23 Facts About Rikki Beadle-Blair

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Rikki Beadle-Blair is the artistic director of multi-media production company Team Angelica.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair had moved to Britain when she was 12 and was the first black child in her school in Peckham.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair attended Lois Acton's Experimental Bermondsey Lampost Free School.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair was involved with the Gay Liberation Front.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair co-wrote and co-produced the soundtrack album with Mark Hawkes.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair was the Executive story editor for both seasons of the US TV series Noah's Arc.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair was supervising director for the South African organisation for first-time filmmakers Out of Africa.

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In 2005, Rikki Beadle-Blair wrote and directed the play Bashment for Theatre Royal Stratford East.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair has adapted his own screenplay of Stonewall for the stage and his production company Team Angelica, which he took to the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.

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In May 2006, Rikki Beadle-Blair wrote and directed Jucy for Queer Contact at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, as part of the Queer Up North Festival.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair has a long-standing creative association with fellow writer John R Gordon, who was a writer for Noah's Arc.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair Directed John's first short film script, Souljah, which premiered in the London Film Festival and is currently touring the Film Festival circuit.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair appeared in John's first play, Wheels of Steel, which John R Gordon directed.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair teaches a six-week course at the Actor's Centre called "In the Room" that mentors Actors and creatives.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair has developed an advanced module called 'Seizing the Room'.

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In January 2013 Rikki Beadle-Blair directed and designed a full production of Step, written by first-time playwright Lynette Linton and performed Theatre Royal Stratford East's Young Actor's company.

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In March 2014, Rikki Beadle-Blair, directed, designed and co-produced a short run of slap by Alexis Gregory at Theatre Royal Stratford East.

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In March 2014, Rikki Beadle-Blair completed and premiered FREE, the "sibling" film to FIT, co-produced and released by Stonewall.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair directed Greg Owen and Nick McGarrigle in their play Best Man at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair directed and appeared in Matt Harris's comedy play Venom at the Oval house 2003.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair directed the staged readings of Jai Rajani's onenight.

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Rikki Beadle-Blair performed as part of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots at the Southbank Centre.