EAST END BOYS, WEST END GIRLS Cast Announced

Following the sell-­out success of Pandora's Box, Spora Stories returns with the premiere of their brand new play, East End Boys, West End Girls?, ?touring London this summer.

Will their postcodes keep them in their place?

East meets West across the education divide when four London teenagers compete for a prestigious scholarship. As they venture across the capital into unfamiliar territories, friendships are tested, aspirations are challenged and each is forced to decide what matters most. Will the best candidate win, or will their postcode keep them in their place?

Acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, Ade Solanke,?has had a wide ranging career working as a script analyst in Hollywood and teaching scriptwriting around the world. Solanke has been awarded a Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Playwright and Best Play at the African Film Awards. Her writing credits include the award­-winning BBC Radio drama Westway and Nigerian feature film Dazzling Mirage. Solanke's work has been showcased at Tiata Fahodzi's Tiata Delights at the Almeida and Talawa's Unzipped at the Young Vic. Her first play Pandora's Box was a hugely successful and was nominated for an OffWestEnd Award for Best New Play.? It toured nationally in 2014 and was also shortlisted for the 2014 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Africa's biggest literary award.

The tour opens at Arcola Theatre on Tuesday 28 July. It continues on to CLF Arts Cafe, Saatchi Gallery then concludes at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre. Creative workshops will be available at all venues. For more information check the venue's website.

CAST

JENNIE EGGLETON

Jennie studied at Drama Studio London in 2013 after graduating from University of Leeds with a 2.1 in English Theatre Studies.

Stage credits include her one woman show 'Close To You' at the Edinburgh Fringe which was then transferred to the Southwark Playhouse last year. Other theatre credits include 'Ashes' at The Park Theatre and Jennie was recently a finalist in the Monologue Slam at Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Last year saw Jennie's feature film debut, playing the female lead role of MOLLY in Cannibal Films' 'Tear Me Apart' and most recently finished shooting her TV debut as COTTON LIVELY in Disney's TV series 'Evermoor Chronicles'.

ALHAJI FOFANA

Alhaji's TV credits include the role of MAYHEM in 'The IT Crowd' (Channel 4), TOMMY in 'London Irish' (Channel 4), ABRAHAM in 'Youngers' (E4), EL DIABLO in 'Siblings' (BBC3), and a part in Brotherhood (Comedy Central). Alhaji's radio credits include the role of TYREE in 'Can't tell Nathon Caton Nothing'.

ISMAIL KAMARA

Ismail graduated earlier this summer from the two year acting course at The Poor School in Kings Cross. Theatre whilst training included 'Accrington Pals', 'The Cherry Orchard', 'Hamlet', 'Hedda Gabler', 'The Importance of Being Earnest', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'The Crucible' and 'Dancing at Lughnasa'.

This production marks Ismail's professional debut as an actor.

MONTANA MASCOLL

Montana has trained for the last three years at Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance on European Theatre Arts, where she engaged in intense physical training, devising and ensemble work.

She also trained at the Estonian Academy of Music and Dramatic Art last year for an intensive three months on her Erasmus Placement. Recently, Montana performed with cast from the RSC in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', directed by Ian Hughes at Squerryes Court.

East End Boys, West End Girls is her first professional engagement.

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