Ashley Scantlebury

Ashley Scantlebury is a playwright and theatre maker who is currently living and working in London. Most of her previous work has been directed at younger adults, as she believes they are the 'pace makers' of the arts and so it is important that they are "engaged and in positions of both mental and creative liberation". She is particularly concerned by the amount of constraints created by modern societies and urges the creative community to push boundaries and expose these chains as much as possible. Ashley's theatrical creations are often amalgamations of contemporary ideas that are introduced using different art forms. In turn, this creates pieces of contemporary art that transcend our characterisations of theatre and instead offer the viewer an 'experience'.