This page shows video examples of my most recent writing, taken from Pod, a live-stream theatre piece I concieved, wrote and co-directed for Guildhall/Barbican in 2020
Further script examples of my work can be found here
More information about the show can be found here
Full Guardian Review
‘In a year of isolation that’s left us craving connection with others, here comes a show all about the untameable, youthful urge to gather, dance and lose yourself in music...From the microdramas of the dancefloor, the intimacies played out in pulsating darkness, or the strip-lit confessional of the ladies’ loos, the play takes a swerve into more sensational territory, and ultimately questions how real that connection with your clubbing family is.’ Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian
Full details of other projects can be seen here
• POD
Guildhall/Barbican, 2020
~ An original live-stream film performance, concieved and directed by Jamie Bradley and Vicki Igbokwe, written and devised with GSMD actors
“We’re like family, baby, a collective little pod… only you don’t have to be blood to feel the vibration. It just shakes when we’re together”
A club night. A secret. A moment to shine.
Figures converse through House music for an epic ride of rhythm and connection.
But when brutal truths are revealed, the nocturnal crowd must check more than their bodies at the door.
As an ill-fated love story emerges, the bombastic dance scene sheds new light on hidden histories, the natural habits of orcas, and the complexities of negotiating one’s chosen family.
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‘In a year of isolation that’s left us craving connection with others, here comes a show all about the untameable, youthful urge to gather, dance and lose yourself in music...From the microdramas of the dancefloor, the intimacies played out in pulsating darkness, or the strip-lit confessional of the ladies’ loos, the play takes a swerve into more sensational territory, and ultimately questions how real that connection with your clubbing family is.’ Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian
Full Guardian Review
For script excerpts see Writing Examples
Video clips:
Jamie Bradley ~ co-director/writer
Vicki Igbokwe ~ co-director/choreographer
Jess Curtis ~ designer
Matt Daw ~ lighting designer
Kweku Aacht ~ composer
Sam Levy ~ sound designer
Akhila Khrishnan ~ broadcast director
Ola Animashawun ~ dramaturg
Cast:
Justice Ritchie
Umi Myers
Dolly LeVack
Dan Wolf
Zachary Nachbar-Seckel
Brandon Grace
Alyth Ross
Lily Hardy
Hope Kenna
Aoife Gaston
Noah Marullo
Conor McLeod
Jidé Okunola
Isla Lee
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Photography ~ Mihaela Bodlovic
• The Beat & the Pulse
Théâtre Municipal de Fontainbleau et FONACT, France, 2022
~ An original theatre piece, conceived and directed by Jamie Bradley, created with FONACT actors
“She lived in blissful ignorance, quite unaware she was not a girl…”
A group of writers and dancers are accidentally thrown together via a 17th Century tale of transformation, love and deceit.
Combining original text, physical story-telling and vogueing dance culture, this piece is inspired by the Abbé de Choisi’s fantastical story The Counterfeit Marquise, as it rubs up against a young generation recalibrating their sense of gender and identity.
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Video teaser:
Jamie Bradley ~ director/writer
Cecilia Gali ~ designer
Fanny Marmouset ~ choreographer
Woody ~ lighting designer
Eléa Lecoq ~ sound designer
Charlotte Taylor ~ stage manager
Cast:
Thaïs Alessandrin
Riccardo Avati
Alexander Buchanan
Maya Chawla
Layla Chowdhury
Isabella Covelli
Ophelia Hunter
Ella Jarman
Ana Kasper
Elijah Lawrence
Amalie Macnaughtan
William Medland
Mathe Mikaberidze
Yana Popova
Bronte Sandwell-Moore
Amalia Sgoumpopoulou
Georgie Simson
Isabella Soboda
Annie Utzschneider
Rebecca Valean
Gayaneh Vlieghe
Photography ~ Aurélien de Bonnefon
• The Full Cup
A short film written and directed by Jamie Bradley
B&W digital film, 2015
Duration 15:02
The film focuses on a young Russian man's introduction to an ancient Roman drinking cup, housed in a London museum.
As the cyber-bullying of his gay friends in Moscow escalates, the ancient artifact’s overt queer tone sheds new light on his situation and forces him to question his own sense of shame and liberation within a fledgling relationship.
Cast ~
Rodrigo Penalosa
Alex Palmer
Tom Edden
Matthew Morris
Woody Fox
Screened at the Mexico Film Festival 2015
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Stills from The Full Cup. 2015• Provok’d: A Restoration
Guildhall/Barbican, 2019
~ A theatre piece concieved, devised and written by Jamie Bradley with GSMD actors
As a group of actors come together to rehearse period scenes, a rising sense of anarchy bubbles up as they question which stories deserve to be retold.
Restoration Comedy collides with original rap and hip hop, challenging the parallels between a vicious and vibrant moment in theatrical history and a contemporary questioning of sexuality, gender politics and race.
Guardian pick of ‘Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online’ 2020
I just had the joy and privilege of watching Provok’d... passionate, egoless, important. ~ Julie Hesmondhalgh
Video:
Jamie Bradley ~ director/writer
Vicki Igbokwe ~ choreographer & associate director
Jess Curtis ~ designer
Matt Daw ~ lighting designer
Peter Buffery ~ sound designer
Cast:
Daniel Adeosun
Deborah Bahi
Brandon Bassir
David Buttle
Sophie Doyle
Emily Fairn
Connor Finch
Mackenzie Heynes
Cory Hippolyte
Martyn Hodge
Anya Jaya
Shaka Kalokoh
Chirag Benedict Lobo
Lucy Mabbitt
Bella Maclean
Anele Mahamba
Joe Pitts
Jasmine Thomas
Emanuel Vuso
Photography ~ Mihaela Bodlovic