The High Table
Chapters (3)
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Bush Theatre and Birmingham
Repertory Theatre present
The High Table
by Temi Wilkey
8 February – 21 March 2020
Bush Theatre, London
25 March – 9 April 2020
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Cast
| Teju | Stefan Adegbola |
| Mosun/Yetunde | Jumoké Fashola |
| Musician/Co-Composer | Mohamed Gueye |
| Leah/Adebisi | Ibinabo Jack |
| Tara | Cherrelle Skeete |
| Segun/Babatunde | David Webber |
Creative Team
| Playwright | Temi Wilkey |
| Director | Daniel Bailey |
| Set and Costume Designer | Natasha Jenkins |
| Lighting Designer | José Tevar |
| Sound Designer/Composer | Enrico Aurigemma |
| Movement/Associate Director | Gabrielle Nimo |
| Dramaturg | Deirdre O’Halloran |
| Costume Supervisor | India Askem |
| Casting Director | Ruth O’Dowd |
| Production Managers | Marco Savo and Ian Taylor for eStage |
| Company Stage Manager | Adriana Perucca |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Crystal Gayle |
With assistance from Bush Theatre’s Project 2036 cohort (2019–20): Set Designer QianEr Jin, Sound Designer Darius McFarlane and Lighting Designer Devon Muller. With further thanks to Wabriya King (drama therapy and safeguarding support), Oladipo Agboluaje (Yorùbá pronunciation guidance) and Esi Acquaah-Harrison (dialect and accent coaching). With special commendation to Nkechinyere Nwobani-Akanwo.
Cast
STEFAN ADEGBOLA
Stefan Adegbola’s theatre work includes: Botticelli in the Fire (Hampstead Theatre), Richard III (Headlong), Titus Andronicus (RSC), The Convert and The Christians (Gate Theatre), After Independence (Arcola Theatre), The Merchant of Venice and Comedy of Errors (Globe Theatre), Widowers’ Houses (Orange Tree Theatre) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Noël Coward Theatre). Television work includes: Enterprice (Fudge Park Productions) and Doctor Who (BBC).
Film work includes: Anemone (BBC Films) and The Mire (Eclectic Films).
JUMOKÉ FASHOLA
Jumoké Fashola’s theatre credits include Zawe Ashton’s for all the women who thought they were Mad (Hackney Showroom), Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars, Bernstein’s Mass (Southbank Centre), The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives (Arcola Theatre) and House of Corrections (Riverside Studios).
In addition, she has written and appeared in one-woman shows including Dirty Little Secrets (London Festival of Cabaret / Bush Theatre’s Radar Festival / St James Theatre), and Protest – Divas & Revolutions (EFG London Jazz Festival / Royal Albert Hall / The Pheasantry). She is also the creator of the Jazz Verse Jukebox, which had a seven-year residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, and is now running monthly at Hoxton Hall. Fashola is also a radio and television broadcaster, currently presenting J to Z on BBC Radio 3 and Sunday Breakfast – Inspirit on BBC Radio London.
MOHAMED GUEYE
Mohamed Gueye is a West African percussionist based in London. Born into a large griot family of drummers from Dakar, in Senegal, he learnt the Sabar and Djembe drum with his family from the age of 5 and has been playing professionally since the age of 15. Mohamed trained at the Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor in Dakar where he performed with groups including Ambassador and Daradji. Since moving to London in 2010, he has performed at festivals across the UK including Womad, African Drum Village, Drum Camp, Africa Oye and BEATS Cornwall with African stars such as Baaba Maal, Carlou D, Aida Samb and Africa Express.