The LOST Lombi
Written by RB8. Directed by PB Whistle.
PRODUCTION
MARCH 4TH & 14TH
PLAYGROUND THEATRE.
SYNOPSIS
Three women connected by blood, spanning over three generations. One running. One yearning. One with a calling. Each must go on a journey if they are to find peace and resolution within themselves.
To date, a significant number of children in the DRC are used as combatants, transports, spies, chefs or sexual slaves within the armed groups and militias. The LOST Lombi lifts the lid on the recruitment of child soldiers while exploring identity, the generational trauma of war, the necessity of belonging and the importance of forgiveness.
TRAILER
CAST
Paul Kwey
Role - Teen Shujaa / Villager
Trilingual, Actor Musician and Calisthenics enthusiast. With experience in theatre, immersive theatre, tv, and film. I've always loved how we can communicate and touch the lives of millions of people through these mediums and have pursued perfecting my craft to ensure I do so to the best of my ability. -
Credits
Lapland UK - GrapeVine
Immortium - Jabali
Fluorescent Adolescent (Channel 4) - Mark
Monopoly Life Sized - Zoom
Control Chaos - The Driver Salvador
Raychel Addo
Role: Esther / Villager
Raychel is a British actress, singer, and writer of Ghanaian heritage based in London. After training at RADA and then later at the Identity School of Acting, she has since showcased her acting prowess in all mediums. Credits include playing Amy in the feature film Commitment Phobia and the fabulous Diva Donna in BBC TV series Nova Jones. In the realm of music, her singing voice has taken her around the world on various stages, contributing to diverse musical events. Raychel also wears the hat of a writer and host. Her podcast, "Milk & Mummies," serves as a platform to explore the creative endeavours of working mothers, showcasing her commitment to diverse and meaningful storytelling. Her multidimensional artistry makes her a dynamic force in the entertainment industry, seamlessly weaving all the facets of her skillset into a rich tapestry of creativity.
Pearl Dana-May Smith
Role: Miss Cc
Originally from West Midlands, of Jamaican parentage. Begain performing as a backing singer with local Soul band - Soul Train, and has been a supporting artist for over twenty-three years. Pearl trained at London Actors Workshop in Covent Garden, and has been involved with various productions over the years, both television and film.
Theatre Credits:
︎ A Practitioner with Chicken Shed Theatre Group for three years.
︎ Recently part of an ensemble with "She's Royal" an all-female Theatre production at Birmingham Hippodrome and Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.
Screen Credits:
︎ Dreams of a life, Carole Morley. JFK Severn days that made a President, Steve Webb. Bloods, Tom McKay.
Elizabeth Falola
Roles: Adea/Villager
Identity theatre graduate and middle-week newton graduate
Short movie: Rush
Plays: Time waits for no one
Alby Jay
Role: The Commander
Alby trained at The Bridge Theatre Training Company. He is Combat Trained and a Guitar proficient. Television Credits include: Calvin's Destiny- Director: Simmy King, No Blood- Director- Kane Pharris, Find Happiness- Director Kane Pharris
Theatre Credits: Love for Love- Director: Mark Akrill.
Lanre Danmola
Role: Luwelli V/O
Most notable credits include: new Marvel series coming out this year; the Wedding Season on Disney +. Theseus/Oberon in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Greenwich Theatre and Polixenes in THE WINTER'S TALE, The Brighton Fringe Festival. Lanre's work as a writer-performer includes I'M YOUR DADDY (solo piece), Brixton House. Lanre played the lead role of DYLAN in a developmental production of the new play LOVE TO SHARE. This play was picked up by The Pleasance Theatre as one out of 100 plays to perform. His most recent work with Muse Theatre was Love is Love performed at The Muse Gallery.
David K Whiting
Roles: Brian / Prisoner
He is known for roles in the films: Lost Souls (Run Around Productions), Dolls Can’t
Cry (Modalfish Productions) directed by Aleksandra Czenczek. Basement Dwellers,Ant
Wright.
Red Sky At Night, Ben Daly.
TV work includes: Lost Pirate Kingdom (Netflix), Doctors Ep119 (BBC), Grace EP1 (ITV).
His stage work includes: The Tempest (Prospero) at the Ecetera, (nominated for an
OFFIE) directed by Lawrence O’Connor, Dracula (Otherplace Productions) directed by
A’ine King. Three Sisters (Ferapont) Cockpit, Uncle Vanya (Serabryakov) Old Red Lion
and new writing through Xposed for Full Disclosure Theatre, Southwark Playhouse.
Recently appeared as Dr Chasuble in The Importance of Being Ernest, at the Actors
Church, Covent Garden, Director Mark Beer.
Commercials: Appeared as Carl in the Amazon Prime Video An Unusual Friendship,
Director Chris Balmond, DoP Rob Hardy.
Charles Ohanwe
Roles: Andrew / Rebel’s VO’s / Rebel Soldier
I am a Nigerian-British stage and screen actor based in North London and I currently train at Instinctual Acting in Whitfield, London. In this industry I am looking to grow by challenging myself with as many different roles and opportunities as possible.
Recent Theatre credits: PIGS- Director: Kami Kamanzi
Recent Screen credits: Golden Stripes- Director: Peace Osigbe, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania- Director: Peyton Reed
Jane Udeh
Roles: Village Boy/ Girl 1 / Inca / Alternating Esthers / Podcast V/O
Jane is a east London born actress who grew up in south east london and has been training as an actor since 2021. She trained at identity school of acting for a year and is currently training at Collective acting studios.This is her first theatre production and cannot wait to be a part of the Lost Lombi.
Chenée Taylor
Role: Young Shujaa VO's / Bao / Young Shujaa
Chenée trained at Birmingham Ormiston Academy for two years before moving to London. She trained at Identity School of Acting for one year and is currently training at Collective Acting Studio. Previous work includes ‘Here Now’ directed by Sean Hollands at Royal and Derngate Theatre, as part of the senior intake course for the National Youth Theatre.
Ivy Davies
Role: Vocalist for ‘falling in Love’
Ivy was recently the social worker Janet Mallen in
EMMERDALE.
She played the lead role of Musician in the award
winning play ‘TESTAMENT’ by Tristan Bernays.
Her first play ‘PLAY GROUND’ - a solo venture as
a spoken word artist and singer debuted at
Wilton’s Music Hall and was part of Brighton
Fringe Festival and Stronger Than Fear Festival at
Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Ivy also wrote and performed ‘CHRISTMAS
WITHOUT SNOW’ for the Black British Classical
Foundation.
Other TV credits include a guest role as a Vicar in
EASTENDERS.
Represented by Paling and Jenkins.
Linda Mathis
Role: Playread Descriptor Reader
Linda Mathis, stage, film and commercial actress Equity Member.
Linda’s recent performance credits include Disparity by Roli Okorodudu at the Drayton Arms Theatre
2024, The Lost Lombi by PB Whistle Play read at The Muse Gallery, Behind The Hoe by Mark Norfolk
at The Muse Gallery, The Taming Of The Shrew, Tristan Bates Theatre, As You Like It, Gibberd
Gardens. Edinburgh devised show “The Strong Breast Revolution” played to full houses, gained
favourable reviews and made a profit!. She has appeared in award nominated films “Sweetboy” by
Anthony Vander, “LIA” by Ethosheia Hylton and “The Preacher” by Peter Blach. Commercials include
Sky, Aviva, Worchester Bosch and most recently JFK Full Circle for the JFK Library Museum, Boston.
Agent Rebecca Middleton of Middleton Talent.
Spotlight view link - www.spotlight.com/8135-0194-9310
Zion River De Costa Belgrave
Zion is an energetic 8-year-old, making his first steps in the world at just nine months. Always climbing, either the walls in his house or trees outside. Swinging through a monkey bar course effortlessly, from heights way above the ground. Eventually leading to gymnastics, now on a local squad, working towards competing. He has a strong interest in comics, martial arts and Lego. Zion enjoys sports and has a vivid imagination advancing his role play abilities. He is learning the guitar and percussion instruments.
Siobhan David-O’Dean
Roles: Young CC/ Teen CC
Siobhan has performed in numerous productions on stage and screen, including the hit web-series Dreaming Whilst Black.
Stage credits: Who Killed Chameleon Girl? (Bunker Theatre), Place To Be: The Canal (Rosemary Branch Theatre), Oversold (The Cochrane Theatre)
Screen credits: Only Wolves (Damien Nembherd), CUNCH (Marika McKennal), Yardie (Idris Elba)
Helen Rose Hampton
Role: Ruby
Helen is absolutely thrilled to be part of the Lost Lombi cast. Helen trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and continues to study all methodology and practitioners including Meisner and Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis. Credits include, Theatre: Dinner With Friends (Golden Goose Theatre), Noel Coward’s Peace in our Time, Kate, Taming of the Shrew (Tristan Bates Theatre), Queen Elizabeth, Richard lll (Cockpit Theatre), Ruth, Blithe Spirit (Middlesbrough Theatre), Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (TheaterLab, New York), The D-List (Edinburgh Fringe). Film: Goodbye Mary, Destination Dewsbury. TV: Re-Extinct.
Stephanie Tuitt
Role: Bao/Young Shujaa
Stephanie Tuitt is 25 year old and grew up in Gravesend Kent with a passion for all things theatre. She graduated with a Ba honours in theatre from Brunel university. A love of physical theatre and script writing. This is her first major role since graduating in 2020.
Corey Fraser
Role: Rebel V/O’s
Corey started his training at The Identity School of Acting. He is currently training at the Collective Acting Studio.
Theatre Credit: ‘Hear Me Now’ at the vault festival which also won show of the week.
Screen Credits: ‘Against all Odds’ a short film which went to Cannes Festival for the Straight 8 Competition. Nike Commercial - Nike mercurial dream speed 3
Megan Madaleine Freeman
Role: Esther’s V/O’s
Megan Madaleine Freeman is an actress based in London. She has primarily appeared on stage in productions across the Capital, showcasing Black women in a euphoric array of colours, from Yasmine Dankwah’s spoken word play Rite to Party to Freda Tuor’s workshop Black Sands, and most recently in Katrina Smith-Jackson’s one woman show Mary, Queen of Thots (as part of Landé Belo’s Ain’t I A Woman? festival at Tower Theatre.) She is excited to be a part of The Lost Lombi, as it feels very urgent and pertinent to her, and deeply resonates with her as a child of the diaspora. She has a BA in World Literature from the University of Kent.
Josephine Juliet De Costa Belgrave
Josephine is a talented and skilled 8-year-old. Born with rhythm, she is a natural dancer and performer. She has been attending the Sylvia Young Theatre part time school for the last 2 years. Learning tap, jazz and takes singing classes. Josephine is Academic and sporty with a strong creative flare. Josephine loves reading, making arts and crafts and putting on shows for others to watch. She is learning the double bass and guitar and often makes up her own songs.
Denise Teperino
Role : Yoga Instructor
Durga Devi, the name given to Denise Teperino by her beloved teachers, is a former dancer and competitive gymnast who grew up in New York City. She was introduced to Jivamukti yoga in 1994 by close friends. Asana (physical) practice felt very natural to her, but it was the chanting, the philosophy and the ancient and holy teachings of yoga that really hit home. She is Advanced Certified in the Jivamukti method (from 2002) and taught at the New York Centre for over three years before moving to London to assist with opening Jivamukti Yoga London centre in early 2005. She currently teaches at LOVE SUPREME PROJECTS, located in Notting Hill.
Rhema Blanchard
Roles: Rebels V/O
Hi, I’m Rhema Blanchard and I’m based in London. Currently, I’m training as part of the part-time of the Collective Acting Studio. It’s been great so far and I’ve booked some jobs whilst being there! This includes short films like: ‘The Best Part’ and ‘Tobacco Vanilla’, as well as a fashion film: ‘His Journey to Him’.
Leah Abraham
Roles: Nomulla / Villager / Girl 2 / Alternating Esthers/ Podcast V/O
Leah is an East London, east carribbean actress and performer. She was classically trained in voice, and violin, but her passion, and aptitude for performance, quickly took her centre stage. She begun her career as a fashion model, and segwayed into contemporary dance. She has danced for Elie Goulding, and Jesca Hoop.
Her current on screen credits include Tyler Perry’s “6888” (coming out in 2024), Lord of the Rings (2024) and Tim Burtons Beetlejuice 2 (2024)
Penny Bosworth
Role: Doreen/ Therapist VO / Rebel Soldier
Penny trained at The Actors Temple & The Salon Collective studying Sanford Meisner. Since graduating in 2019, Penny has worked mainly in theatre on London’s Fringe playing both supporting and lead roles.
Credits: Mother - In the Palm of your Hand / Mrs Martin - The Bald Prima Donna / Juliet - Exit the King / Polina - The Seagull / Street Wench - Masks Before The Plaque / Inez - No Exit / Prosecutor - Bluebeard / Jitzuko - Mad Girl / Frida Kahlo - Frida -The Color’s / Mavis - Joe Orton’s Last Laugh / Kitty - Hourglass A Suffragettes Story.
Geraldine Brennan
Role- Brian’s Mother
Geraldine is delighted to be contributing to another Muse project, having played Nina in
Human Stories in 2022. Geraldine was a contributing writer with Women Making Waves
(Lipstick Rebel Productions) with her short play “Good Works” in Spring 2023 and to Vertical
Horizons (Waste Not Theatre) in 2021 with “Apocalypse Shortly”. Her many solo
performance pieces have been seen at Tristan Bates Theatre, the Space, the Old Red Lion
and the Hen and Chickens. “Sloth” received an international premiere in 2021 as part of
Whispers in Beirut. Geraldine’s stage acting credits include Anfisa in The Three Sisters,
Alonso in The Tempest and Duke in The Merchant of Venice (Cockpit Theatre) and Die Alte
in A Bright Room Called Day (Bath Fringe Festival). Film includes Bardo with Feature One.
Geraldine trained with the Actors Temple and the salon:collective.
Measha Haughton is a studious budding young actress. She regularly attends her local drama club at The Renegade theatre.
Measha has recently been filmed in the Multibank Charity advert and represents Jam2000 Agency as an extra taking part in multiple productions with Netflix and large film organisations.
Not only is she a Gymnastic athletic, In her spare time Measha learns lessons about Entrepreneurship.
She owns a Sweetcart that she hires for birthdays and special occasions, proving her smile is not the only sweet thing about her.
CREATIVES
RB8: Writers
RB8 was set up in 2015 by friends Nekisha De Costa and PB Whistle. They are a writing duo who tell human stories for both adults and children. It is RB8's mission to implement the importance of giving back. RB8 strive to create powerful stories which raise awareness around global issues and help raise funds for the charities which support them.
Michael Alexander- Composer
Michael is a musician and composer currently based in Croydon. He has worked in fringe theatre both in-house and as a freelancer since 2015, providing sound and lighting operation, sound design and original music.
Recent Music and Tech Credits include:
Cupids Arrow (Feb 2022, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham. Dir: Niki Mylonas)
A Christmas Carol (Dec 2022, Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham. Dir: Niki Mylonas),
Neighbours In The Sky (Radio Play: recorded Aug 2020, released May 2021. Dir: Niki Mylonas)
Justina Molla - Audio Operator
Justina is an Argentinean artist who's worked with The Muse since 2022, both on and off stage. In The Lost Lombi she is excited to be a part of the video and audio tech team. She thinks this story needs to be told and is proud of how the sound helps the audience feel everything more deeply. She graduated in communications at UADE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studied theatre both in her home country and in London. Is now an active member of Spotlight, working also as a sound tech and freelance producer.
P.B Whistle: Director
PB. Whistle's love for the theatre started from a young age . She grew up around actors from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre who rented digs at her parents house. Penny trained as an actor studying Sanford Meisner for six years, she now passes on her knowledge in the room with actors which she loves. This will be her fourth Production as director with TMGTC and very much looks forward to sharing this story with audiences.
Liubov Bobrova: Cinematographer / Lighting Operator
Born and grew up in Ukraine. Back in Ukraine (2021) was a student in KAMA (Kyiv Academy of Media Arts) of the part-time Filmmaking course. After moving to London due to the russian invasion, went on the six-month Filmmaking short course in MetFilm School. From 2022 – student of Ba (Hons) Content, media and film production in MetFilm School. Currently working and volunteering as a photographer, videographer and editor, as well as working on my own projects.
Josiah Charles Galang: Lighting Operator/ Cinematographer
A London Screen Academy alumni and a young creative aspiring to work in the film industry. Josiah, recently graduated. The LOST Lombi is Josiah's first theatre production. He has just completed a short film Kung Fu Kenzo (Director Of Photography)
''I am constantly looking for opportunities where I can expand my technical knowledge and gain as much experience as possible''
Laura Glaser: Movement Director
Laura is a movement specialist and actress with an extensive background in body based practices for performers. With a background in contemporary dance, her interest in supporting performers to expand their expressive range both physically and emotionally, led her to study and combine many different techniques over the past 20 years. She collaborates with directors and artists on a diverse range of productions, helping to bring out the inner life of a character physically, to find ways of creating intimacy and at times choreography.
Greg Weir: Audio Engineer
Greg has a long history of audio expertise, since the late 80's.
Greg's many years of DJing sits alongside setting up audio installations, sound systems for external events, Raves, Clubs, Theatres & TV. He also ran several Record Labels in the 90’s & managed audio studios for a period.Greg now operates Portobello Radio, a community radio platform & continues to fulfil bookings for his audio expertise in Television Post Production & live broadcast events.
Credits: All Major Broadcasters, including BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Sky, National Geographic, Smithsonian .Nightclubs: The Rock Garden Heaven MOS. Fashion Houses: Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Prada.
Local Community Establishments & Events include: Avenues Youth, The Tabernacle, Irish Cultural Centre.
Khrystyna Khmil: Audio Operator
Khrystyna is a Ukrainian artist. She graduated with a masters degree in Fine Art, from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv.
In 2018 she was awarded the Gold medal by The National Academy of Fine Arts for painting a mural in the Storozhenko Museum. (Ukraine) In 2022 Khrystyna was awarded WE RESTART Programme for Refugee Artists in London. In 2023 she became an artist in residency at the Muse.
The LOST Lombi is Khrystyna's first theatre production working as an audio operator. She believes audio accompaniment is an important part of the performance and helps its audience to feel more deeply and connect to the content of the play.
IMMERSIVE SET TEAM
Sophie de Stempel
Sophie studied painting at the City and Guild School of Art aged 16, then wenton to work for Lucian Freud from 1981-1990. She has exhibited at the Albemarle Gallery with Pippa Houldsworth and currently shows at Browse and Darby. For the past 20 years she’s taught at the Royal Drawing School, been in mixed shows curated at the Sigmund Freud Museum and paints daily in her West London studio.
Nicholas Cheeseman
Nicholas is an experimental multimedia artist pushing the boundaries of materials, process, and time. His work began with a series of photographs exploring urban architectural spaces; those seen in passing, as he often cycles through the streets of London. Nick uses panoramic photography, primarily on his phone, distorting the images, speed and angle. The photographs warp structures, creating glitches and chaotic imperfections, borders, and transitions. Whilst the images are not digitally manipulated, they appear incomplete; like fragmentations of reality, reflecting alternate perceptions – albeit universal intervention. Nick draws and paints over photographs as a constructive deconstruction of the medium. Through this process there is an ebb and flow, change and evolution of the work. Nick uses wet media, creating lines and shapes overlayed as elaborate geometrical forms. Every stage of the process obscures the original, the images elusive and just out of reach. Yet within the chaos there is often harmony, an order unique to the mind’s eye of the spectator. The base photography explores architectural spaces, famous cultural buildings, unassuming residential structures, commercial tower blocks under construction, derelict spaces and religious ruins. The largest and best-preserved English monastic ruins at Castle Acre also became the main inspiration for the larger works. These images led to knitting and sculptures, drawings and paintings, layered to create multi-dimensional effects over and within the photographs – Incomplete, Imperfect, Impermanent.
Ana Drummond
Ana has worked in her 20’s as an international model. Following which she gained a degree in sculpture from Chelsea School of Art where she began using fabric and clothing to express ideas around the body, specifically themes of restriction and emancipation. Completing her studies with a masters degree in Fine Art from the Slade School, she continued her interest in the female body, using herself through performance and films as a means to express psychological states of mind. A mother of three, she then re-trained as an Art Psychotherapist currently working in a Special Needs school alongside her private practice.
PRODUCTION TEAM
PB Whistle
London based. Has a passion for the theatre & telling stories...
This will be Penny's 4th production with The Muse Group Theatre Company as casting director & producer. Credits: Love is Love/ Human Stories - United We Stand/ Frida - The Colors.
The LOST Lombi is her biggest production to date, and she looks forwards to sharing this story with audiences.
Damian Rayne
Damian works for Muse Theatre as a producer and production designer. He is part of The Muse Charity for the arts and maintains his London based arts practice in Willesden and North Kensington.
Milly Robinson
Milly is an associate producer for The Muse Theatre and has worked with TMGTC from its inception. She oversees the design, build, and maintenance for the website, and is responsible for marketing and ticketing. She is committed to helping bring important sociopolitical stories to the stage.
CONTENT WARNING AND AGE GUIDANCE:
Age recommendation: 16+
This production contains depictions of sexual violence and distressing themes. Some scenes include flashing lights. Viewer discretion is advised.