WRITER
WRITER
Lyndhurst Memories (2024)
Lyndhurst Memories follows CJ as he returns to the estate he grew up on, revisiting the Washyard, a childhood sanctuary now erased by time. As CJ navigates conflicting memories and the reality of the estate’s transformation, he grapples with questions of identity, loss, and the power of place. What happens when the space that shaped you no longer exists, and how do you move forward from that?
Performance dates:
TBC
WRITER
Nanny’s Home (2022 – 2024)
Set in a right to buy council flat, Nanny arrives fresh from Jamaica but nothing matches her expectations. Soon, buried secrets from the nanny’s past resurface, threatening to shatter the fragile peace of the household. The revelation of her biggest secret sets off a chain reaction of family drama, igniting tensions that have long simmered beneath the surface.
Performance dates:
Criterion Theatre, Oct 2022 (Extract)
EDITOR & PRODUCER
FORGOTTEN KEY WORKERS (2021)
For many, the world seemed to stop in March 2020 and they had to stay at home. Others were forced to risk their health and continue to work. This is the story of those who kept the world turning but didn’t get a clap.
Following their sold-out show Constructed, Lightpost Theatre Company have spoken to the forgotten key workers to investigate how different groups were affected by the Covid crisis and what needs to change. Overworked shop assistants, delivery drivers on a deadline, taxi drivers in a tight spot, vets continuing to save lives…uncover the hidden stories of people navigating their way through the pandemic.
Forgotten Key Workers is part of BEDLAM Arts & Mental Health Festival 2021.
Performance dates:
Birmingham Repertory theatre, Nov 2021
WRITER/CO-DIRECTOR
CONSTRUCTED (2021)
“This whole brotherhood thing, the banter, the laughs. That’s what I live for… I’m not prepared to give it up. This place. This team…”
As a group of dedicated construction workers face the prospect of yet another temporary site manager on their failing construction site, tempers flare as they struggle to find a way to work their way up when their company seems determined to keep them down.
When thousands of pounds worth of tools are stolen, relationships are strained even further and company manager Marlon decides to bring his son onto the site as an ‘undercover’ apprentice. As fingers are pointed and paranoia sets in, the brotherhood of co-workers are tested to their absolute limits.
What’s hiding behind the banter and will anyone speak up?
Performance dates:
Birmingham Repertory theatre, May 2021
WRITER
THE FISHMONGER
(2018-19)
‘The Coasters’ is a deeply human play set in the heart of Birmingham, which offers an authentic insight into Black British working-class culture that speaks directly to the community it represents. The play deals with the decline of one character’s mental health as a byproduct of his poor socioeconomic status, which leads to his challenging family dynamics. With the coasters themselves acting as a metaphor for those things handed down to us – good and bad – our heritage and the things we fight for, this story highlights one man’s struggle to understand the world around him.
Performance dates:
Brockley Jack New Writing Scratch Night, Dec 2018
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, November 2019
Soho Theatre, Tamasha Theatre Company New Writing Scratch Night, December 2019
WRITER
BRake LIGHTS, extract
(2018)
Break Lights is set in Small Heath, Birmingham UK, where there is a growing Eritrean community. With Brexit looming, I wanted to create a piece that would resonate, and develop a story around issues of immigration, love, loyalty and most of all what it means to be human in an increasingly dehumanised world.
Performance dates:
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, June 2018
City University Showcase, July 2018
WRITER
SHADOWS (2017)
★★★★★
BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL
“SHADOWS IS SMART AS HELL” David James, London City Nights
Shadows explores the lives of three black inmates who have been placed in the same cell at Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, UK. The play, written by CJ Lloyd Webley and directed by Kevin Michael Reed, presents a bold, fresh take on the problematic interplay of race, crime, family and culture in the United Kingdom.
Edmund (David Monteith), the calm fatherly presence, who been in and out of prison from an early age tries to assert his dominance over the others through his knowledge of black history. Balak (Pharaon El-Nur) appears to be the most level headed, a forthright secondary school History teacher, but can’t to let go of his dark past. Chase (David Isiguzo) is the youngest and has great potential, however, refuses to listen to his voice of reason and puts himself at risk of losing everything he’s worked for.
Performance dates:
Theatro Technis, London, Dec 2017
WRITER
WHITE SPIRIT, Extract
(2014)
The home is undergoing some maintenance; builders have left equipment in and around the house. A bottle of White Spirit is left on the dining table amongst bottles of water. The Father has had to attend a funeral out of town and will not be back until the weekend. Emma is contacted during the day to make sure the house is safe of any maintenance equipment that could potentially harm Joe, who is blind.
Emma claims she has not received a phone call and has no credit. An answer has been left on the home phone, but everyone is too preoccupied to take time out and listen to what it says. Joe tries on numerous occasions to get them to listen to the voice message but they don’t. The initial feelings towards Emma are quite vague to begin with. We later find out that she is actually being bullied and has restored to self-harm. She confides in her older brother James.
James is going through a hard time, as he has separated from his girlfriend who won’t let him see his children. Meanwhile, Joe decides to have a bottle of water, but mistakes this for the bottle of white spirit.
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