Nikki Charlesworth

Nikki Charlesworth

Nikki Charlesworth is a recent graduate of Theatre Design, from Nottingham Trent University where she specialised in Puppetry. Nikki first met the team at Extraordinary Bodies when she worked on the ceremonies for the CPISRA World Games held in Nottingham in 2015. Since graduating Nikki has worked as a Theatre Designer, Puppeteer and Puppet Maker. … Continued

Helen Cherry

Helen Cherry

Currently training as a Dance Leader with Lancashire based, ‘Dance Syndrome,’ with whom she also performed at The Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. Along the way, Helen has honed her skills with local dance and drama groups, as well as finding employment as a TV and Film extra. When not performing, she is studying for her … Continued

Richard Headon

Richard Headon

Richard is best known with his work with Bristol based outdoor arts specialists Desperate Men where he is Co-artistic Director. Since 1995 he has performed, written, devised and directed numerous shows and large-scale outdoor theatre projects including Slapstick & Slaughter, The Nativity Cycle, Dancing Bear Cheese, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Rick, Dick and … Continued

Donna Williams

Donna Williams

Donna Williams is a deaf poet working in English and British Sign Language. Working with such different languages has inspired a deep interest in translation and how her work can be made accessible to signing and non-signing audiences. She has performed at festivals around the UK including the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as in America … Continued

Rebecca Solomon

Rebecca Solomon

Rebecca is a powerhouse aerialist and tutor, specialising in rope, straps and redefining storytelling standards in the air. After beginning her circus career at Greentop circus in Sheffield, she moved her training to Gravity in London, which lead to her standout performances as part of “Hive City Legacy” (part of the Australian Brief factory collective), … Continued

Milton Lopes

Milton Lopes

Milton Lopes, born in Cape Verde and grew up in Portugal. As an aerialist he performed in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony and in Extraordinary Bodies’s first show Weighting. He played the lead role Macheath in Bertolt Brecht’sThe Threepenny Opera, a co-production by Graeae, New Wolsey Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep. In 2016 Milton … Continued

Aislinn Mulligan

Aislinn Mulligan

This is Aislinn, slender, white, female, unknowable strength. Blue eyes and long brown hair.

Alfa Marks

Alfa Marks

This is Alfa, thin, mixed-race, muscular, small, limbs as fluid as running water.

Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo

This is Amelia, small, white, a bob with pink ends. Blind. She spies the future with vivid choice.