“I have more hope for Catford’s future and appreciated the history of Catford.  Also I discovered a community.”

Response to participating in Catford Tales

The oral histories collected through the Catford Tales project, along with further documentation of the project, can be found in full at the Lewisham Local History & Archives Centre.

You can read the full script for Catford Tales here © Lewisham Youth Theatre 2015

Lewisham Youth Theatre would like to acknowledge and thank all those who made Catford Tales possible:

Collaborations & Partnerships
Community Education Lewisham
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Emergency Exit Arts
Holbeach School
Holy Cross School
Kilmorie Childrens Centre
Lewisham Local History & Archives Centre
Lewisham Library Service
Lewisham Historical Society
Lewisham Music Hub
Rushey Green School
Rushey Green Time Bank
Sandhurst & Torridon Schools
Young Mayor’s Team
David Lovell (Pianist)

Special thanks:
Mayor Steve Bullock
Lewisham Council
Lewisham Libraries & Archives
Rushey Green School staff and children
Alex at Catford Constitutional Club
Vu Dang at Saigon Foods
Tesco Catford
The Age Exchange Blackheath
Peter Hammond
Richard Hills
Aston Bentley Concepts
Steven at CMYK Printers
Karl McNelly at PRG
Pat Lovell
Gerard Johnson
Bridie O’Sullivan
Cathy Myers
Kevin Ireland
Carmel O’Conner
Helen Haylett
Sabrina Jantuah (Community Outreach Worker)

Community Contributors who told us their story
Elisabeth Blanchett
Jane Hearn
Abba Seraphim (William Norton)
Sir Steve Bullock
Enomweyi Damali
Sheila Pender
Peggy Fitzsimmons
Tessa Pearce
Mark Beard
Sabrina Jantuah
Sebastian Constantine
Dani Moseley
Gordon Dennington
Danielle Constantine
Mark Woodley
Keith Hopkins
Martin Costello
Juliet Wyse
Louise Balhatchet
Cannon Charles Pickstone
Hazel Savill
Mavis Barker

Exibition Contributors:
Community Education Lewisham
The People’s Patchwork
Photographes for ‘Hidden Catford’:
Bridie O’Sulivan
Kevin Ireland
Cathy Myers

Those who took part in Catford Tales event:
Senior Youth Theatre
Aaliyah Hafez
Brandon Fanchonna
David Fowler
Eliezer Gore
Esther Esan
Kevin Gouveia
Leigh-Ann Miller
Leticia Outarra
Matthew Moore
Nico Elliott-Hylton
Nicole Swiergul
Ruth Nyong
Sekai McIntosh
Sofia Barrett
Callum Malcolm-Kelly
Charleen Sheehan
Egheghe Obanokho
Lashelle McDonald
Molly Price
Monique Moulton
Shiloh Morris
Simon Adelaju
Adina Bennett
Bushra Baig
Freya Walker
Jack Everson
Jenia Jabbar
Justice Ezi
Kayla Brown
Maya McFarlane
Miriam Sattar-Holmstrom
Molly Gazzard
Natalia Piotrowska
Raphael Igkiempor
Reece Collins
Salmah Iqbal
Shannon Morgan
Stacey Upaka
Stephen Onimole
Tyreke Leslie

Rushey Green School Participants
Finn Crooks
Charlotte Dickenson
Frankie Elstone
Kai Grant
Shalom Kiwanuka
Andre Phipps
Sofia Rees
Rayaan Saggers
Ruby Stuart-Turner
Sophia Su-Miah

Community Actors
Joan Tulloch
Karen Small
Lesley Allen
Sandra Margolies
Tessa Pearce

Technical Theatre Group
Dominic Barrett
Ricky Brent
Sophia Hyatt
Zhane Lunan

Music by
RashyB Productions

Production Team
Designer: Patrick Bullock
Assistant Designer (Sets): Hannah Rowe
Assistant Designer (Costume): Katherine Burke
Production Manager: Jennifer Taillefer
PM for Celebrate Catford: Chloe Osborne
PM for EEA: Ben Raine
Project Manager: Victoria Shaskan
Stage Manager: Rhian Kennedy
Technical Coordinator: Craig West
Technical ASM: Liam Cahill
Technical Managers (Broadway Theatre): Kath & Pat O’Sullivan
Documenters: Kevin Ireland & Cathy Myers

Directors
Sheryl Malcolm
Sebastian Constantine
Helen Stanley
Samuel Miller
Emma Hewitt
Jennifer Taillefer & Louise Balhatchet
Annie Roper
Assistant Directors
Roxanna Kennedy
Zoe Fidel
Workshop Assistants
Flora Newbigin
Lewis Ashby-Whelan
Eleanor Roberts
Rachel Kirkham

Back Stage, Design & Techincal Assistants
Daniel Ross
Daisy Coe
Deborah Hughes
Dinesh Sattee
Rachel Tasker
Tyreese Hines
Zhaleh Bahraini
Alisha Boatswain
Bridie O’Sullivan
Marina Mattos
Bryden Commons
Eleanor Margolies
Jordan Taitte
Liam Callanan
Malcolm Ryan
Shari Jessie

Catford Tales Website Created By:
Allen Tullet (Designer)
Flora Newbigin (Legacy Project Coordinator)

Catford Tales Soundtrack by RashyB Productions

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