Royal Court Theatre
Ezyi. Amarachi Rachel Nwokoro is a versatile artist and activist with a focus on mental health, community empowerment, and the arts. Currently serving as a commissioned playwright at Royal Court Theatre, Rachel's debut play, "Lacking Capacity," examines the systemic criminalization within mental health services in Britain, particularly regarding Black communities. As Creative Director of Black Mind, a grassroots art-as-activism organization, Rachel promotes the mental health and wellbeing of Black individuals through healing arts. Additionally, Rachel has held various artistic roles, including Lead Artist for a Black Mind x Sweet 'Art exhibition, Performance Lead at The Clapham Grand under the drag persona L'il Wank Stayne, and Panelist at The WOW Foundation. With experience as a workshop facilitator and art curator, Rachel's creative journey reflects a strong commitment to addressing social issues through performance and poetry. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from Arts Educational Schools London and a degree in Biology with English and French from Durham University.
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Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is the writers’ theatre. It is the leading force in world theatre for energetically cultivating writers ‐ undiscovered, emerging and established. Through the writers the Royal Court is at the forefront of creating restless, alert, provocative theatre about now. inspiring audiences and influencing future writers. We open our doors to the unheard voices and free thinkers that, through their writing, change our way of seeing. Over 120,000 people visit the Royal Court in Sloane Square, London, each year and many thousands more see our work elsewhere through transfers to the West End and New York, UK and international tours, digital platforms, our residencies across London and our site-specific work. The Royal Court’s extensive development activity encompasses a diverse range of writers and artists and includes an ongoing programme of writers’ attachments, readings, workshops and playwriting groups. Twenty years of the International Department’s pioneering work around the world means the Royal Court has relationships with writers on every continent. It is because of this commitment to the writer that we believe there is no more important theatre in the world than the Royal Court.