In November at The Southwark Playhouse we performed our play about the changes happening in Brixton London “Where Will We Live?” The Southwark Playhouse is a lovely theatre venue in Elephant and Castle. There are two theatre spaces, “The Large” and “The Little”. We were in The Little, feeling large because with just over one […]
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An amazing last few months! Shooting my second feature film with Tony Oldham and Blackstone Valentine, discovering Notting Hill Carnival. Freedom, Jumping Up with Mas With A Difference and the Eclipse Band, costumes beautifully made by Flora Nabena. So much pride and love in these two Carnival days. And rum (spot the flasks). Ayesha […]
Brixton – A Changing Face
Brixton – a changing face. It’s good, it’s bad. I was born in South London, Battersea started out school in Soho but we later moved to Kent (slightly different, less red lights). I returned to London after uni and lived all around finally ending up back in South London, Brixton. It’s felt like home but recently […]
Notting Hill Carnival 2015
CARNIVAL! Notting Hill Carnival will be here soon. Apart from going along to watch with mates over the years, Carnival, is not something I know much about. We don’t celebrate it in Ghana, I don’t really understand it. SO I am doing it! This year, I have been invited to learn about Carnival and experience it properly […]
Samba Across The Border
With all the news of migrants migrants migrants and advice to lock your doors before they sneak onto the back of your lorry…“Samba” is necessary gorgeousness. “Samba”, co written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is the story of Samba Cisse, a Senegalese migrant, and his fight to remain in France. He meets […]
The Story of Ebola
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress blog The Global Health Media Project. A new day. It is what we make of it. Those first flickers of waking can shake us, as we remember a dream, the past, our worries. But then, the day has begun and we have to decide how to proceed. One morning I woke […]
Face to Face Festival 2015
When I look at you face to face and share my stories, it confirms I am not alone. I have been creating solo shows since I left drama school in 2012. Going to a relatively unknown drama school, without accreditation (and which has since shut down), has given me wings of opportunity. The syllabus was […]
“Rebecca Sings” By Ayesha Casely-Hayford
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress blog My Granny Becky. My mum’s mum. A big warm laugh and a warrior’s strength. I love her so much that as a child, I took her name. I wanted to be as close to her as possible. My granny Becky is the grandparent I have always been closest too. She […]
2nd June 2015
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | actress blog Tuesday 2nd June! The ACT FOR CHANGE Project had its 2nd event – this time even bigger than before – we were at The National Theatre – sold out, star-studded. A massive amount of passion and energy filled the theatre. At times so emotional, particularly as Jenny Sealey of Graeae […]
Trust Strangers
Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress blog Trust – if you don’t have trust, you have nothing. If you don’t have trust it just won’t work. It is understandable that people like to keep working with people that they know and trust. We like to recruit from a college or uni that we are familiar with, from […]