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Aishwarya Gaikwad as Director

Aishwarya is a London-based director, actor, and theatre practitioner with deep cultural roots in India. A graduate of LAMDA with a Master’s degree in Classical Acting, she brings a unique cross-cultural perspective to her work. Her creative journey began with Marathi and Hindi theatre, where she honed her craft over six years before expanding into Shakespearean and Jacobean drama.
Her directorial debut, Avdambar (2016), a comedic period drama set in India, earned critical acclaim, winning awards at prestigious theatre festivals in India. In 2024, Aishwarya directed the sci-fi play Strange Orbits, which premiered at the Brighton and Camden Fringe. Praised for its minimalist yet impactful staging, the production delivered a powerful commentary on climate change and humanity’s survival, described as “prescient and clear” by Fringe Review.
Aishwarya’s work reflects her passion for exploring complex human relationships and existential themes, blending cultural influences with innovative performance styles.

Roxane Cabassut as Producer

Roxane is a producer with experience in theatre, film,
and the arts. She is currently producing an immersive and interactive show set to open Soho in fall 2025.
Her past projects include The Hayfever Live Show, a dark comedy performed at the Arcola Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe, and Theatre Peckham Festival, which won the 'Keep it Fringe Fund' award and was sponsored by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
She has also produced Fifty Shades of Greta at the Vault Festival and Juliette & Romeo - bilingual and modernized version set in London in 2035, directed by RSC director Aileen Gonsalves - which toured in the UK and Switzerland.
In 2022, Roxane became a producer at the Bush Theatre, producing their 50th Retrospectives and organising their 50th-anniversary celebration.
She is the founder of Emerge Production House, a company focused on eco-conscious projects and representing unheard voices in big cities across theatre, music, and film. On the Film side, she is currently developing the series Juliette & Romeo with Licklemor Productions and the BAFTA awarded Mama Youth Project.

Feride Morcay as Writer/Performer/Producer

Feride is a stage and screen actress born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey; lived in the US, and moved to London, UK as a teenager. She trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating with an MA in Classical Acting.
Her recent credits include Moyna (lead) in ‘Hayfever’, a dark comedy performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Arcola Theatre; Juliana (lead) in an upcoming art-house film 'Ananke'; Meryem in ’Thought Virus’ performed at The Drayton Arms Theatre; Influencer (lead) in BFI & Silver Knight Co-production short film ‘The Dancing Souls’; and a featured role in the The Franchise HBO series.