Sylvia

Oliver Award nominated for:
Best New Musical
Best Theatre Choreographer – Kate Prince
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical – Beverley Knight – WINNER

‘Be the change that you want to see
Be the change for you and me’

This revolutionary story celebrates the life of Sylvia Pankhurst – feminist, activist, pacifist, socialist, rebel – the lesser-known Pankhurst at the heart of the Suffragette movement, who changed the lives of working women and men across the world.

Following its 2018 run as a work-in-progress, Kate Prince’s Sylvia is back where it all began for its world premiere, uniting dance, hip hop, funk and soul to shine a light on a remarkable moment in history, with original music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde.

An Old Vic and ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company production
In association with Sadler’s Wells

Robert Walters Group is the proud Production Sponsor of Sylvia

Production supported by The Polonsky Foundation

Co-commissioned by 14–18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Arts Council England and from the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport.

Beverley Knight – Emmeline Pankhurst
Kelly Agbowu – Mrs Flora ‘The General’ Drummond/Mrs Savoy
Verity Blyth – Clementine Churchill/Mrs Scurr/Kitty
Claudia Carlier – Swing
Bradley Charles – Lord Cromer/Richard Pankhurst/Alan
Kimmy Edwards – Emily Davison/Lillie Hardie/Mrs Watkins
Alex Gaumond – Keir Hardie
Jade Hackett – Lady Jennie Churchill/Mrs Payne/Edith Garrud
Stevie Hutchinson – Lloyd George/Lord Curzon
Kate Ivory Jordan – Annie Kenney/Norah Smyth
Hannah Khemoh – Understudy Emmeline Pankhurst
Sinead Long – Ensemble/Swing
Jaye Marshall – Ensemble/Swing
Kandaka Moore – Mrs Parsons/Sophia Singh
Antoine Murray-Straughan – Ensemble/Swing
Razak Osman – Harry Pankhurst/Sir Almroth Wright/Asquith
Jay Perry – Winston Churchill/George Lansbury
Sharon Rose – Sylvia Pankhurst
Kirstie Skivington – Adela Pankhurst/Mrs Bird
Todd Holdsworth – Silvio Corio
Ellena Vincent – Christabel Pankhurst
Malachi Welch – Ensemble/Swing

Sean Green – Musical Director/Keyboard
Vanessa Domonique – Drums/Percussion
Rachel Espeute – Electric Bass/Synth Bass
Frankie South – Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitar
Joe Thomas – Keyboard/Hammond Organ

Kate Prince – Book & Lyrics
Priya Parmar – Book
Josh Cohen – Music
DJ Walde – Music
Kate Prince – Director & Choreographer
Ben Stones – Set & Costume
Natasha Chivers – Lighting
Tony Gayle – Sound
Andrzej Goulding – Video & Animation
Cynthia de la Rosa – Wigs, Hair & Make-up
Josh Cohen – Co-Orchestrator
Mark Dickman – Co-Orchestrator
Leonn Meade – Co-Orchestrator
DJ Walde – Co-Orchestrator
Mark Dickman – Co-Music Supervisor
Leonn Meade – Co-Music Supervisor
Stuart Burt CDG & Oliver Scullion – Casting
Lolita Chakrabarti – Dramaturg
Kate Prince – Additional Music
Tachia Newall – Additional Lyrics
Josh Cohen & DJ Walde – Music Production
Sean Green – Musical Director
Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth – Voice
Mary Howland – Dialect
Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe – Associate Director
Jade Hackett – Associate Choreographer
Amy Shackcloth – Associate Musical Director
Chris Alozie – Resident Director & Choreographer
Tash Prynne – Costume Supervisor
Fahmida Bakht – Props Supervisor
Nicole Iroh – Hair, Wigs & Make-Up Supervisor
Lucy Baker-Swinburn – Digital Music Programmer – Stitch Audio
Oli Briant – Musicians’ Contractor

Lassamie Prasimay – Set Placement
Damilaara Adeyemi – Costume Placement
Lingyu Du – Production Management Placement
Mohammed Hannan – Production Management Placement
Lotte Powles – Stage Management Placement
Zaineb Aamir – Stage Management Placement
Alastair Day – OV Backstage Project Coordinator