Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong
Location
Croydon, UK
Bio:
Cassiopeia is a director, writer and performer from Croydon, passionate about new writing in theatre and opera. Her creative practice focuses on collaborating with others to reimagine canonic material and creating original work which champions global majority voices. Music is an integral part of Cassi’s work and she’s always exploring new ways to enrich and expand how we tell stories through music on stage.
Cassiopeia’s portfolio of work encompasses writing, directing, devising, dramaturgy, performing, composing and workshop facilitation. She also regularly works in drama schools and higher education settings.
Cassiopeia studied Music at the University of York and then trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Music so musical storytelling is a cornerstone of her practice and she regularly works as a dramaturg on projects which include a musical element. Cassi is co-founder of Speaks of Rivers, a physical theatre company who use puppetry, spoken word and music to create original stories for young audiences.
Cassiopeia’s highlights as a performer include Caroline, or Change (West End); Into The Woods (Theatre Royal Bath); The Phantom of the Opera (UK Tour); and Just For One Day (Old Vic Theatre)
Cassiopeia’s debut play Shuck ’n’ Jive, co-written with Simone Ibbett-Brown, premiered at Soho Theatre and is published by Oberon Modern Plays, it also streamed as part of Soho’s first on-demand film festival.
Cassiopeia is excited to be creating a new work for babies, Home Song, a co-production between Talawa and Unicorn Theatre which will premiere in 2025.
Experience within the Industry:
6 plus years
Specialist:
- Actor - Straight /
- Musician /
- Songwriter /
- Singer Opera /
- Singer Musical Theatre /
- Scriptwriter /
- Screenwriter /
- Playwright /
- Performers /
- Musical Theatre Performer /
- Artistic Director /
- Lyricist /
- Jazz /
- Dramaturg /
- Director (plays) /
- Director (musicals) /
- Creatives /
- Composer /
- Assistant Director /
- Writer