Luan Blake is the artistic director of Ragroof Theatre. She has performed with Company Collisions (‘Medea’, ‘La Petite Morte’, ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘The Constant Tin Soldier’) and Periplum Tree (‘Crowley’). She recently collaborated with French street theatre company cercle de la litote as part of the On Festival in the Streets of Brighton 2005. Also in 2005 she was involved with writing and directing Ragroof’s large community play based on the reminiscences of local people about the floods on Canvey Island in 1953, ’12 Ft Under – A Town in the Sea’.
Marion Duggan is an artist, performer and co-director of Ragroof Theatre. Marion is the other half of the writing and directing team for ‘A Town in the Sea’, a Heritage Lottery funded community play for Canvey Island, which gave her the opportunity to develop her work in reminiscence sessions and highlighted for her the joy and beauty of using these shared memories as a starting point for a project. She has continued her work with young people, teaching Jive, leading drama and art workshops, and project managing a Borough-wide citizenship for younger children scheme across Newham in East London. Marion has also devised and performed with Dirty Methods (BAC, ‘How to be a Lover’).
Ivan Fabrega is a performer, dancer, disc jockey and co-director
of Ragroof Theatre. Ivan has trained in acrobatics, dance and performance skills
at the Circus Space, London; Fool Time, Bristol and Chalon sur Saone, France.
He has trained in clown with Gerry Flannagan & Mick Barnfather and in eccentric
dance with Barry Grantham. He is also the co-founder of the following theatrical
companies: High Rise Rubber (1991); Martinez & Fabrega (1998); Speakeasy
Theatre (2002). Currently Ivan manages and plays trombone in Fat 45, an 11-piece
jump jive band.
Anna Symes is an artist, performer and a co-director of Ragroof Theatre. Anna comes from a broad background in dance and visual art; she has trained in Ballet and specializes in Jive and Argentine Tango. She has also performed and collaborated with other Brighton- and London-based theatre companies Periplum Tree, Company: Collisions (‘The Constant Tin Soldier’), The People Show and The 5th Wheel. She performs with Scarletine Delight, a burlesque troupe, and has a keen interest in creating exciting, outdoor and site-specific theatre. Anna also teaches Jive with her dance partner Matthew Blacklock and supports Ragroof and Company:Collisions in Tour Booking, Marketing and Administration.
Collaborting Artists
Ben Blake, Mimi Hansmann, Dorothy Max Prior, Flick Ferdinando, Dan McGarry, Tom Adams, Terry O’Donovan, Matthew Blacklock, Nick Jesper, Jude Barrington Smuts, Katie Etheridge, Zoe Charles, Marcus Ripley, Claire Davies, Juliett Russell, Al Boorman, Sama Mara, Tanushka Marah, Laurence Potter, Tash G Allan, Swervy World (Stephane Spitz), Nick Spice, Dave Chameleon, Tara Gould, The Village Disco, Ellan Parry, Claire Bonnet and Tamineh Dhondy.