Kathryn Lydia Chan
Production design
Production design for contemporary dance and theatre London, UK (1990 to 2002).
Choreographers: Peter Badejo, Kofi Koko, Francis Angol, Gail Parmel, others.
Companies: Talawa Theatre, Badejo Arts, Ace Dance, others.
Assistant Designer to Peter Minshall, Callaloo Company, Trinidad West Indies (1987 to 2006).
including the Opening Ceremonies Olympic Games in Atlanta and Salt Lake City.
Stage sets for TEDx Port of Spain (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).
Background: screenshot of Emi Ijo, Rooftop, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK
Jab Molassi
2014
Little Carib Theatre, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Music: Dominique Le Gendre
Libretto: Caitlyn Kaminga
Director: Patricia Cumper
Musical Director: Ian Shaw
Movement Director: Dave Williams
Set and Costume Designer: Kathryn Chan
Lighting Designer: Benny Gomes
Sound Designer: Robin Foster
Calabash Foundation for the Arts
Emi Ijo | Heart of Dance
2000
Maureen Salmon, Chair, Badejo Arts
Peter Badejo OBE, Artistic Director, Badejo Arts
Francis Angol, Choreographer
Dr Olu Taiwo, Scripter Writer
Kathryn Chan, Graphic/Costume Designer
Photography
: Yves Salmon
Dancers: Andrea Franklin, Karen James, Landing Mane, Rita Natacha Mendes, Sheba Montserrat
Musicians
: Sam Maitland, Bucarr Ndow Tobias Sturmer, Emmanuel Tagoe
Design for Theatre
2014 Jab Molassie, World Premiere, Calabash Foundation for the Arts, Little Carib Theatre, POS, Trinidad
2010 Romanza, Queens Hall, POS, Trinidad
2007 Il Modo d’Amore: The Way of Love, Patrons of Queens Hall, POS, Trinidad
1995 Ti-Jean and His Brothers, for Derek Walcott’s Trinidad Theatre Workshop (Trinidad and St Lucia)
1994-95 Dirty Reality / Dirty Reality Two, for Black Mime Theatre Company, Nottingham, UK
1994 The Lion and The Jewel (Wole Solyinka), for African Players, London, UK
1993 Magnetic North, for West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, UK
1992 Love Space Demands(Ntosake Shange), Talawa Theatre Co., London, UK
Design for Contemporary Dance
2000 Solitude or Sanctuary, for Ace Dance Company / Choreography: Gail Parmel Touring
2000 Emi Jo (Heart of Dance), for Badejo Arts / Choreography: Francis Angol
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Center and Thames River / Albert Dock, Liverpool
1998-99 Pain of Aspirations, for Badejo Arts / Choreography: Francis Angol
Purcell Room, South Bank Center and Touring
1996 Evo Revo Clash, for Irie Dance Company, London / Choreography: L’Antoinette Stines
1996 Agbo Iye (Circle of Life), for Badejo Arts / Devised by the Company Touring
The Place Theatre, London and Touring
1995 Sisi Agbe Aye (Opening the Gourd of Life), for Badejo Arts / Choreography:
Peter Badejo and Koffi Koko, The Place Theatre, London and Touring
1994 Living Circle, for Badejo Arts, Sadlers Wells, London / Choreography: Peter Badejo