The Power Project
Our latest performance project is with young people aged 12-17 who are working alongside a team of professional artists to create an epic new show, planned for 2025.
Young people are involved in every stage of the creation process - as writers, performers, technical support, front of house, backstage and more.
The Power Project - Creative Team
(more coming soon…)
Florence Espeut-Nickless
Writer/Facilitator
Florence is a writer, actor and facilitator from the west country. She grew up on a rural council estate and got into theatre after being excluded from secondary school. She now writes for both stage and screen about and with working class communities in the hope of making the arts more accessible to everyone, regardless of background and location.
Florence was part of the National Theatre’s recent Public Acts production The Odyssey. She wrote Episode 3: The Four Winds with people from Trowbridge (performed at Trowbridge Town Hall). She also co-wrote Miracle On 34 Seymour Street a Christmas play for Trowbridge Town Hall.
Her award-winning debut play DESTINY has toured the UK for the last 3 years and had a recent run in Denmark. She is developing a new show, Blinded By Your Grace, with Bristol Old Vic, Strike A Light/GL4, Trowbridge Town Hall and MAYK, and is under commission to National Theatre Connections.
Florence won a Film4/Peggy Ramsay Playwrights’ Award 2024 and is attached to the Bristol Old Vic. She was the CRF Writer in Residence at Pentabus Theatre, an Open Session Writer at Bristol Old Vic and an associate artist at Strike a Light, as part of the Let Artists Be Artists scheme. She is developing original ideas for TV, supported by Dancing Ledge and Wild Child, and was part of BBC Voices Scheme 2023.
Daby Obiechefu
Artist / content creator / facilitator
Daby is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Her practice is primarily inspired by emotions, thoughts and experiences; aiming to challenge perceptions, ideas and thought processes through the creation of immersive and intriguing depictions/environments. Experienced in realism, digital and traditional painting, videography, performance, dance and sculpture, Daby often incorporates some of these mediums within her projects, based on their suitability and ability to convey the concept efficiently. Human figures are mostly present in her work to connect with the viewer by introducing a familiar attribute.
As well as producing works, curating exhibitions, running workshops, being a creative facilitator at Urban Wilderness and lead in Walking and wellbeing within Kwanzaa Collective UK, Daby has also been involved in capturing documentation for social media content and drawing action stills.
Living in multiple countries such as Italy, Ireland and England, with a Nigerian background, has enabled Daby to adapt to numerous cultures and surroundings. This was a contribution to the development of her artistic practice plus her intrigue and fascination to learn, expanding her knowledge and expertise.
Daby was part of The Pappy Show’s production ‘What do you see?’ at Fenton Town Hall (part of Moving Roots) and has won the Burslem School of Art award for the Three Counties Exhibition, 2023.
Anna Belyavin
Dance artist / rehearsal director
Anna Belyavin is a freelance dance artist based in Shropshire and working across the West Midlands. Anna trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and gained a degree in Dance Theatre in 2010. Anna works as a performer, choreographer, teacher and facilitator and works with children, young people, adults and older adults. Anna specialises in contemporary and creative dance and inclusive practice, believing that dance is for everybody. She has an extensive background in leading and teaching workshops in a variety of settings and regularly leads and supports on large scale, youth driven projects and enjoys co-creating work to amplify different voices in the community
Anna was a dance leader for Critical Mass – a brand new inclusive dance collective based across the West Midlands for young people who performed at Birmingham 2022’s big events including the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Anna is a lead artist for Shropshire Inclusive Dance, regular performer for Infuse Dance in several of their outdoor shows and has had the pleasure of dancing in a number of Restoke projects over the years.