Shingai Shoniwa
& Dan Smith
Angie Le Mar
Trish Cooke
J B Rose
Writer and broadcaster Angie Le
Mar: "First Black Woman of Comedy"
Angie Le Mar's show
Author, writer and
actress Trish Cooke
Aladdin – co-authored
by Trish Cooke
Award-winning children's
book by Trish Cooke
J B Rose
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New
2Wave Patrons:
Shingai Shoniwa & Dan Smith (The Noisettes)
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Shingai
Shoniwa arrived in London from
Zimbabwe when she was 11 and joined Second Wave when she
was 12.
"My experiences led me to Second Wave. I'm so pleased to be a patron because
I know how important a place like Second Wave is. It gave me the freedom to be
myself."
Co-band member, Dan Smith was also a Second Waver and joined
at 17. Later as Associate Artists they created the musical Harmony
in Harlem,
produced by Second Wave in 2003 (see WAVE SHOWS).
Shingai says "I gained confidence at Wave as well as support, laughter,
and constructive criticism! That's where I honed my craft. It also gave me a
stage. All those performances mean I can perform anywhere! My advice to young
artists is to keep your head high. And don't be afraid to make the most of your
uniqueness... because that's your ticket!"
Trustee, Natasha Matthews, says "We support young artists so they can build
their careers. We're proud of Shingai and Dan and welcome their involvement."
Left, Shingai performing at Second Wave
in 1999 and 2003.
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Second
Wave writers fill British venues
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ANGIE
LE MAR www.angielemar.com
First
Black Woman of Comedy
‘Do You Know Where Your
Daughter Is?’,
written and produced by Angie Le Mar, packed out the Hackney
Empire in 2008 and the Albany in November 2009.
Angie started
her early career as a young performer at Second Wave and
from the age of 16 she developed her skills as a young
writer/performer and comedienne. At 18 the success of A
Slice of Life produced by Second Wave in 1987, took Angie on
a sell out tour in London and Amsterdam (published in Dead
Proud,
LIVE WIRE, Women’s Press, 1987). Angie went
on to create a sell out sketch show Funny Black Women on the Edge performed
at the Edinburgh Festival in 1994, followed by success with a run at Theatre
Royal Stratford East (1995).
Angie’s TV work has
included BBC's The Real McCoy,
and Get Up, Stand Up for
Channel 4,and acting in The Vagina Monologues (2002).
Her current radio show for Choice
FM, The Ladies Room, runs twice a week in a prime
evening slot. In 2001, she launched her own production
company, Straight To Audience,
to create new work to serve a growing international market
for vibrant black entertainment.
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TRISH
COOKE www.trishcooke.co.uk
Co-author of Aladdin at Stratford
East Theatre, 28 Nov 2009 –16 Jan 2010
Author, scriptwriter and actress Trish Cooke
first joined Second Wave when she was 21. Scenes from Backstreet
Mammy and No Place Like Home were
staged by Second Wave at the Albany 1987, and later published
in Second Wave’s anthology Dead Proud (LIVEWIRE,
1987). Second Wave went on to offer Trish a Writer’s
Residency and Commission supported by the Arts Council. At
the end of the residency Trish’s first full-length
play, Running Dream was produced
by Second Wave at the Albany in 1989. Running
Dream went on to be given a main stage production
at Stratford East (1993), and Backstreet Mammy was
produced by Temba at the Lyric Theatre (1989) and West Yorkshire
Playhouse (1991).
Since then, Trish’s writing career has
brought her awards for her children’s books (So
Much won the Kurt Maschler Award, She/WH Smith
and Smarties Under 5’s Book
Prize), and success in radio (credits include Luv
Dancin’, Single Plus One and Those
Old Metal Things). As well as gaining work
as a presenter and scriptwriter on the hit pre-school BBC
programme Playdays (BBC), Trish’s
TV writing credits include BBC’s EastEnders and
CBBC’s Tweenies.
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J
B ROSE www.jbrose.co.uk
King of the Castle, written
and produced by JB Rose currently opening at the Albany
in Dec 2009.
JB Rose joined Second Wave at the age
of 15, developing her talents as a young writer/performer
and singer/songwriter. At 17, following the success of A
Slice of Life produced by Second Wave in
1987, which she co-devised, as well as developing her career
as a singer/song writer, JB went on to train with the company
as Drama and Vocals Tutor. In 1996, she was commissioned
to write her first play Darker the Berry produced
by Second Wave at the Albany in 1996 (published in Young
Blood,
Aurora Metro, 1999).
JB went on to become Associate Director at Second Wave and
wrote Syreena’s
Song (1999) starring Dionne
Mitchell,
now performing in King of the Castle).
JB has been commissioned by BBC TV, Half Moon, and Immediate
Theatre. In 2004 she set up Tell Tarra,
a company to support the work of Black Playwrights. She is
currently working on a new commission for Second Wave.
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Noisettes Dan & Jamie with Talmud, who
remembered when Shingai had just started learning guitar
Shingai with Denise & Abigail (Wave
trustees)
Dan Smith rehearsing for Harmony in
Harlem at Second Wave in 2003
Dan at Second Wave
in 2003
Shingai rehearsing
for Harmony in Harlem at Second Wave in 2003
Shingai with Ade Ogundare-Ali
(Trustee)
Shingai with Ann Considine (Director) and Cheryl Brown
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