Jessica Mensah

Headlong Reveals 2025 Origins Cohort Supporting Early Career Directors
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2025

Headlong has announced the 2025 participants in their pioneering Origins programme, celebrating and developing early career theatre directors from across the UK, outside of London.

Video: Dujonna Gift Sings 'What'll It Be' From TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK)
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2023

Watch as Dujonna Gift delivers a performance of 'What'll It Be' from TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK).

Dujonna Gift and Sam Tutty Will Lead TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK) at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 23, 2023

Kiln Theatre has announced casting for new musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) - Dujonna Gift (Hamilton) and Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen – Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical).

Cast Announced For RETROGRADE at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2023

With Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden about to transfer to the US, Kiln Theatre has announced the full cast for the world première of Ryan Calais Cameron’s new play based on a true event in the life of actor Sidney Poitier in 1950s Hollywood – Ian Bonar (Bobby), Ivanno Jeremiah (Sidney), and Daniel Lapaine (Mr Parks).

THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN Extends at the Kiln Theatre and Sets New York Premiere
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2022

Kiln Theatre has announced a two-week extension for Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed smash-hit The Wife of Willesden due to public demand – now running at Kiln Theatre until Saturday 11 February 2023. Directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham, the production sees Clare Perkins reprising her role as Alvita.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 28, 2022

Kiln Theatre has released rehearsal photos from the return of Zadie Smith’s The Wife of Willesden, directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham. The production runs at Kiln Theatre from 14 December to 28 January, ahead of its US transfer in February. 

Kiln Theatre Announces Jessica Mensah as Kiln-Mackintosh Resident Assistant Director
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2022

Kiln Theatre has announced Jessica Mensah as their new Kiln-Mackintosh Resident Assistant Director. This new role will see Mensah joining the Artistic Team, working as Assistant Director across productions and supporting the Creative Engagement programme.

Photos: First Look at THE SNAIL HOUSE at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2022

Production photos are released for the world premiere of The Snail House.  Written and directed by Richard Eyre, The Snail House officially opens on 14 September and runs until 15 October.  

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE SNAIL HOUSE at Hampstead Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 18, 2022

Rehearsal photos have been released for the world premiere of The Snail House.  Written and directed by Richard Eyre, this new production will run from 7 September until 15 October.  

Hampstead Theatre Announces the Full Cast and Creative Teams for THE SNAIL HOUSE and RAVENSCOURT
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Aug 15, 2022

Hampstead Theatre ihas just announced the full cast and creative teams for The Snail House and Ravenscourt which open this September.

Kiln Theatre Announces Full Cast For Marina Carr's GIRL ON AN ALTAR
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2022

With Chinonyerem Odimba and Ben and Max Ringham's Black Love currently running at the theatre, Kiln Theatre, in a brand-new partnership with the Abbey Theatre, today announces the full cast for Marina Carr's Girl on an Altar. Annabelle Comyn directs Nina Bowers (Cassandra), Daon Broni (Aegisthus), Jim Findley (Tyndareus), Kate Stanley Brennan (Cilissa), David Walmsley (Agamemnon) and Eileen Walsh (Clytemnestra).

Selladoor Worldwide Announces New Writers Programme Showcase
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 29, 2021

In Autumn 2020 following funding received from the DCMS cultural recovery fund Selladoor Worldwide launched their New Writers Programme; today they announce their New Writers Programme Showcase celebrating the results produced by their latest participant writers which will be streamed online Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th May at 7pm.

POWER OF ONE Opens At Glasgow University Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 9, 2020

Everyone has strong thoughts about what it is to be in lockdown. This unique experience of solitude prompts a call for scripts on the Young Vic Genesis website by Lita Doolan who curates and directs a theatre performance to dramatise quarantine more fully.