The Spalding Suite. Inua Ellams

but what I saw was someone who found his voice in the theatre and it all seemed to coalesce (to me at least) in that space with that piece. I knew he’d go on to do great things in theatre and he did. So it is no surprise that a basketball show with all the power and emotion of what I saw in Spoke-lab some six years ago has come to fruition.

      The Spalding Suite produced by Fuel, commissioned by Southbank Centre and Contact, funded by Arts Council England and a Wellcome Trust Arts Award, was first performed on 23 April 2015 at Contact, Manchester.

Director	Benji Reid
Designer	Ti Green
Dramaturg	Nina Steiger
Sound	Eric Lau and MC Zani
Lighting	Benji Reid and Lee Grey
Jay	Emmanuel Akwafo
Archie	KM Drew Boateng
Tom	George Bray
Matt	Marcquelle Ward
Yawo	Jason York
Production Manager	Dan Rainsford
Stage Manager	Erik Perera
Technical Stage Manager	Lee Grey
Participation Director	Miranda Cromwell
Marketing	Sam McAuley
Press	The Corner Shop PR

      For Fuel

      Louise Blackwell, Angie Bual, David Cahill Roots,

      Rebecca Cahill Roots, Natalie Dibsdale, Ed Errington,

      Bridget Floyer, Hattie Gregory, Stuart Heyes, Kate McGrath,

      Emilie Rolland, Hannah Slimmon and Nikki Smith.

      Founded in 2004 and led by Louise Blackwell and Kate

      McGrath, Fuel produces fresh work for adventurous

      audiences by inspiring artists. Fuel is currently working

      with Andy Smith, Clod Ensemble, Fevered Sleep, David

      Rosenberg, Inua Ellams, Melanie Wilson, Racheal Ofori,

      Sound&Fury, Tom Stuart, Tortoise in a Nutshell, Uninvited

      Guests, Will Adamsdale and Melly Still, Gyre & Gimble

      and Lewis Gibson. Fuel receives National Portfolio Funding

      from Arts Council England.