- Associate Director Marley-Rose Liburd - Associate Movement Director Hanna Dimtsu - Candlelight Designer Azusa Ono - Casting Associate Alice Walters - Casting Director Becky Paris CDG - Co-Composer Conrad Murray - Co-Composer John Pfumojena - Designer Paul Wills - Dialect Aundrea Fudge - Director Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu - Dramaturg and Cultural Consultant Somebody Jones - Fight Director Sam Lyon-Behan - Intimacy Director Raniah Al-Sayed - Movement Director Tanaka Bingwa - Rehearsal Co-Musical Director Conrad Murray - Rehearsal Co-Musical Director John Pfumojena - Voice John Pfumojena - Writer Chadwick Boseman - Singer/ Ensemble Aaron Alexander - Beatboxer/ Ensemble Nadine Rose Johnson - Beatboxer/ Ensemble Khai Shaw - Singer/ Ensemble Khalil Madovi Ensemble / Cover - Maxwell Chartey and Ryn Alleyne AZURE - Selina Jones ·       DEEP - Jayden Elijah ·       TONE - Elijah Isaiah Cook ·       ROSHAD - Justice Ritchie ·       SK GOOD - Aminita Francis ·       SK EVIL - Imani Yahshua ·       Our COVERS are Ryn Alleyne and Maxwell Chartey
Reviews::
The Rendition:
"Deep watches his post-death world as a spectator, and the play narrates the events surrounding and following his death whilst occasionally transporting us back into his life. It is through his girlfriend Azure that we gain the most intimate access to who he was. Azure (Selina Jones) is, without question, the star of the show.
Jones brings a rare interiority to the role. What makes Jones' performance so remarkable is that she carries all of this, the grief, the harm, the internalised doubt, and still makes the end of the first half one of the most moving things I have seen on a stage in some time. . "
The Guardian:
"Jones is astounding in the intensity of her performance, in her character’s anguish and interludes of movement."
Upcoming Theatre:
"A moment in which Azure becomes overwhelmed by idealised, airbrushed images on the cover of Vogue culminates in an unforgettable, visceral performance of bodily contortions from Jones. At the end of Act One, her screams reverberate through the candlelit theatre long after the hum of the ensemble has dissipated."
All That Dazzles:
"The strongest element of Deep Azure is the cast, most notably Azure herself. Selina Jones has the most to do in the show, and goes on a journey of extremes with her anguish, confusion, sorrow and heartbreak, testing Jones’ capabilities - a challenge she more than rises to. A painful breakdown towards the end of Act One and a surprising response to a crucial moment in Act Two make her performance continuously exciting and captivating."
Dipo Baruwa-Etti | Writer Taio Lawson | Director Garen Abel Unokan | Assistant Director Rosie Elnile | Designer Ciaran Cunningham | Lighting Designer George Dennis | Sound Designer Robia Milliner | Movement Director Rianna Azoro | Costume Supervisor Briony Barnett | Casting Director Yarit Dor | Fight Director Wabriya King | Production Dramatherapist Tammy Rose | Production Manager Julia Nimmo | Company Stage Manager Farideh Didehvar | Assistant Stage Manager
Awards and reviews:
WINNER - Black British Theatre Award for Lead Female Actor in a Play 2022
* * * * | Evening Standard
"The sinewy body language that Jones deploys as Itan, and the way Kayode’s anguish manifests in physical contortions, are also eloquent.[...] Selina Jones was one of the beneficiaries of the Evening Standard’s Future Theatre Fund in 2021, given during the pandemic to support emerging talents in association with TikTok and in partnership with the National Youth Theatre. Here she fully justifies the judges’ faith in her abilities. "
* * * * | Time Out
"Soon, Kayode (Fode Simbo) is literally wrestling with his demon, Itan (Selina Jones). Jones has a physicality that’s mesmerizing to watch. Her fingers wave like seaweed or transform into claws that interlace with Kayode's own shaking hands, as they speak in a cryptic language of their own. ‘I am history’, she tells him"
* * * * * | The Rendition
"Kayode’s depression is anthropomorphised through the character of Itan, and we see a haunting and extremely visual depiction of his battle. She taunts and tricks him, with an almost serpent like seduction, leading him to believe that they are bound - there is no him without her. They communicate in a language that only the two of them understand, however meaning is not lost. In the absence of language, movement and expression fill the gap."
Clarisse Makundul | Writer Ebenezer Bamgboye | Director Niall McKeever | Set and costume design Arnim Friess | Lighting and video design Max Pappenheim | Sound design Rose Ryan | Movement Director Gregoire Colin | Dramaturg Laure Bachelier-Mazon | Dramaturg Olivia Wolfenden | Stage manager Clarisse Makundul Productions | Producer Adam Jefferys | Production Manager Natalia Alvarez | Costume Supervisor