Ain't I A Woman? Devised and Produced by Landé Belo
		Wednesday 10 - Saturday 20 July, 2024 At the Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington

Five plays performed together - a theatrical initiative examining the intersection of race and gender; written, directed and produced by black women.
 

The five plays presented were:

Changing Rays

by Mauricia Lewis
Directed by Landé Belo

Nicki Takes A Breath

Written and Directed by Sara Amanda

In Conversation

by Eileen Gbagbo
Directed by Landé Belo

2037: The Burden

by Rukiat Ashawe
Directed by Landé Belo

Mary, Queen of Thots

by Katrina Smith-Jackson
Directed by Beverly Andrews

Click on the links for the full information and cast list for each play.

For Ain't I A Woman? Producer : Landé Belo Set Design : Bolu Dairo Costume Design : Roxanne Ivy Roberts Lighting Design : Nick Insley Sound Design : Sarah Assaf and Anna Kidd Musical Director and Composer : Isabelle Ajani Singers : Chaachi Deane, Anoä-Kanelle Calpas and Isabelle Ajani Movement Director : Lydia Newman

Stage Manager : Isabel Quiroz Lighting Operator : Sophia Chrisafis Sound Operator : Anna Kidd Wardrobe : Angela Large Wardrobe Assistant : Geviana Noronha Indi Dramaturg : Sara Amanda Set Construction and Get-in : Jude Chalk, Rae McCaskill, Keith Syrett, Freya Alexander and Gary O'Keefe Photography : Pau Ros

Isabelle Ajani

Chaachi Deane

Anoä-Kanelle Calpas

Isabelle Ajani is a pianist, composer and artist from North West London. Music has been her most trusted reference, guiding her pursuit of understanding complex human emotion. This production marks the first of Izzy's compositional work for theatre. Alongside this play, Izzy has completed the 1st year of her Music degree, hailing 2024 as an exciting year of firsts!

Landé Belo’s directing credits with the Tower include Fix Up (2019),I can’t breathe: being black in a time of Covid (part of the Love [and Survival] Festival) (2021), Mules (2021), Leave Taking (2022) and The Gift (2023). Her acting credits with the Tower include Francine/Lena in Clybourne Park, multiple characters in Doctor Faustus, Prudence in The House of Bernarda Alba, Pope Joan/Louise in Top Girls, Jellaby in Arcadia, Cynthia in Sweat, Queen Elizabeth in Richard III and Escalus in Measure for Measure. She produced In Hiding, a critically acclaimed show which premièred at the Tower Theatre in June 2023 and sold out its entire run, making it one of the most successful productions in Tower history and the first production as part of Landé’s initiative to promote black, female voices in theatre. Ain’t I A Woman? is the next instalment in this initiative.