Eljai Morais

She/Her

Founder, Director and Producer of Black Lives Natter CIC. Creative & Executive Producer of Black Joy & BLN-LIVE, including the SpeakEasy Series, Page-to-Stage, Po’JaM and Co’LaB & Black Lives Natter live shows and audio Podcasts.

Eljai Morais is a creative polymath, writer, actor, drag-king, poet, teacher cabaret performer, podcast host, silent-film maker, voice artist, and radical change maker for those unseen, unheard and unfelt.

Stephane Harivelo

He/Him

Musician and Singer-Songwriter…..

Josh Olusanya

He/Him

Josh is a Singer-Songwriter…

Sizterly Love

Take a minute to write an introduction that Olayinka Sobitan-Solomon

(Actor, Writer, Spoken-Word Artist & Choreographer)

Olayinka is an experienced and highly trained stage/ theatre, screen actor, writer,

singer-songwriter with a BA in Performing Arts and Musical Theatre and Business/HRM..

She also trained at Anna Scher Theatre and worked with DreamWorks as a dancer on the St

Pancras Renaissance Project and an opening dancer at O2 Greenwich. With over 10 years of

using the creative arts, acting, dancing, choreography, singing-songwriting and creative writing to

bridge the gap between young people and communities.

Further to this Olayinka, most recent work, producing her own show, “Last Sixth” also written/

produced, directed and performed by her, a 4hander; in ‘The Camden Fringe Festival August

2024, at ‘The CourtYard Theatre and ‘Rosemary Branch Theatre.

Also performing in Theatre In The Pound, New Works and Outspoken, Re-enchant (spoken word

festival) at Cockpit theatre.

Short films; On Way Out and Last Sixth. Currently working on R&D for my next production Date

& Time (working title) and a facilitator at Freshwater Theatre company.

Further to this, Olayinka Choreographed for ‘The Blues Brothers Grimm, Rapunzel and Hare and

Tortoise & other Aesop’s Fables, as well as played Aesop main role and ‘Yard Away Home’

(Windrush play for the 75 yrs anniversary) with Spontaneous Productions.

Worked with Hoo Ha House theatre company, R&D for musicals and performed in ‘Brave Face

and Friends’. As well as ‘Maktub theatre arts ‘Ubuntu’ and Torchwood 2000 series playing the

main role ‘Sabrina Miller’ ‘Fortuna Vega Studios and YouTube series, 4Play.

In addition to her songwriters publishing deal ‘Ninja Tune’ production and currently training at

Kingdom sch of Drama.

Olayinka is also a spoken Word/ poetry artist at Flo Vortex performing at Chelsea Theatre, The

Hide Away, The CLF Art Lounge, Black Lives Natter at Theatre Deli, also at Poet Behind The Mic

and many more.

She also performed in scratch nights at NDT (New Diorama Theatre).

Currently working on bringing my one woman show ‘Reply 2 All’ and also ‘Last Sixth’ production

to other theatres.

Working on my stage combat and stunt work also to add to my skills and talent, which lead to a

short superhero film.

Olayinka Sobitan-Solomon social handles-

@sizterlylove - my spokeword / singer songwriter handle (instagram/ TikTok/ Facebook/

YouTube/ twitter; X)

@theperformance_artist - My actors handle (instagram/ Facebook/ YouTube)

@lastsixthpro (TikTok) Last Sixth production page for Camden fringe festival 2024

https://linktr.ee/theperformanceartist121

I am Also raising money Go Fund Me-

https://gofund.me/362056c6

#donationchallenge go give and nominate someone to give too, Raising £456 so far.

Christine Dean

She/Her Host & Creator of Black Womens Wellness Podcast. Former family Lawyer & former Deputy Leader of the Womens Equality.

Christine is a former family lawyer working in HR for the Civil Service. Christine has always been passionate about fighting for women's equality and improving women's ability to be heard. Christine became politically active when she joined the Women's Equality Party in 2018. Christine has held various voluntary roles within the Party, culminating with her appointment as Deputy Leader responsible for Community and Connectedness in November 2020.

Christine’s term as Deputy Leader expired at the end of 2022, but her work on campaigns to improve black women's health and participation in the Black Women's Reproductive Health Project has inspired her to start a new project, the 'Black Women's Wellness Podcast'. Christine is excited to join the Black Lives Natter Podcast family, which is supporting her in launching her show.

Purrsia Kitt

Purrsia Kitt is an award nominated black, neurodivergent, queer, femme, international burlesque artiste with long term lived experience of hidden disabilities. Purrsia has performed and headlined on stages across the UK. Purrsia also produces the kink-positive cabaret “Fetlesque” which centres black artists who are also disabled and/or neurodivergent. Alongside performing and producing, she is a published model, writer and passionately advocates for visibility for other black neurodivergent artists who have so many rich and unique stories to share about the world from their perspective. Away from performance art, she has spent the last decade dedicated to working in autism specialist supportive roles and has a PGCert in Autism.

Purrsia’s publications include The Sassy Show (2023), O The Oprah Magazine (2016), Black Pinups Magazine (2017), Femme Rebelle Magazine (2017), Onyx Vintage Magazine (2018). Purrsia also featured in the documentary “From a Place of Love” which was developed and produced by Tate Exchange and UK Black Pride in response to an exhibition of Zanele Muholi's artwork and focusing on QTIPOC visibility (2020). Another milestone during the pandemic was Purrsia’s first feature in an exhibition titled A Glimpse of Kink, which included images of her taken by Venus Raven (2021). She has since been featured in the "Queer Joy" exhibition (2023) and has featured on podcasts and panel discussions to highlight how art, race, gender , neurodivergence and disability inform her creative practice.

Purrsia’s artistic expression externalises the legitimacy of loving your sexuality and kinks. She creates her work by daydreaming, writing, drawing, dancing in studios or at home, recording herself and layering all the work together after endless hours of decision making. Purrsia's act repertoire is a testament to her authenticity and on stage she invites you into her world, teasing your senses while also making you pay attention to important narratives. Purrsia's sensual performances celebrate the beauty and genderless fluidity of divine feminine energy. With her dangerously divine stage presence and sultry feline energy, Purrsia will leave you hypnotized. She is undoubtedly the Kinky Feline Goddess of Burlesque.

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