Digital programme: HighRise Entertainment: Lil.Miss.Lady

Lil.Miss.Lady

Lady Lykez is a UK-born MC raised in North London. As a seasoned veteran, her distinctive style, clever use of words and innate ability to command the stage makes her a dynamic force to be reckoned with.

Armed with witty bars and versatility as shown in her multiple BBC Radio 1 freestyle, Fire in the Booths, Lykez has also taken the stage at Glastonbury, Wireless, Reading and Leeds festivals, and many more. She has toured her music internationally and supported artists such as Method Man, Red Man and Eve to name a few. She was also the first female to battle a male MC in Jammer’s legendary basement on Lord of the Mics, subsequently becoming a household name in the UK music scene.

Lady Lykez also has a history in performing arts, theatre and as a stage coach. As a musician and actress, theatre productions include Booty for The Big House; and Kiss Marry Kill for Dante or Die, in which she toured the UK. She also wrote and produced the music for Kiss Marry Kill, resulting in her winning the ‘Best Book and Lyrics’ award at the Black British Theatre Awards at the end of 2024.

As well as script writing for Channel 4’s 3 Minute Wonders Lykez’s collaboration with Dominic Garfield in the creation of Lil.Miss.Lady has seen her perform the lead role in the show at Latitude Festival, The Roundhouse and HighTide Festival and, following its Barbican run, a UK tour. 

DJ Harmony 

Kaylee Kay is a London-based international DJ with a passion and flair for mixing and blending tunes to entertain audiences across numerous spaces. She has an organic love for Grime and Garage music and is addicted to heavy basslines. She is affiliated with the renowned Girls of Grime platform which aims to represent female artists in male-dominated spaces. She has appeared on various radio stations such as BBC 1Xtra, Kiss Fresh and Rinse FM and graced the decks in renowned London venues such as Ministry of Sound, Boxpark, Fabric and Egg. She has DJ’d live on BBC 1Xtra and also done guest mixes for Kiss Fresh and Capital Xtra.  

Blanka 

Fahad Shaft is an actor, mentor and facilitator from South London. His acting credits include, for TV: Silo and The Witcher; and on stage, the award-winning UK Drill Project at the Barbican in 2022 and Lil.Miss.Lady at the Roundhouse. He also worked as an Assistant Director on The Concrete Jungle Book in 2021, a show in which he starred in 2017 to critical acclaim. Fahad’s work uplifting young people has seen him facilitate workshops and programmes with young people at Cambridge Junction, Camden Youth Theatre, Spotlight, artsdepot and Shoreditch Town Hall, as well working with young people in HMYOIs such as Oakhill and recently released offenders at Maximus.

Hypez

Alexander Lobo Moreno trained at Intermission Youth Theatre. Work in theatre includes: Between the Lines at the New Diorama; Unexpected Twist at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton and on UK tour; Rapsody at the Edinburgh Fringe; GrimeBoy at Birmingham Rep and Excluded for Intermission Theatre. TV includes: Casualty, Love, Death and Robots (Ice episode). and Yodel Boiz.

Twist 

Joshua Cameron’s professional career began at age 12 playing young Simba in the critically acclaimed Lion King in 2014., before further stage roles in Thriller Live as young Michael Jackson and the West End production of Matilda. A multimedia artist, Josh was busy behind the scenes putting his own stamp on the UK rap scene, authoring six tracks as well as releasing his own EP ‘Versatility’. He moved into film at age 13, landing his first feature film role in Six from the Eight. Shortly after this, he was cast in No More Wings, which went onto win Best Narrative Short Film at the 2010 TriBeCa film festivals. Joshua most recently featured in the TV series, Supacell, and has appeared in Doctors and Area Boy.

Other work in theatre includes: Tomorrow Night Live! for TNL and Seven Dials Playhouse. 

Other work on screen includes: Our Fathers, Held and Surprise Surprise. 

DJ Rat

Aliaano El Ali is a rapper, singer, actor who was born in Tobago and moved to London aged 15 with the hope of being a professional footballer.  In December 2019, Aliaano redirected his focus to music and fashion, releasing his first single called ‘Intro (own ting)’. In 2020 he released the EP Who is Aliaano, featuring singles like ‘Intro’ and ‘Toxic’; the mixtape Ali on da beat vol 1; multiple singles, and two more EPs entitled A black man” featuring the track ‘Black Girl’, and AA, with the track ‘Sunrise’. In 2022, he made his acting debut in a theatre production called Mission and went on to appear in No Man’s Island and BTL, and a supporting artist role in the TV series TopBoy. Aliaano is known for bringing an electric energy to his performances mixing melodic rap flows with the raw sounds of dancehall.

Movement Director 

Yami ‘Rowdy’ Löfvenberg is a multidisciplinary movement artist, working at the intersection of dance, theatre and cross-arts. Between making her own work, Yami mentors, educates and delivers workshops. She is a lecturer in Hip-Hop and Vernacular Dances at Trinity Laban Dance Conservatoire, and a British Council and Arts Council England recipient, Howard Davies Emerging Directors Grant recipient, One Dance UK DAD Trailblazer Fellow, Marion North recipient, and a Talawa Make Artist. She was on the choreographic team for the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony (NHS Section) and is a member of the internationally acclaimed performance collective Hot Brown Honey.

As Movement Director: Is God Is for LAMDA; Talawa on tour; Queens of Sheba at Soho Theatre; Imposter 22, Rare Earth Mettle and Living Newspaper at the Royal Court; Bird & Bees and Human Nurture at Theatre Centre/Sheffield Theatre; The UK Drill Project at the Barbican; Roundabout 22 for Paines Plough; The Concrete Jungle Book at the Pleasance; Kabul Goes Pop at Brixton House; Athena at The Yard Theatre; Notes on Grief at Manchester International Festival; Fuck You Pay Me at Bunker; Breakin’ Convention at Sadler’s Wells; Talawa TYPT at Hackney Showrooms; and Boat at BAC. 

As a director: Fierce Flow at Birmingham Hippodrome; Kind of Woman at Camden People’s Theatre; and Afroabelhas for the Roundhouse, British Council and Tempo Festival, Brazil.

As Assistant Director/Choreographer: Hive City Legacy for Roundhouse, Home, and Millennium; and, Hive City Legacy: Dublin at the Dublin Fringe. 

Production Manager 

Cai Taylor is a graduate of East 15 Acting School’s Stage Management and Technical Theatre course, specialising in Sound, Lighting and Construction, and has since worked for several years on a range of projects as Sound Engineer and Production Manager for the arts, ranging from theatre to live events. Cai has worked at London venues including the Donmar Warehouse, Barbican, Roundhouse, Harlow Playhouse, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith and Lyric Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue, and for festivals including Latitude, Mela Festival, Goodwood Festival of Speed, VAULT festival and Bermondsey and Hackney Carnival before being appointed as Deputy Technical Manager at Theatr Clwyd. Cai continues to production manage for HighRise, helping produce some of their recent work such as Lil.Miss.Lady, the award-winning UK Drill Project, The Concrete Jungle Book and Merryville, among others. Cai has also project managed a luxury perfume cabinet build for ‘Micallef’ at Fortnum and Masons, which is currently on display.  

Company Producer 

Elizabeth Peace is a multidisciplinary artist and producer from Thamesmead, South London. With a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and an Acting Diploma from the Oxford School of Drama, she pursues projects across stage and screen that support new artists, challenge the status quo, and champion marginalised communities. As an actor, her credits include art films Beast Type Song and Tiger Strike Red. In gaming, she has featured for Supermassive Games’ The Devil In Me, Directive 8020 and SwitchBack VR. She has previously worked with Contact Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, 53two, tiata fahodzi, PlayWell Productions, and Slick Films. She is currently Associate Artist at Bathway Theatre and a Trustee at Angel Shed Theatre.  

Company Stage Manager 

Daisy Francis-Bryden is a London-based freelance stage manager. Since graduating in 2021 from Rose Bruford Drama School, they have worked within the stage management department on a variety of productions in small to midscale, West End productions, and touring.  

Work as Company Stage Manager includes: Sleeping Beauty Takes a Prick at Charing Cross Theatre and Horse-Play at Riverside Studios. As Stage Manager: Laughing Boy and Footfalls and Rockaby at Jermyn Street Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath; The Barber of Seville at Wilton’s Music Hall; Salty Irina at Roundabout @ Summerhall; Play AI at Riverside Studios; Who’s Holiday at HOME Manchester and Southwark Playhouse; UK Drill Project at the Barbican; The Man in the Moon at St Paul's Church and Belcombe Court; The Night Woman at The Other Palace; On the Line on schools tour; GirlPlay at Camden People’s Theatre and The Duration for Omnibus Theatre. As Technical Stage Manager: Pali and Jay’s Ultimate Asian Wedding DJ Roadshow on national tour. As Deputy Stage Manager: Peter Pan at the Phoenix Theatre; Farm Hall on national tour; and Originals: Live at Riverside Studios, at Riverside Studios. 

Deputy Stage Manager 

Tayla Hunter is a 2022 stage management graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, who is particularly passionate about representing and telling stories from the black community. In addition to theatre, she is eager to expand into the film and TV industry, with aspirations to progress to show calling. 

As Assistant Stage Manager: Superhumans for Minding the Gap Youth Project at Kiln Theatre; Black Superhero at the Royal Court; Paradise Now and P Word at the Bush; Lotus Beauty at Hampstead Theatre; and A Place for We at the Park Theatre. As Assistant Stage Manager/Book Cover, work includes: Slave Play at the Noël Coward Theatre; The Big Life at Theatre Royal Stratford East; and Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic. As Company Stage Manager: Wolves On Road at the Bush; Best Fit at Peckham Fringe and Imaginary Natural Beings at VAULT festival.