Positive
Southwark Playhouse
Produced by Visual Sauce.
POSITIVE is a two-hander about Black, gay masculinity and HIV+ status, told through the relationship between two
Black, gay best friends.
Recently single Malachi is hellbent on exploring his sexuality in any way he sees fit, whilst Ade is navigating
life after recently finding out he is HIV positive.
Engagement Programme Delivered:
In response to the run of ‘Positive’, we created a paid position for 1 Trainee Assistant Director and 1
Response
Play Director to join the process. We then hired 6 paid shadow directors to join the process to demystify
the
rehearsal process.
We then ran 3 open call writing workshops for over 60 Black Queer writers, led by Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu,
Somebody
Jones and Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE where we identified our commissioned writers.
Via an open call submission, we commissioned and staged 4 Response Plays to ‘Positive’. These plays were
directed by both our Trainee AD and our Response Play director, using 4 paid, professional actors.
Overall, we developed over 100 emerging creatives through this engagement process.
★★★★★
Exceptional
West End Best Friend
★★★★
Orchestrated beautifully
Everything Theatre
★★★★
Five star performances
Curtain Call Reviews
Cast and Creative
Ade
Kojo Quianoo
Malachi
Malachi Antonio
Writer
Temi Majekodunmi
Director
Robert Awosusi
Producer
Mwansa Phiri
Engagement Producer
Simon Castle
Assistant Producer
Emmanuella Damptey
Assistant Director
Llyrio Boateng
Set and Costume Designer
Amanda Ramasawmy
Sound Designer
Esther Kehinde Ajayi
Lighting Designer
Alex Forey
Movement Designer
Tanaka Bingwa
Intimacy Designer
Tommy Ross-Williams
Dramaturg
malakaï sargeant
Stage Manager
Leonora Nicholson
Communications Lead
Kizzi Barazetti
Engagement Co-Ordinator
Daniel Ahenkorah
Image credit
Ross Kernahan
Video credit
Chewboy Productions
Production Company
Visual Sauce
