Kadisha is a queer, neurodivergent artist and performer from Liverpool. She focuses on work to stimulate socio-political change in the community. She has worked closely with several theatre organisations in Liverpool such as BlackFest, Collective Encounters and 20 Stories High. This included several devised theatre performances such as the international tour of 'We Didn't Start The Fire', 'Borderline Funk' and 'The Street Where The Stories Lived'.
Kadisha often creates theatre using strong elements of spoken word and poetry as well as theatre from improvisational work, with the theme of 'play'.
Her work is currently reflective of her own experiences a swell as that of young people in the wider community. She believes that theatre should be used as a platform for untold stories and a mechanism to empower underrepresented communities.
As part of her DaDa Fellowship, a scratch, work-in-progress version of her show 'Sunshine and Shadows' was shared at DaDaFest Scratch 2021, before debuting in full at DaDaFest International 2022.
Sunlight and Shadows - credits (DaDaFest International 2022)
Rachael Townsend - Director
Yandass Ndlovu - Movement Director
Production team at DaDa - Katie O'Callaghan, Rachel Rogers and Denise Kennedy