they were performing in the piece.