Spotlight on GAIL EGBESON
Part of the NHS Yarns Project
Gail is one of the playwright collaborators working with Theatre Témoin on NHS Yarns.
We are so excited to be working with Gail.
Gail is currently part of The Mercury Playwrights Development Program in association with Josef Weinberger Plays where she is creating a brand new full length play.
Jollof Court was Gail's debut play. It started its life at Lyric Hammersmith's Evolution 2019 where it was selected for the Billy Cashmore residency to be developed into a full play. It later partook in two other scratch nights of The Upsetter at Bunker Theatre and Pixed + Mixed by The Metamorph Theatre at The Pleasance. Jollof Court was also fortunate to headline in festivals in Lagos Nigeria which are Lagos Fringe 2019 and Lagos Theatre Festival 2020. It was shortlisted for the #UntappedAward2020 (A partnership between Underbelly, New Diorama Theatre and Oberon Books).
An extract of JOLLOF COURT was commissioned into a full-length youth adaptation in 2019 titled JOLLOF WARS which toured for Black History Month at community theatres and schools within London. From there, JOLLOF WARS gained a sold-out run at Vault Festival 2020 which received recommendations from Lyn Gardner and Time Out London as the festival's top picks.
Photo Credit: Gail Egbeson