The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Theatre includes: The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew (RSC); Cymbeline (The Globe); Kerry Jackson, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Here We Go; Welcome to Thebes (National Theatre); Tina Turner The Musical (Aldwych); Hamlet (Harold Pinter Theatre); The Hotel Cerise (Theatre Royal Stratford); Iyalode of Eti (Utopia Theatre/Rich Mix/Arcola); In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play (St James Theatre); The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic); Speechless (Shared Experience); Off the Endz (Royal Court); Mother Goose (Greenwich Theatre); It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First… (Arcola/Clean Break); Arabian Nights (New Vic); Dionysis Unbound (Bridewell Theatre); 200 Years, Cinderella (Watford Palace); The Wedding Dance (Birmingham Rep/Tour); Restoration (Oxford Stage Company); I Have Before Me… (Calypso); Brezhnev’s Children (BAC); Ms Ross: The Lady and Her Music (Neptune Theatre).

TV and Film include: Death in Paradise (BBC), Blood of My Blood (Starz/Sony), Black Mirror (Netflix), Jungle (Amazon Prime), The Box, In the Long Run (Sky), Elephant, King for a Term (Sky), Partners in Crime (BBC), Doctors (BBC), Gavin and Stacey (BBC), EastEnders (BBC), The Bill (ITV), Holby City (BBC).

Lori trained at the Urdang Academy.

Theatre credits include: The Harder They Come (Stratford East); Tina: The Musical (West End); Bodyguard (China tour); Ghost The Musical (UK tour); Juicy Bits (Orange Tree); Play Mas (Orange Tree); Hairspray (UK tour) and Legally Blonde (UK tour).

Pantomimes include: Cinderella (Theatre Royal Nottingham) and Jack & The Beanstalk (Hackney Empire).

TV Credits include: Jemma in Doctors (BBC); Dancer in The Lenny Henry Birthday Show (BBC One); Haven Holidays (TV commercial) and Sue in Harvey’s ‘Sofas for You’ (TV commercial).

This is Tsemaye’s RSC debut

Theatre includes: Viola/Vyman in Play On! The Musial (UK tour/Lyric Hammersmith); Katherine Howard in Six the Musical (West End); Jan Crouch in Tammy Faye workshop (Almeida Theatre); Tina Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (West End); An Evening of Tina (Tour); Alline Bullock/Ikette in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (West End); Leading Player in Pippin (Garden Theatre); Janelle Woods/The Shirelles in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical(West End); Mephisto in The Vaudevillians(Les Enfants Terribles, Edinburgh Fringe); Fairy in Tweedy’s Reduced Pantomime (Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham); Paulina in The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare (RCSSD).

Film/TV includes: Vivian Ofori in Pretty Red Dress (BBC/BFI feature film); The BBC One Show; ITV This Morning; Britain’s Got Talent Live Final.

Voice Over includes: Picoletta in Benjamin Bat (Amazon Prime); Rosy Meviungou in Second Extinction (Windows and Xbox); Jelda in Horizon Forbidden West (PlayStation). Several internal and external campaigns which include Great Western Railway, AMEX, Adidas, Asics, Maggi, Microsoft, Vodafone, and H&M.

Trained at: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD)

McCallam is a London-based actor, singer, and writer whose stage career spans classical drama, new writing, and musical theatre. His recent appearance in Boubil & Schönberg’s Martin Guerre produced by The Old Vic, follows on from notable performances in The Colour Purple (UK Tour), Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep), and Small Island at The National Theatre).

Alongside his theatre work, McCallam is a platinum-accredited recording artist and songwriter whose collaborations include Grammy Award–winning writers, producers and  artists, most notable Tina Turner.

Training: Eddie Elliott trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre: Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, A Strange Loop at The Barbican, Blues For An Alabama Sky at The National

In London’s West End: The Lion King and Motown: The Musical

Other productions include: Spamilton at the Menier Chocolate Factory; We Will Rock You – Original UK tour; South Pacific at The Barbican and on UK tour; Assassins at the Watermill and Nottingham Playhouse; Drive Ride Walk at Greenwich; Dry Cleaned for Intermission; Puss in Boots at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds; The Music Man at Chichester; A Chorus Line and The Buddy Holly Story at The Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man; Five Guys Named Moe at Theatre at the Mill, Belfast and Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater Concert at The Other Palace.

TV: The War Between The Land And The Sea (BBC/Disney), Riches (ITV), Eastenders (BBC), Doctors (BBC)

Training: Emil Dale Academy

Theatre includes: Tyrone Jackson in Fame (European Tour), Ensemble in The Book of Mormon (West End), Ensemble in The Book of Mormon (UK Tour). Ensemble in The Little Shop of Horrors (The Factory Playhouse), Daddy Brubeck in Sweet Charity (The Factory Playhouse).

Workshops include: Ensemble / Headteacher in The Afterschool Death Day Club, Ensemble in Kin The Musical. 

Tad is represented by Brewis Scott Associates and is thrilled to be joining the cast of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. He would like to thank his family and friends for their continued love and support.

Training: Royal Academy of Music

Stage Credits: Richard Bullock, Cover Ike Turner in Tina The Musical (Aldwych Theatre) Johnny Moore, Gerhart Thrasher and others in The Drifters Girl (UK Tour) Swing and cover Otis in Aint Too Proud (Prince Edward Theatre) Ensemble and cover Mafala in The Book of Mormon (UK Tour) ; Ensemble/Stevie Wonder in Motown: The Musical (UK & Ireland Tour); West End Christmas.

Film Credits: Bunuel in The Labyrinth of the Turtles

Charity & Ensemble in ‘The Boy who Harnessed the wind’

This Is Shaka’s RSC debut

Theatre includes: The Odyssey; (Unicorn Theatre),  ‘Henry V: schools tour’ (Donmar) The lion the witch & the wardrobe (Gillian lynne)

Trained at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Idriss Kargbo trained at The Sylvia Young Theatre School & The Urdang Academy.

Theatre Credits Include: Manly in Austenland (Savoy Theatre) Young Siddhartha in The Seeker (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Judge Jude in I Wish You Well ( Criterion Theatre/ Edinburgh Fringe); Lewis in Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Tulsa in GYPSY (Manchester Opera House); Little Moe in Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch Theatre); Boq In Wicked The Musical (Apollo Victoria); Donkey in Shrek The Musical (Uk & Ireland Tour); Eugene Williams in The Scottsboro Boys (The Young Vic); Young Michael Jackson in Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre); Handwalker in Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Young Simba in Disney’s The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); Alternate Sean in Burlesque the musical (Savoy Theatre).

TV Credits Include: Casualty (BBC), Years & Years (BBC/HBO), Doctors (BBC), Grinch The Musical (NBC), Bad Education (BBC) and Spent (BBC)

Film Credits Include: Bingley in SNOW WHITE (Walt Disney Studios) MUGGED! (Short Film) Been So Long (Netflix)

Training: Arts Educational

Theatre: ALFRED HITCHOCK PRESENTS (Theatre Royal Bath), A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN (Peacock Theatre), THE BODYGUARD (Festival Ljubljana), CHEEKY LITTLE BROWN (Stratford East)

Film: A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN

Concerts: PIPPIN 50th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), OLIVIER AWARDS 2024 (Royal Albert Hall), BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall)

Commercials: Abba Voyage

Charity

Music Video: Genesis – RAYE

Theatre includes: The Line of Beauty (Almeida), Choir Boy (Bristol Old Vic)

Film includes: A Friend of Dorothy

Television includes: Shadow and Bone, NCIS: Tony and Ziva 

This is Tomi’s RSC debut

Theatre includes: Ignatius! (Tramshed Theatre), Book of Will (Shakespeare North), Rapunzel/ Alice in wonderland (Liverpool Everyman/playhouse), Book of Dust (The Bridge theatre), The wonderful world of Dissocia (theatre Royal Stratford east), Jane Eyre (New Vic/SJT), Seagulls (Octagon Theatre), An Act of Care (York Theatre Royal), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) and Sweet Charity (The Watermill Theatre)

Television includes: Endeavour (ITV) Holier than thou (Dave/uktv) Temple (Sky)

Film includes: Rose’s baby, See how they run (Disney) Dao hides no name (Indie)

Trained at: Rose Bruford School of theatre and performance

This is Alex’s RSC debut

Theatre includes: Play On! (Lyric Hammersmith & UK Tour); RENT (New Theatre & Queens Theatre); The Color Purple (Birmingham Hippodrome, UK Tour); EI8HT – An Original Musical Presentation (The Other Palace); TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Motown the Musical (UK & Ireland Tour); Babes in Arms (Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre).

Television includes: The Five (Sky One); Vodafone Commercial (Knucklehead); 3M Command Commercial (STINK).

Music videos include: Toddla T, Aitch (feat. TAET) – Hide N Seek, ENNY – Charge It

Trained at: Arden School of Theatre

Yana trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.

Her theatre credits include The Magic Flute (Glyndebourne Opera House), Animal Farm (UK Tour) 101 Dalmatians and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), An Enemy of the People (UK Tour), A Christmas Carol (Storyhouse, Chester), How Love Is Spelt (Southwark Playhouse), Emily Rising (Little Angel Theatre), The Ballad of Rudy (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and Jack (Derby Theatre).

Film and Television credits include: Rose Of Nevada (Film4), The Case Against Space (Local Vertical Films) and Humans (Channel 4).

Helena Pipe is a Black British-born, Bermudian-raised performer with proud Caribbean heritage, whose work spans stage and screen across the UK and internationally.

Television credits include: Queenie (Channel 4).

Theatre credits include Noughts & Crosses (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Blues For An Alabama Sky (National Theatre); What Do You See? (The Pappy Show);In This World (Theatre For Young People); The Time Traveller’s Wife (Apollo Theatre); School of Rock (UK and Korea Tour); Nativity! The Musical (UK Tour); Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera); Bare! A Pop Opera (Neptune Theatre); and The Color Purple (TROIKA Bermuda).