The Boundless core team is small but mighty. Meet us here and get to know the work we do for the company as well as our career journeys. You can email anyone to ask a question or DM @boundlessabound to get in touch.
The Boundless core team is small but mighty. Meet us here and get to know the work we do for the company as well as our career journeys. You can email anyone to ask a question or DM @boundlessabound to get in touch.
Pavlos Christodoulou Creative Director & Co-CEO
Pav joined Boundless Theatre in 2020 as a one day a week finance administrator. 4 years later he rejoined the company as Creative Director and Co-CEO. Pav has had a squiggly creative career, working as an artist, director and artist-trainer in professional and community settings.
His artistic practice focuses on interactive and game-based encounters between audience members, as well as sound and audio. Alongside his work at Boundless he is currently producing a BBC Radio 4 commission.
Pav as a Cypriot South Londoner cares a lot about community. He is motivated by bringing transparency and connectedness in his work and professional life. He believes in the power of third space, listening and grass roots organising as the basis for meaningful community arts practice.
Adèle Reeves de Melo Executive Producer & Co-CEO
Adèle joined the Boundless Theatre team in March 2024 as the Executive Producer & Co-CEO. Previously, Adèle was the Programmer, Producer & Head of Theatre for VAULT, whose flagship event is the critically-acclaimed VAULT Festival, the UK’s leading independent showcase of live performance and artistic talent.
Adèle is also a freelance producer and script-reader with a background in fringe theatre, live music, mixed-medium festival projects and award coordination. Originally from Scotland, she studied an MA in Theatre & Performance Studies at King’s College London. Following this, Adèle spent 3 years working for the Pleasance Theatre core management team in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Adèle identifies as queer and is inspired by performance that breaks outside the traditional theatre space, and focuses on projects that address narratives of refugeehood, intersectionality, national identity and political commentary.
Rowan Blake Prescott Producer
Rowan joined boundless in April 2022, He identifies as a working class, Northern, Queer creative. He trained as an actor in Manchester before pursuing a producing career in London. Prior to joining Boundless, he studied at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He is co-founder and producer of Bog Standard Creatives and looks to spotlight voices of those whose voices are overlooked.
He is particularly interested in creating work by, with and for under-represented individuals and is always looking for ways to inspire others, in an effort to lead and influence the next generation of theatre makers and artists.
Rebecca McGreevy Programme Administrator
Rebecca develops and produces theatre, and supports arts organisations across marketing and audience development strategy. As a collaborative artist, she champions theatre as a welcoming place of empowerment and joy.
Alongside Boundless she is Director of Teastain Theatre and Communications Officer for Stockroom Productions. Recent shows include: Tap Root (Director, The Glitch); Thirst (Director, Vault Festival) and Untitled Sparkly Vampire Play (Producer, Omnibus Theatre).
Recently she was a member of Tmesis Theatre’s Wicked Women Group and Liverpool Royal Court’s Stage Write Development Programme. She has also previously worked with Leeds Playhouse, York Theatre Royal (Takeover Festival), Without Walls and Pilot Theatre.
Cherry is a London-based writer, director, performer, and spoken-word poet. Her work often explores identity, family, and universal anxieties. She is interested in creating work that is relevant, empowering, electric, and blurs boundaries between disciplines.
Web: https://cherryeckel.weebly.com/
Instagram: cherrytheeckel
Twitter: cherrytheeckel
Emilia has been a part of the Boundless Advisory Group for a while now, and since completing the Certificate of Higher Education at East 15 Acting School in 2018, she has spent the majority of her time creating. Now training at MN Academy, Emilia spent her time in lockdown writing and developing stories and spoken word pieces, as well as composing music. Prior to lockdown, Emilia worked as a Drama Teacher at multiple local drama schools across Ealing, including Questors Youth Theatre and Yourstage Drama.
Emilia is also currently constructing her own series of short devised pieces, which incorporate her musical compositions with pieces of spoken word and physical theatre.
Instagram: emilia.hargreaves
Twitter: emiliaharg
Clíona is an Irish writer and director based in London. Her work engages with feminism and climate activism, often mixing disciplines. Clíona recently graduated from Brunel University London with a BA in Theatre and English, and she is now working at Jerwood Arts as Team Assistant alongside developing her theatre-making practice.
Instagram: clionama
Twitter: clionamal
Julia is an actor and theatre-maker based in London. She recently graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with a Master’s in acting, where she was a recipient of the Embassy Scholarship. She is a keen actor-deviser and co-created with Poltergeist Theatre the sell-out show Lights Over Tesco Carpark (Pleasance, New Diorama). She recently enjoyed playing a chorus part in season two of Boundless Theatre’s audio-drama, Radio Elusia.
Twitter: JuliaPilkington
Sadhana is a creative based West Midlands. She’s been a member of the New Vic Youth theatre for over 6 years, working on projects such as the 2019 National Youth Theatre Connections show ‘The Sad Club’ and Heritage Lottery funded Dorothy Clive project. Currently, she’s a Contributor on the Voice Magazine and was part of the Radio Elusia Season 2 Writer’s room.
Instagram: sadhana.jpg
Liam is an energetic, passionate and determined creative artist from Birmingham. Liam has trained at Birmingham Ormiston Academy and Peer Productions and is looking now to develop as an actor, specialising in contemporary theatre. He joined the Advisory Group with the hope that his opinions will help shape the most important of topics for theatre.
Instagram: liamstone__
Tolu Fagbayi is an artist, writer and musician. She has BA Acting degree and is also in the process of writing her first play which explores the identity and intersectional feminism.
Tolu is an energetic, passionate and professional artist and person who strongly believes equality in all areas especially within the arts.
Instagram: toluafagbayi
Betty is a London based Northern facilitator and theatre-maker.
Growing up in a multicultural working-class household and being queer, theatre provided space for creativity they did not otherwise have, and they now work with a particular passion for the community of theatre and curate their Creative Practice challenging ways of creative engagement. Having been a secondary carer for their dad, and as a disabled and neuro-divergent person, they aim to create access inclusivity in their practice.
Before working in the Arts, they worked in Sales as an Executive Team Trainer and worked in TV and Education for ITV’s Emmerdale Studios. Betty began their creative career in the Arts through the National Youth Theatre, first as an actor through NYT’s 2018 intake course, then later shifting focus into Facilitation. Having discovered a love of theatre, they enrolled at East 15 Acting school, where they discovered their passion for facilitation and Applied Theatre. After achieving their Certificate of Higher Education, they began their BA degree at The Royal Central School of Speech, studying Drama, Applied Theatre and Education.
Whilst at Uni, Betty has continued work with NYT, as a Course Assistant, Course manager and now as an Emerging Artist. They also work as a Creative Practitioner, leading two programmes at WAC Arts (Spark & Ignite), and as Workshop Leader at ATG Learning. Betty is also an emerging Director, having directed at Arts Ed and Tramshed.
I’m a writer and working part-time, front of house, in an art museum, I am based in both Manchester, Lancashire and Halifax, West Yorkshire. I did my bachelors in English Literature from University of Manchester and looking to build on my degree more. I’ve done a few artist development programmes as a playwrighter in Oldham and London and currently helping out on a student film production! My work, whatever form it tries to take, focuses on the self, independence, translation and the abstract!
Bella Cavicchi (she/her) is a theatre artist, educator, and freelance producer. She is an alumna of Brown University, where she graduated with a B.A. in Literacy and the Performing Arts, and the University of Cambridge, where she graduated with an MPhil in Arts, Creativity, and Education, taking a particular focus at both institutions on the radical possibilities of devising theatre with young people. As a producer, recent credits include MEDEA THE MUSICAL (Paradise Green, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2022), ED: THE NEW, TOTALLY UNOFFICIAL, GINGER-INCLUSIVE PARODY SKETCH SHOW (Canal Cafe Theatre, 2022), and the Almeida For Free Festival, produced as a member of Almeida Theatre’s 2022 Young Producers Cohort. When she’s not in the rehearsal room or managing spreadsheets, Bella teaches drama at a secondary school just outside of London—and loves that she spends each day thinking about theatre!
Seyi is a creative producer who focuses on the inclusivity and celebration of often marginalised communities such as the LGBTQAI+ community and those who are racially othered. Having grown up rarely seeing herself represented in mainstream arts and media, Seyi seeks to produce arts and culture that centers the queer and/or black experience.
Seyi produces with Raze Collective to support and develop both in-person and digital queer performance. Seyi has experience producing theatre, cabaret & musicals and has worked extensively in stage management & production roles with The Cocoa Butter Club. Seyi currently works as podcast producer, working with the award-winning Transmissions Roundhouse.
He is an Actor/Writer/Director/Producer whilst also studying for a Business Management BA. He studied Theatre at the BRIT school; following COVID, he started to work with the Almeida Theatre as a Young Producer and was part of the Orpheus Project with Babel Theatre. He is writing a new play taking a fresh look at masculinity and how it affects men daily.
Dasha is an international student from Ukraine passionate about creative writing, journalism, social issues and the arts. She enjoys writing for her school’s newspaper and tries to take an active part in the artistic life of her community. She has previously worked on multiple literary and translation projects with an NGO “Foundation of Regional Initiatives” and has been a recipient of the BBK Art Fellowship in Germany. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering in cultural institutions and exploring world literatures and languages.
Michaela is a creative based in London. She is a programme manager at intergenerational charity, InCommon and an associate at 64 Million Artists, a creative social enterprise. Michaela is passionate about how theatre can platform new stories and creatively connect local communities. Her favourite ways of getting creative are through facilitation, writing and going to London’s various theatre productions.
Twitter: @_michaxla
Daze Aghaji is an inspiring Youth Climate Justice Activist based in London. With a focus on Regenerative Cultures, Radical Social Justice, Youth Politics, and Artistic innovation, she is a powerful voice for radical systemic change. Her tireless advocacy has earned recognition from leading charities, institutions, governments, and grassroots change-makers globally. The Guardian fittingly describes her as “a ball of energy, conviction, and warmth.”
Daze is best known for her high-profile political campaigning, which has seen her successfully sue her government, run for election, and lobby institutions for meaningful change. In 2019, she became the youngest candidate ever to stand in a European Parliamentary election. Running as an independent under the banner of a Climate and Ecological Emergency, she helped raise awareness of the urgent need for political will to address the climate crisis.
In 2020, Daze’s efforts to support young people struggling with eco-anxiety led her to lobby the Royal College of Psychiatrists to recognize this issue. She conducted research and developed tools to help those affected by it. Additionally, she initiated a successful Judicial review against the UK government, compelling them to release a Net-Zero Strategy ahead of COP26. As a founding member of Extinction Rebellion’s youth branch, Daze has been a driving force for climate justice. She previously served as the Director and Creative Director of Earthrise Studio, a creative agency dedicated to communicating the climate crisis.
Currently, Daze is an Artist in Residence at Phytology, the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. She also works as an Artistic Environmental consultant at the Gate Theatre and serves as a Speaker and Climate Justice Consultant, collaborating with global corporations and governments. Her work is founded in a deep love, duty, and care for all life. Daze remains passionately committed to organizing with grassroots campaigns and organizations for climate justice.
“The only way we can avoid environmental collapse is by addressing all planetary boundaries. The only way we can do this is going back to our roots and falling back in love with our land.” – Daze Aghaji
Caspar is passionate about making Art more accessible. He was lucky enough to engage in the arts, specifically theatre, as a young person and it made a massive difference to his life. He has dedicated a lot of his professional and personal life to this cause. He works at City Bridge Trust, a charitable funder that distributes £25 million pounds a year to charities and organisations who support Londoners. Within this work he assesses funding applications and makes recommendations to the grants committee as to whether the applications fit within the Trust’s criteria. This has allowed him to develop good knowledge of charity governance, finances, and what funders are looking for within funding applications.
Before this, Caspar worked as a Trust Fundraiser for various arts organisation’s (mainly participatory arts activities), as a Producer for various emerging and fringe theatre companies, and in events producing. Capar lives in South East London near Crystal Palace Park, but grew up in Bristol.
Charlotte is a lawyer, mother of three teenagers and lifelong lover of the arts (visual arts, theatre and film in particular). Charlotte’s first voluntary role many years ago (last millennium) as a newly qualified solicitor was on the board of the Arts Law Centre in her home state of Queensland, Australia and she has since remained passionate about using her skills to support the creative industries due to her belief in the positive impact they have on society.
Charlotte is Director of Legal and Business Affairs at ITV. She has over 25 years’ experience in legal and business affairs roles in private practice and in-house, with a particular focus on media and tech companies. Previous in-house roles have included as assistant general counsel at Virgin Media and interim head of legal at Channel 4. She spent two years as a senior legal consultant to TikTok, starting just before lockdown and riding its wave of growth. She has also set up her own tech business, Storychest, a private digital scrapbook for families.
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