Assistant Director On POSITIVE Southwark Playhouse Borough

Year

2025

Theatre

Southwark Playhouse

Period

1-week

Llyrio Boateng served as Assistant Director for POSITIVE, a new play by Temi Majekodunmi, directed by Robert Awosusi. The production ran to sold-out audiences at Southwark Playhouse Borough as part of the Forge Festival.

Throughout the process, Boateng supported the director from initial read-throughs through to technical rehearsals. The wider collaborative team on the project included Mwansa Phiri, Daniel Ahenkorah, and Simon Castle from Visual Sauce.

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CAST

Malachi Antonio

Malachi

Kojo Quainoo

Ade

Team & Production

Temi Majekodunmi

Writer

Robert Awosusi

Director

Llyrio Boateng

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Tanaka Bingwa

Movement DIRECTOR

malakaï  sargeant

DRAMATURG

Amanda Ramasawmy

SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER

Esther Kehinde Ajayi

SOUND DESIGNER

Alex Forey

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tommy Ross-Williams

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

Leonora Nicholson

STAGE MANAGER

Mwansa Phiri

Lead Producer

Simon Castle

Engagement Producer

Daniel Ahenkorah

Engagement Coordinator

Emmanuella Damptey

Assistant Producer

Kizzi Barazetti

Communications Lead

Play director in London Southwark Playhouse