About this Event
How do we deal with discrimination in the industry? How do we sustain ourselves while attending castings and auditions? How to balance time? How do you navigate your own identity and principles when thinking about roles and acting opportunities?
All this and more in an open conversation about what it's like to work as global majority creatives in London.
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This panel discussion is a Bayanihan: Agency for the Arts Knowledge Exchange Seed Funded event in collaboration with London College of Music and London School of Film, Media and Design.
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PANEL
Angelo Paragoso
At 17, Angelo left the Philippines to do what he loves best – performing. He was a member of Repertory Philippines when he joined the original Dutch production of "Miss Saigon" in Holland in 1996. Angelo moved to the United Kingdom 5 years later. He has performed in various productions such as "The Reporter" (Royal National Theatre), "The King and I" (Royal Albert Hall), "Aladdin" (Theatre Royal Stratford East), and "Peter Pan" (Manchester Opera House).
Richard P. Peralta
Richard (they/he) is a Filipino-American playwright performer based in the UK. Recent work includes being a contributing playwright to Hear Me Now - Volume 2 (Titilola Dawudu, Tamasha Theatre), a collection of original audition pieces written by and for Global Majority actors; the lead role of Riz in new musical Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading about a Southeast Asian family navigating love and censorship; Peter Pan's shadow in Wendy and Peter Pan by Ella Hickson at Leeds Playhouse; and writer/lead of short film Champorado (Chocolate Rice) in conjunction with New Earth Theatre and E.D.E.N. Film Productions. Northern based, Richard identifies as Queer, lowercase deaf, nonbinary male, working class, immigrant. After a decades long career in counselling, psychology, and higher education, Richard is committing their time in the arts to stories raising representation.
Chris Reyes
Chris Reyes is a British-Filipino dance artist, choreographer & curator within the hip-hop theatre arts. Award winner of the People's choice award Vaults festival award 2018 and Nominee for emerging Choreographer by the Arts foundation UK awards in 2019, Chris has established himself to be one of London’s distinct hip hop theatre makers and up and coming creative leaders.
Jacqui Sanchez
Jacqui trained in Dance and Musical Theatre at the London Studio Centre and in Dance at the BRIT School. She is currently performing as Queen Iduna in Disney’s Original West End Cast of Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Her work has covered many aspects of the industry. She has been a Resident Director, Associate Choreographer, Movement Director, and Dance Captain, aiding the casting for companies such as Norwegian Cruise Lines, alongside her work performing as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Puppeteer, and Voice Actor. As a performer, she has been privileged to be part of Original UK casts and transfers, as well as be involved in the development of new works and the reimaginings of existing work. Most recently, she has been part of a workshop centring on Filipinx political issues for New Earth via the National Theatre New Works department. At the other end of the spectrum she has worked as a singer for Norwegian Cruise Lines and is also a working Voice Actor.
Joyce Veheary
Joyce has been an actor for 15+ years working in Theatre, TV, Film and cast in many corporate and commercial campaigns. She has experience working with casting directors and spent over 10+ years with an actors’ cooperative, working as a cooperative actor/agent; receiving hundreds of applicants’ letters, reviewing graduate shows and showreels.
Now with a traditional agent, Joyce continues to work as an actor and has helped many of her actor peers streamline their cover letters, spruce up their CVs and find successful new representation.
Last year she founded creative community Pinxy Creatives with fellow Filipinx/o actors, writers, directors and singers; Angelo Paragoso, Jacqui Sanchez and Richard P. Peralta. The initiative aims to elevate, educate and spotlight talent of creatives of the Filipinx diaspora within the UK and Ireland.
Moderator: Dr Giselle Garcia
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
WK.01.013 (33) (University of West London, Warwick Building), Saint Mary's Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00