The Jungle Book

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A brand new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s timeless classic. Join Mowgli on a journey through the jungle as she finds friends, overcomes her enemies and learns to speak to the animals.

“As spellbinding for adults as it is for kids….. Precisely the sort of promenade theatre that can really bring our parks and open spaces to life.” – South London Press

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JUMOKE OGUNKOYA – MOWGLI

Jumoke trained at the Identity Drama School. Since graduating her credits include: I Ain’t Dumb (Team Angelica) and a feature film Payback. Jumoke is also an experienced voice over artist with credits including Soundtracks for TCN & an advertising campaign for Argo.

ANTHONY GLENNON – BALOO

Anthony trained at Mountview, his credits include: The Grapes of Wrath (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Macbeth (Vienna’s English Theatre); The Comedy of Errors (Northcott Theatre) and Waiting for Godot (Cockpit Theatre). Radio credits for the BBC including The Silver Fox. The Walnut Bureau, Mrs Lirriper (First Writes); Doctor Who – The Company of Friends and Paper Cuts (Big Finish). Anthony has also featured in TV commercials and as a voice artist. Credits with Sixteenfeet include: Wind in the Willows, Alice in the Walled Garden and Twelfth Night (with Attic Theatre Company).

OLIVER GYANI – SHERE KHAN

Oliver’s theatre credits include: The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre); Half and Half (Wales Millennium Centre); 38 Hour Impro (Bristol Old Vic); Parade (Greenwich Theatre); Hush (Unicorn Theatre); Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (Holy Trinity Chapel); Edmund in King Lear (St Andrew’s Church). Television credits include: First Great Escape (Channel 5); D-Day (BBC). Film credits include: Crabjaw in Roll; Character 21 in Final Fantasy: Kingsglaive.

ROSE MCPHILEMY – TABAQUI/QUEEN APE

Rose trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Credits include: Persuasion (Rosemary Branch & London Tour); The Vertical Hour (Park Theatre); As You Like It (St James); Blue Remembered Hills (New Diorama); Sonnet Walk (Guildford Shakespeare Company); The Emperor and the Nightingale (Red Dog); Yellow Pears (Zoo, Edinburgh); The Jungle Book and Helen of Troy (Steam Industry); Fish and Company (Soho Theatre).

MATTHEW BURNS – BAGHEERA

Matthew trained at ALRA, the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, graduating in 2015. Theatre credits include: Buddy Holly and The Cricketers (Simon Fielder Prods); Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood (Leeds City Varieties); Henry V, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet (Pendley Shakespeare Festival). Blue Stockings, Sense & Sensibility, You Can Still Make A Killing, The Cherry Orchard (ALRA). TV and Film credits include: Absent (dreamthinkspeak); Equal Measure (Front Row Centre Productions); Tom and Sal (ALRA).

ADELAIDE OBENG – KAA/AKELA

Adelaide trained at Drama Centre graduating in 2015. Credits include: Julius Caesar (RSC); Clybourne Park (Colchester Mercury Theatre); In Search Of My Father (Nu Century Arts); A Place At The Table (Daedalus Theatre); The Struggle (Tara Arts) and Bounty (Iris Theatre). The Love of The Nightingale, The Cherry Orchard, She Stoops to Conquer, Rocket to the Moon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Electra (Drama Centre). Screen credits include: Southbank Goes Bollywood and May Be The Devil.

DAN BOTTOMLEY – GREY APE

Dan trained at ALRA. His theatre credits include: The Ladykillers, Hello, Dolly!, A Chorus Of Disapproval and Single Spies (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Cinderella (Theatr Clwyd Cymru) Pinocchio (Derby Theatre, National tour, Leicester Curve); Hamlet (Young Shakespeare Company). Audio credits include: The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Torchwood: The Conspiracy, Vienna and The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (Big Finish Productions); voices for video games Divinity: Original Sin (Larian). Dan is co-creator of The House of Usher which opens in October. He will be returning to panto this Christmas in Sleeping Beauty (Leeds City Varieties).

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ANDREW S. WALSH – WRITER

Andrew S. Walsh is an award-winning writer/director with credits across film, television, theatre, radio, animation and videogames. A man of many job titles he has appeared as writer, director, speech designer, narrative designer, narrative producer, story consultant, script editor, motion capture director, camera director, voice director, story producer, storyliner, story editor and once mysteriously as ‘t – by’, something which he attributes to being a tea drinking Englishman.

To date he has worked on videogames such as ‘Prince of Persia’; ‘Lego City: Undercover’; ‘Risen’; ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Fable Legends’ and ‘Need for Speed’. His film work includes the English version of ‘Professor Layton’ and the ‘Eternal Diva’, while his time in television has embraced a wide-range of accents from Yorkshire men in woolly hats (Emmerdale); Geordie school kids (Byker Grove), a bunch of Canadians (Risk) and some proper Londoners (Family Affairs).

His theatre work includes ‘Wind in the Willows’ and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Endings’ for Sixteenfeet as well as ‘Five Bites Over Lunch’ for the Ben Kingsley Theatre; ‘Summoning Cananaza’ (Chaincourt); ‘Loom! The Musical’ (Styal Mill) and ‘Faerie, Luv Story’; ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’; ‘Party Politics’ and ‘The Morning After’ for Hell or High Water. He hopes to continue doing things like this because it means that every morning his office is wherever he dreams it to be.

www.andrewwalsh.com

JOHN WARD – DIRECTOR

John trained as a theatre director at Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2008. He has assisted and directed across the UK. He is Artistic Director of DumbWise, with whom he has adapted and directed the award winning Faust at Greenwich Theatre and national tour, Twisted Christmas at Liverpool Playhouse, The Matchgirls Musical at Wilton’s Music Hall and Nicobobinus (National Tour). John is an Associate Director for Red Ladder and teaches on Mountview’s Actor Musician course.

www.dumbwise.co.uk

NICKI MARTIN-HARPER – DESIGNER

Nicki’s previous design work includes: Hecuba and The Spanish Tragedy (Lazarus Theatre Company); Edward II and The Revenger’s Tragedy (Em-Lou Productions); The Cave (Blue Elephant Theatre) and Sweeney Todd (Ye Olde Rose and Crown).

Nicki also works as a Wardrobe Manager for theatres around London. The Jungle Book is Nicki’s first production with Sixteenfeet.

www.nmartinharper.wix.com/theatre

GUY HOLDEN – COMPOSER

Guy Holden is an alumni of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and a BBC Carleton Hobbs award winner, he works in the music and theatre industries producing and composing music across diverse genres. As a professional musician he has toured internationally, played in the West End and on the London jazz circuit. His earlier work includes performing as a BBC Radio Rep member and various other theatre roles.

Guy is Sixteenfeet’s Music Supervisor and has written music for the company’s Summer productions. He also works as a teacher and mentor, and is an ardent advocate of the value of the arts in the creative and emotional development of young people.

www.guyholden.com

SUNEEDA MARUTHIYIL – STAGE MANAGER

Suneeda is a freelance Production Manager and Designer/maker. Since graduating in Technical Theatre from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, she has worked extensively on Fringe, Off West End, touring and outdoor productions. Theatre credits include: Unicorn Theatre, National Theatre, DogOrange, Oxford Shakespeare Company and Oily Cart.

She is delighted to be joining Sixteenfeet Productions this summer.

Website: www.adeenus.com

CAROLINE FUNNELL – PRODUCER

After leaving RADA Caroline spent several years as an actor before moving into production. She was resident casting director for the New Vic, Stoke and the English Theatre Frankfurt. She has worked extensively in theatre in the UK & internationally. She is an Associate of GEST, Gothenberg’s English Speaking Theatre.

Caroline is a member of the Casting Director’s Guild of Great Britain and Artistic Director of Sixteenfeet which she founded in 2008.

PHILIP CONNOLLY – ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Phil studied at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance. He has previously worked in stage and events management on a variety of projects, though he also has experience in production management. He recently worked at the Ovalhouse as Stage Manager and at the Cannes Film Festival as Production Assistant.

SAM DAWOOD – PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Sam is in her final year of her BA in Technical Arts and Special Effects at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Sam has worked with Sixteenfeet Productions for the past two seasons on ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘Alice’ in 2014 and ‘Wind in the Willows’ in 2015. She has worked within Art Departments creating props, sets and costumes, including both productions of Grimm Fairytales (Shoreditch Town Hall) (Bargehouse, OXO Tower) and for performers at Secret Garden Party Festival. She has been involved with Widening Participation at Central Saint Martins, working on project ‘Stages’, which offers progression routes for students aged 14-19 years old who are interested in performance and performance design. Sam works as a freelance artist/designer whilst studying.

VICTORIA MAYTOM – PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (INTERN)

Victoria has just completed her Foundation Diploma in Theatre and Screen Design at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL, in which she was awarded a Distinction. She is currently gaining experience in the design world particularly theatre design and production. This is her first season working with Sixteenfeet Productions; Victoria aims to end up designing sets, costumes or ‘things’ which are exciting, outlandish and fun!

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