A dimly lit stage, soft orange light and smoke. Four performers together in the centre. One performer is sat on the floor with their legs splayed out. They're holding onto a trapeze. The others around them are comforting them and helping them let go of the trapeze bar.

Cast & Creative Team

Cast for Human: the film version

Tilly: a white woman in her twenties with shoulder-length brown hair tied up and a stud on the right side of her nose. She is smiling brightly at the camera.
Tilly Lee-Kronick
Devising Performer and Singing Performer

Tilly Lee-Kronick

A trapeze artist, dancer and singer, she often combines skills to sing and dance in the air. She has performed nationally and internationally for companies such as Cirque Bijou, Stumble Dance Circus and Full Tilt Aerial, starred in Metta Theatre’s Little Mermaid in a national tour and London run. She has also toured her own solo circus-theatre show Ripe, directed by Mish Weaver.

Her first experience with Extraordinary Bodies was in their collaboration with the ParaOrchestra, performing Terry Riley’s ‘In C’; then What Do You See In Me?, performing aerial in her front doorway from a pull-up bar and recording audio description. She is now a cast member of Human.

Working for Extraordinary bodies has provided unforgettable opportunities and introduced her to incredible artists. It has informed her approach to making circus and taught her to interrogate her expectations of working in an integrated company. She looks forward to continuing to develop her practice as an aerialist, and to push the boundaries of what circus can be in order to make relatable and touching work.

Tilly: a white woman in her twenties with shoulder-length brown hair tied up and a stud on the right side of her nose. She is smiling brightly at the camera.
Jonny: a white male in his late twenties with a stubbly beard and a large floof of dark hair on top. He uses a manual wheelchair with a stout body and long arms. He smiles brightly at the camera.
Jonny Leitch
Devising Performer

Jonny Leitch

Jonny is a proud member of the Extraordinary Bodies company, having worked on What Am I Worth? and Human as a drummer, aerialist and sound designer. Jonny has also played at Glastonbury Festival with Paraorchestra as a percussionist for the Love Unlimited Synth Orchestra and has worked on several projects with Graeae theatre company as a drummer and composer. Jonny is proud to have also performed with Extraordinary Bodies in What Do You See In Me? and Terry Riley’s In C, a collaboration with Paraorchestra.

“Working with Extraordinary Bodies is always glorious. They explore movement in new and exciting ways and have given me access to a network of amazing creative talent that have helped me move forward in my career as a performer, aerialist, drummer and sound designer. My professional ambitions for the future are to work on bigger and more ground-breaking projects, to explore the world of access in creative and innovative ways, and continue to support and represent the disability movement in the arts industry.”

www.leitchdrums.com / www.instagram.com/leitchdrums / www.twitter.com/leitchdrums

Jonny: a white male in his late twenties with a stubbly beard and a large floof of dark hair on top. He uses a manual wheelchair with a stout body and long arms. He smiles brightly at the camera.
Rebecca: a woman in her twenties with light brown skin and beautifully untameable afro hair. She wears a green and red headwrap twisted around her head. She is smiling brightly at the camera.
Rebecca Solomon
Devising Performer

Rebecca Solomon

Rebecca has worked devising shows such as Hive City Legacy and Sisterhood Of The Ring and has most recently created a semi-autobiographical show, Second-hand Child which was part of the together season at The Crucible theatre in Sheffield. She has previously been in Extraordinary Bodies family show Splash!, as well as a mentor for their digital commissions and a facilitator for Skylight Circus as part of Connecting Communities that ran alongside the development of Human.

She hopes to create and direct more aerial theatre in her home of Sheffield, building work to include communities that have traditionally been excluded from being on stage and behind the scenes in the decision making processes.

www.createdbysolomon.com

Rebecca: a woman in her twenties with light brown skin and beautifully untameable afro hair. She wears a green and red headwrap twisted around her head. She is smiling brightly at the camera.
John: a white, Irish male. He has dark hair with a Kiss curl on the forehead. He always wears short sleeved t-shirts, and is an electric wheelchair user with studded seatbelt. He wears a padlock on a chain as a necklace. He is smiling brightly at the camera.
John Kelly
Devising Performer (On Screen) and Singing Performer

John Kelly

John is a professional vocalist, musician, performer and song-writer working in the UK and internationally. His performance experience is extensive; he has completed 8 national and international tours in the last seven years with Graeae Theatre Company’s Reasons To Be Cheerful and The Threepenny Opera, Extraordinary Bodies’ What Am I Worth? and his band Rockinpaddy.

John is also a qualified facilitator and coach, particularly in the music education sector, and is part of Drake Music’s Think 22 project supporting the sector to develop inclusive practice. John is a National Associate Artist for both Drake Music and Extraordinary Bodies.

John: a white, Irish male. He has dark hair with a Kiss curl on the forehead. He always wears short sleeved t-shirts, and is an electric wheelchair user with studded seatbelt. He wears a padlock on a chain as a necklace. He is smiling brightly at the camera.

Creative team for Human: the film version

Steven: a white man with ear-length, wavy, brown hair and a brown stubble beard, wearing a dark blue t-shirt. He is standing outside, smiling softly at the camera, the sun touching the top of his head.
Steven Lake
Co-Director

Steven Lake

Steven Lake is a Peabody nominated documentary producer based out of Bristol, UK. He is the producer of Cinema Eye nominated film Roll Red Roll (Netflix, BBC, POV – PBS), which premiered at Tribeca 2018, screened at over 40 international festivals and went on to have a theatrical run in the US. The film was called ‘essential viewing’ – Hollywood Reporter, ‘Raw and pressing’ – Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, was Critic’s Pick for The New York Times and has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was the season opener for POV’s 32 season before being launched worldwide on Netflix. His feature debut documentary, Drying for Freedom (Amazon Prime) was the winner of Climate Week’s Best Artistic Response Award.

Steven is the producer of the Doc Society, BFI funded documentary short Another Kind of Paradise (VICE) and Anonymous Comes To Town, made in collaboration with The Guardian, TFI and Gucci Foundation.

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Melissa Aston-Munslow
Co-Director

Melissa Aston-Munslow

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Monika (Jastrzebska) Davies
Director of Photography and Editor

Monika (Jastrzebska) Davies

Monika is part of the BFI NETWORK and BAFTA Crew 2021. Her work has been selected at BAFTA accredited festivals such as Aesthetica, Open City Doc, IDFA, Sheffield Doc Fest, and London Short Film Festival, Encounters and many more.
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The Circle – Documentary, with elements of dance and movement has been Long Listed for Bafta Best British Short Film and accepted to Encounters; an Oscar-qualifying festival. It has won awards at LIFF2019 and the prestigious Film the House – parliamentary award for Best UK Short. It recently premiered at The Guardian.
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Her most recent work includes Half breed – a cinematic film of stage performance for Soho Theatre and HARM – a feature film based on a stage play for Bush theatre. Both films have been broadcast on BBC4, and HARM received the highest viewing figures for the whole BBC Lights Up season.

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Alex Daniels
Camera Operator

Alex Daniels

Amir Aal
Camera Assistant

Amir Aal

Giada Sponzilli
Camera Trainee

Giada Sponzilli

Emma Rhodes
DIT and Assistant Editor

Emma Rhodes

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Glen Yard
Location Sound Recordist

Glen Yard

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Thea Woodrow
Runner

Thea Woodrow

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David Ellington
BSL Translation and Performer

David Ellington

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Sula Gleeson
BSL Translator

Sula Gleeson

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Willie Elliot
Audio Describer

Willie Elliot

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Chris Ng’ang’a
Captioner

Chris Ng’ang’a

Hatti Rees
Captioner

Hatti Rees

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Paula Birtwhistle
Production Manager

Paula Birtwhistle

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Abi Hill
Company and Stage Manager

Abi Hill

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Dean Sudron
Technical Manager

Dean Sudron

Saul Baum
Rigger

Saul Baum

Georgia Burgess
Costume Designer

Georgia Burgess

Ted Barnes
Composer

Ted Barnes

Ted Barnes is a London based multi instrumentalist, songwriter, composer and maker. Best known for his work with songwriter Beth Orton, Ted co-wrote, recorded and played live with Beth for over ten years. As well as releasing four critically acclaimed solo albums he also formed the band Clayhill with long term collaborator Ali Friend (Red Snapper) and the late Gavin Clark (Sunhouse). Through this songwriting partnership he has provided soundtrack material for the films of Shane Meadows, from Dead Mans Shoes to This is England. Alongside writing and producing commercial library albums, Ted can be found collaborating with songwriters, playing in the “Mrs H and the Sing-along Band”, composing theatre and film soundtracks as well as devising and performing children’s theatre for the National Theatre, London. He has worked on three shows with Extraordinary Bodies including Weighting, What Am I Worth? and Human, both as a composer and member of the live band.

www.tedbarnes.info

Jonny: a white male in his late twenties with a stubbly beard and a large floof of dark hair on top. He uses a manual wheelchair with a stout body and long arms. He smiles brightly at the camera.
Jonny Leitch
Soud Designer

Jonny Leitch

Jonny: a white male in his late twenties with a stubbly beard and a large floof of dark hair on top. He uses a manual wheelchair with a stout body and long arms. He smiles brightly at the camera.
Odinn Ingibergsson
Sound Designer and Mastering

Odinn Ingibergsson

Headshot of James: A middle-aged man with grey hair, a white stubble beard, black-framed glasses. He is wearing a blue and white checked shirt and is smiling softly at the camera.
James Louden
Lighting Designer

James Louden

James Louden works as a lighting and production designer and specialises in contemporary dance and circus, as well as site specific arts and installation projects. Key projects include 20 plus years as the lighting designer and programmer for all Glastonbury Festival Circus Big Top acts, lighting designer for all Circolombia international shows, and design and programming for Pirates of the Carabina home and international productions.

His work with Extraordinary Bodies on the Human tour involved designing the lighting for the tour and programming it for theatre. He then adapted the design to work in subsequent theatres. He has worked previously with Extraordinary Bodies on the show What Am I Worth?

Working with Extraordinary Bodies has opened his eyes to the many rich and diverse stories of some very talented people who he might otherwise not have crossed paths with. He hopes to continue his work with Extraordinary Bodies and Cirque Bijou. He loves circus and the challenge and excitement of working with such skilled people to bring amazing shows to new places.

James Loudon Lighting Design / James Loudon Photography / Flickr

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Rob Fuller
Title Designer

Rob Fuller

Cast for Human: the community film

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Funky Llama
Cast members

Funky Llama

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Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists
Cast members

Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists

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Skylight Circus Arts logo: a red circle with quirky white writing that reads: "Skylight Circus Arts".
Skylight Circus Arts
Cast members

Skylight Circus Arts

Skylight Circus Arts logo: a red circle with quirky white writing that reads: "Skylight Circus Arts".

Creative Team for Human: the community film

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Jodie Cole
Creator

Jodie Cole

Jodie - shoulder-length brown hair, a bright smile, a colourful scarf. She is standing on a beach, with a sunset and sea in the background.
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Monika (Jastrzebska) Davies
Film Editor

Monika (Jastrzebska) Davies

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Steven: a white man with ear-length, wavy, brown hair and a brown stubble beard, wearing a dark blue t-shirt. He is standing outside, smiling softly at the camera, the sun touching the top of his head.
Steven Lake
Producer

Steven Lake

Steven: a white man with ear-length, wavy, brown hair and a brown stubble beard, wearing a dark blue t-shirt. He is standing outside, smiling softly at the camera, the sun touching the top of his head.
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David Ellington
BSL Translation and Performance

David Ellington

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Ally Bryan
Composition

Ally Bryan