THEATRE

GrimeBoy

In 2019 Casey was part of the country’s first programme designed to develop the presentation of spoken word poetry in theatre: Poetic Theatre Makers, a twelve-week workshop series produced by Apples and Snakes in collaboration with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and led by theatre makers Chris Thorpe and Somalia Seaton. 

The work that has come out of this project is a theatre piece called GrimeBoy. GrimeBoy tells the story of a inner city teenage who is desperate to be the greatest grime mc, with one eye on the impact of environment on aspirations. If Kano grew up in the Cotswolds and went to Oxford University, would he be the Prime Minister now? GrimeBoy has been commissioned by the Birmingham Rep.

GrimeBoy ran from 14/04/22 to 30/04/22 before starting in a community tour.

GrimeBoy Reviews

Gripping GrimeBoy - Bromsgrove Standard

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Birmingham Review

City of a Thousand Trades

In 2021 I had the privilege of collaborating with Miguel Altunaga (Choreographer), Madeleine Kludje (Director) and Mathias Coppen (Composer) to create Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘City of a Thousand Trades’

Bush Emerging Writers. Group 2019/20

Following this Casey has been selected to be a member of The Bush Theatre’s 2019/2020 Emerging Writers’ Group. The Emerging Writers’ Group is a programme for writers who are at early stages in their careers. It aims to support writers over a sustained period of time and help encourage work on a new full length play.

The 2019/2020 cohort is listed here, go and check them out!

• Will Jackson

• Natasha Simone

• Tife Kusoro

• Ava Wong Davies

• Benedict Lombe

• Casey Bailey

There will be opportunities to see theatre created by these writers in 2021/2022. Watch this space!