Directors from 3 Shades of Black
PB Whistle's love for theatre started from a young age. She grew up around actors from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre who rented digs at her parents house. For 6 years, she trained as an actor studying Sansford Meisner at The Actors Temple & The Salon Collective. Most recently, she has written and directed THE LOST LOMBI, a powerful play that highlights the conflict within the Democratic Republic of Congo and child soldiers.
Rebecca Joy Wilson is an actress, writer, director and dancer. Originally from Birmingham, Rebecca trained at Rambert school of ballet & contemporary dance and the Actors Temple. Working as an actor herself, she also creates works for theatre, music videos, and independent film, whilst consulting in movement for various productions and directing.
Lauren-Deanna Stubbs is an Actor and Director from London. She trained at Goldsmiths University, Identity School of Acting and the National Youth Theatre. Her recent credits include the short-film, SHE IS HERE and ANANSI at Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Lauren has experience directing and producing her own Youth Theatre productions.
Actors from 3 Shades of Black

Harry Drummond
Actor, director, writer and vocal coach
Harry trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama gaining a BA Acting. He has most recently appeared in: The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour - The Pantaloons), In the Balance (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), Collaboration, The Lioness of Punjab (Pleasance Theatre), Polly: A Polyamory Musical (Hope Mill Theatre) Dancing with Danger, Mrs Poison Cotton and The Servant Problem (Actors East). Directing work includes: Qing Ming (Beijing Drama Festival). Writing work includes: Confidence and Supply (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)

Selina Armoudon
Actress, producer, writer and director
Selina is the lead producer of the Shades of Black series, a show that highlights Black and Brown people from history. She has performed her own writing in London theatres such as Canal Café Theatre and Union Theatre, and has starred in national commercials for brands such as Barclays and Weetabix. She was awarded Arts Council funding during the pandemic for an R & D of her first full length play, and most recently was awarded Developing Your Own Creative Practise funding to train as a producer. Since then, she has been shortlisted for the Vaults Five Festival. She is an alumna of West London Playwright group through Bush Theatre, where she wrote her second play Wuthering Homes, set in a care home. She is passionate about using storytelling to broaden people's perspectives and bring about collective healing.

Craig J Simons
Actor, writer and Director
Craig J. Simons recently starred in two award-winning short films: PERDITION (as Martin) and DOGHOUSE (as Luke), which he also wrote and directed. Other notable credits include co-writing and acting in No Man Is an Island (as Mr. Doyle) and Touch, both produced by Goatboy Enterprises. His stage work includes The Last Lombi (as Brian Jr.) with The Muse Theatre, as well as Comedians (as George McBrain) at Chelsea Theatre, Three Sisters (as Solyony) at Cockpit Theatre, and Hamlet at St. Andrew's Crypt.Craig's current projects include Requiem of the Lost (co-writer, director, actor) in post-production and an upcoming play, Unspoken, in November.

Blake Crimson
Actor and producer
Blake trained in Meisner Technique at the Actors Temple and am currently in Post Production of his 2nd self-produced short film "Requiem of the Lost".

David Whiting
Actor
David K Whiting trained at LAMDA & the Actors Temple Foundation 2019. Currently training with Meisner Institute London under Law Ballard. 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.

Jill Sherlock
Actress and artist
Jill Sherlock is a professional artist with a lifelong love of theatre. South African born and raised, her parents were active in the local theatre where she also performed in musical productions like Oklahoma, the Sound of Music, and Guys and Dolls. Her singing voice was classically trained, and she was part of the ad hoc chorus for CAPAB (Cape Town Opera). She also danced ballet for 10 years, just for the joy of it. Jill eventually put down roots in England, where she continued to work in clothing design. She did pattern cutting for London Fashion Week, before launching her own private couture business. When her two children were born, she began to focus on her skills in painting, drawing and sculpture. She now teaches art daily, and has now presented 4 solo exhibitions of her work.

Shakira Kirby- Joseph
Actress and writer
Shakira is a London-based actor and writer. She is British Vincentian and grew up in Surrey. Shakira has a Bachelors degree in Drama from Manchester Metropolitan University, as well as training in accredited part-time drama schools in London, including Identity school. Although she has a passion for creativity, she also has an interest in psychology and loves to find intricate ways to apply this into her performances. Shakira was part of the Soho House mentorship by the Creative Mentorship Network.

Karen Whyte
Actor and Writer
Karen is an actor/writer based in London. Her acting credits include Call The Midwife (BBC), Estate of Mind (The Bush), Dreamland (The Other Palace) and Fan Girl (Edinburgh Fringe). Her writing has been performed at The Arcola, The Bush, Theatre Royal Haymarket and Theatre503. Her was recently the recipient of the SIK Productions New Writing Award for her short play 'Spaced Out'.

Odera Iwugo
Actrtess and writer
Odera is an actor and writer. Her writing journey began in 2020 with the pilot for her comedy series, which got her shortlisted for the ERA 50:50 writers room programme. Odera completed the beginner and intermediate playwriting courses at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2022 and 2023. In 2023 her short play was selected to be performed as part of the Theatre 503 Rapid Write Response, her first script to ever be performed onstage.

Kejenne Beard
Actor
Kejenne is very excited to make their UK acting debut at Pleasance Theatre, in PB Whistle’s “Classification”. Hailing from South Africa, they have trained with Actors East and student credits include Leontes in The Winter’s Tale and Emma in People, Places and Things. When they aren’t on stage, Kejenne is either stage manager, or helping small businesses grow through social media marketing.

Durassie Kiangangu
Actor, Dancer and writer
Durassie is a movement-based actor, voice artist and physical performer. As a bilingual voice artist, he has lent his voice for Google, Netflix and various British and American video games. In the same branch he has also been involved in various motion capture productions, among one that was produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company ("DREAM" 2021) Stage productions and venues includes, AIDA at the Royal Albert Hall, The Magic Flute at Royal Opera House, and performing at London venues such as The Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank) and The Brixton House. Film credits include, Marvels "Antman and The Wasp", "Northern Soul" , "Othello" short film "Sunrise Meets Sunset", a short film that received nominations for best director (Aram Atkinson) and best actor (Durassie Kiangangu) and won best prosthetic make-up by Georgie Burdge.

Veronica Ellis
Actress
Veronica Ellis has worked creatively for almost twenty years in immersive theatre, stage and screen. A cross-creative who works as an actor, dance choreographer and stage combatant. She In recent years she has begun to develop her own voice as a writer/director.
Credits include; Howl, Human 2.0, BAFTA nominated Connect and most recently the Terpsichore Trilogy in association with Aquifer Film Studios.

Zoë Clayton-Kelly
Actress
A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Zoë is an actor based in London. Originally from Sydney, she began her career writing and performing her own comedy shows for the Sydney Fringe Festival including being nominated for a Canadian Club ROFL award. Recent credits include EastEnders (BBC) and Changing Signs (CAVEAPLUS). Zoë is also a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter.

Naomi Ponponne
Spoken word artist and writer
A writer, poet, spoken word artist and muse exploring themes of ancestry, meaning, truth and social justice as part of her pieces. She has produced plays performed workshops for street theatre at the Lexi Cinema, Tabernacle, festivals, The Westway Trust with video projection art forms. She is a youth-community lead for various projects within Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea & London Borough of Brent among others. She is currently writing and developing the play "The Queen·of Auto Correct" as well as "Voices of The Ancestors" which is soon to be performed within a theatre setting.

Greg Weir
Audio Technician
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.

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LaToyah Gill
Photographer, Producer, Filmmaker
LaToyah Gill is an artistic producer, and the founder of Untamed Artists, an organisation which represents and showcases socially conscious artists. She has studied law, film & video, media production, and has a background in Multidisciplinary Productions, Film, Curation, Journalism, Digital Archives and Event Management. With an independent mind-set, she has a particular interest in using art as a tool for social change, and has worked on countercultural projects that have focused on narratives related to social political issues, philosophy and the human psyche.