Lenny has risen from being a cult star on children’s television to becoming one of Britain’s best known television performers, as well as a writer, philanthropist and award-winning stage actor.

Recent acting credits include: ‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’, ‘Rings of Power’, ‘Broadchurch’, ‘The Syndicate’ and the biographic film ‘Danny and The Human Zoo’.

In theatre, Lenny has starred in ‘The Comedy of Errors’ at The National Theatre, ‘Fences’ at the Duchess Theatre and ‘The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui’ at the Donmar Warehouse.

As a co-founder and public face of Comic Relief he has played a central role in the charity raising over £1 billion since 1985. Lenny is a leading advocate for diversity in the arts and has established a centre for Media Diversity at Birmingham City University, written two books on the topic and co-hosted the podcast Black British Lives Matter. He was awarded a Knighthood in 2015 for services to drama and charity and was a Trustee of the National Theatre from 2016 to 2023.

Lenny has written two memoirs’ with Faber alongside a series of children’s books published through Pan Macmillan. In 2023, his “innovative” ITV1 drama series, Three Little Birds; received critical acclaim as did his five star, one man play ‘August in England’ which Lenny wrote and performed in at The Bush Theatre.

Lenny is currently setting up his new drama production company Esmerelda with the support of Banijay.

Daniel Bailey is a Director, Dramaturg and Writer for stage and screen. He is currently Associate Artistic Director at the Bush Theatre, London, having joined the team in 2019. Prior roles include Associate Director at Birmingham Rep Theatre (after initially joining as part of the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme), Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio, Associate Artist at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Resident Assistant Director at The Finborough Theatre, and on the Young Vic’s directing programme.

Directing credits at the Bush Theatre includes: Beru Tessema’s ‘Wolves On Road’; Lenny Henry’s ‘August In England’ (co-directed with Lynette Linton) Spring 2023; ‘Red Pitch’ by Tyrell Williams (Stage Debut Award Winner 2022) in 2022 and 2023; and Temi Wilkey’s ‘The High Table’ (Stage Debut Award winner 2020).

In 2024 Daniel made his West End debut as ‘Red Pitch’ transferred to @SohoPlace and he has been nominated for Best Creative West End Debut at The Stage Debut Awards 2024. His production of ‘I Wonder If’ (presented with YV Taking Part) had a run at the Young Vic Theatre in late 2022 before going on a community tour, and Daniel was the Creative Associate on the UK Premiere of ‘Bootycandy’ at Gate Theatre.

Recent credits at The Rep includes: Joe Penhall’s ‘Blue Orange’, ‘Concubine; Stuff’, I Knew You’, ‘Abuelo, Jump! We’ll Catch You’, ‘Made In India/britain’, and ‘Exhale’.

His film and TV director credits include: ‘Dropped’ (Mothers Best Child/Ch4), ‘Malachi’ (S.E.D), ‘Floating on Clouds’ (Kingdom Entertainment Group) and ‘Y.O.L.O. THERAPY’ (S.E.D).

Arvind Ethan David is a writer and producer whose career started when he was still a student and adapted the Douglas Adams’ novel ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ as a play and the great science fiction author came to see it, and took Arvind under his wing,  Since then:

Television work includes: serving as an Executive Producer on ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ for Netflix and BBC America and writing on ‘Anansi Boys’ for Amazon Studios.

Arvind’s audio work includes: the chart-topping Audible Originals: ‘Earworms’ and ‘The Crimes of Dorian Gray’, and the forthcoming ‘Douglas Adams: Explaining the World’ for Pushkin Industries.

Graphic Novels include:  ’Trouble is my Business’,  ’Darkness Visible’ (Stoker Nominated, written with Mike Carey) and ‘Gray’, his reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’.

In theatre, Arvind wrote additional material and produced ‘The Infidel – the Musical’ with David Baddiel and Erran Baron Cohen and is also a lead producer of the Tony & Grammy winning musical ‘Jagged Little Pill’.

Arvind is a principal of the production company Prodigal, where he has produced eight feature films including the Asian Academy Award winning ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’.

The Boy with Wings is his first play for children.

Laura has worked nationally and internationally as a Theatre Set and Costume Designer for more than twenty years. She has a specialism in designing for younger audiences and this work has included designs for a range of companies including the RSC, English National Opera, Polka Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Can’t Sit Still, Nottingham Playhouse and York Theatre Royal. Her designs for the stage have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Most recently her work has toured to Broadway, New York and Singapore.

In addition to designing for theatre Laura has undertaken a range of projects designing interactive spaces for young people. Most recently this included the RIBA award nominated designs for the public spaces at Polka Theatre, London, in collaboration with Foster Wilson Architects. She is passionate about making spaces that allow room to play and imagine and that promote inclusivity and well being.

Khalil Madovi is a 27-year-old music artist, composer, writer, actor and filmmaker. He emerged in 2012 with a hit TV series and has since embarked on a diversified career in arts and entertainment, working with the likes of Channel 4, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and more. The BAFTA winning south London native is currently shooting his self-written and directed serialised musical drama, ’27 CLUB’, which, having debuted in 2024, will continue to release this year.

Theatre credits include: ‘Animal Farm’ (Theatre Royal Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse); ‘G’ (The Royal Court); ‘Red Pitch’ (@Soho Place & Bush Theatre) for which he received an Offie nomination; ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’ (Nouveau Riche); ‘Can I Live?’ (Complicité and The Barbican); ‘Revealed’ (Belgrade Theatre, Tobacco Factory Theatre); ‘SOUNDCLASH!’ (Edinburgh Fringe); ‘Brenda’s Got A Baby’ (Nouveau Riche and New Diorama Theatre); and ‘This Is What The Journey Does’ (The Old Vic).

Gillian is a multi-disciplinary designer, working across lighting and video for various theatrical, immersive and interactive experiences.

Theatre credits include: ‘Mind Mangler’ (Apollo Theatre, New World Stages – New York, Virgin Cruises, UK Tour); ‘Elephant’ (Bush Theatre); ‘A Playlist for the Revolution’ (Bush Theatre), ‘South Pacific’ (Chichester Festival Theatre, Sadlers Wells & UK Tour); ‘Cabaret Royale’ (Gaillard Center, Charleston USA); ‘The Body Remembers’ (Fuel), ‘Black Love’ (Paines Plough & Belgrade Theatre Coventry production, in Association with tiata fahodzi); ‘Really Big & Really Loud’ (Paines Plough & Belgrade Theatre Coventry production); ‘Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts’, ‘Cinderella – The Awesome Truth’ (Polka), ‘Alyssa’, ‘Memoirs of A Queen’ (Vaudeville Theatre); ‘Aisha and Abhaya’ (Royal Ballet/Rambert); ‘Majestique’ (Skråen); ‘The Song Project – Is In Our Blood’ (Royal Court Theatre); ‘4.48 Psychosis’ (revival. Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Opera House); ‘La Soirée’ (Aldwych Theatre/Southbank Centre/Skråen); ‘Coraline’ (Barbican Theatre/Royal Opera House); ‘Tamburlaine’ (Arcola Theatre); ‘Invisible Treasure’ (Ovalhouse Theatre); ‘Crocodiles’ (Royal Exchange, Manchester).

Film credits include: NYX and Gazelle Twin Present: ‘Deep England’, a performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Held Momentarily (RAM). She is the recipient of the Unreal Engine Fellowship & founding member of Rising Waves (BESEA mentorship scheme).