An enormous thank you to all of the following people, without whom The Story of Us festival would not have been possible:
The Encompass steering group and The Story of Us creative committee
Jay Jina
Rekha Jina
Aneta Debska-Pszczolkowska
Dr. Swati Gola
Gosia Zajac
Ewelina Kowalska
Gosia Maselko-Swedrak
Klara Swedrak
Anne Madray
Krish Madray
Norman David Samuels
Anandhikrishna G K
Euten Lindsay
Pooja Vijay
Inaaya Vijay
Premal Bhatt
Bernadine Chelvanayagam
Laya Bhatt
Tarla Bhatt
Additional participants from the Encompass consultation process
Kamila Ozga
Mariousz Ozga
Alex Ozga
Agnieszka Szpinola
Mela Szpinola
Lidia Pszczolkowska
Hanna Pszczolkowska
Lucy Mackeith
Nadia Lewis-Gorton
Luca Gorton
Ricardo Croal
Sonakshi Mishra
Rohan Mishra
Rishika Mukhopadhyay
Nimisha Sood
Manish Powari
Mihir Powari
Monica Shanta
Ghee Bowman
The Encompass project consultant and mentor
Sandhya Dave of Devon Diversity Consultants
The Story of Us performers
Somatic (Somin Griffin-Dave), Sonic Landscapes of Colour Excerpts Listening Session
Indi Madray, Stand Up Comedy
Tommy Khosla, Contemporary Sitar Recital
TAK (Kasia Dybowska-Lackie, Arek & Asia Januszewscy, Jola & Piotr Kawalek, Jacek Zięba), A Polish Musical Journey
Curation by Beyond Face
Directed by: Alix Harris
Written by: Corinne Walker
Performed by: Yasmin Gooch, Shiquerra Robertson, Sonia Thakurdesai
With additional support from Company members:
Executive Producer: Helen Bovey
Campaign Storyteller: Tamera Heron
Indian Dance Showcase
Inaaya Vijay
Vibha Selvaratnam and her dancers:
Ananya Chakravarty
Laya Bhatt
Tarla Bhatt
Navidha Raj Dharman
Janaki Raj Dharman
Divvya Biswas
Dishaa Biswas
Geeti Biswas
Anika Sarai
Charu Sharma
Isabel Joshy
Anabel Joshy
Joseena Mathew
Tanya Sangaraju
Nikita Sangaraju
Saanvii Aroori
Anandhikrishna G K
The Encompass Poets
Jay Jina
Krish Madray
Anne Madray
Norman David Samuels
Gosia Zajac
Dr. Swati Gola
Gosia Maselko-Swedrak
The community storytellers
Nadia Lewis-Gorton (Anansi story)
Aneta Debska-Pszczolkowska (Smok Wawelski story)
Premal Bhatt and Anandhikrishna G K (Hanuman story)
The community workshop leaders
Nesia Derby-McCabe, Barney McCabe, Candace Pavy-Errington (Bélé dance workshop)
Mrs Hiral Patel, Rekha Jina, Sandhya Dave (Garba dance workshop)
The craft room team
Bernadine Chelvanayagam
Tarla Bhatt
Laya Bhatt
Ewelina Kowalska
Magdalena Bąk
Miłosz Bąk
Aneta Debska-Pszczolkowska
Gosia Zajac
Gosia Maselko-Swedrak
Anne Madray
Lisa Hudson
Volunteer team (Front of House and Feast)
Anshul Kumar
Cijith Jose
Sachin Sharma
Prashant Kumar
Divin Mathew Varghese
Aryan Sinha
Karen Gold
Julie Moore
Sinead Partridge
Volunteer team (Mehendi)
Catherine Paul Chitilapilly
Priya Mundri Devi
Shivani Burman
Trupti Mendalia
Nimisha Sood Powari
Isolde Julia Sommerfeldt
Dr Supriya Agarwal
Hiral Patel
Sonakshi Mishra
Festival resource creators
Evgenya Ryabova (sourdough bread)
Joanna Januszewska (Polish costume board)
Liberty Smith (film maker: An Antidote to Invisibility)
Festival support team
Book stall: Book Bag and Charlie Richards
Chaperones: Vicki and Holly Baker, Jacob Blackburn
Festival photography: Jacob Blackburn
Project videography and photography: Ralph Whitehead
The organisations, businesses, and individuals who supported the festival
Book Bag and Charlie Richards
Tamarind Tree Indian Kitchen
Exeter Hindu Cultural Centre
Double Elephant Print Workshop and Screenprint Studio and Simon Ripley
St Cuthberts Mill
The Windrush in Devon group and Devon Development Education
Devon Diversity Consultants, Sandhya Dave and Ghee Bowman
Designs Unlimited and Jo Willcocks
Theatre Royal Plymouth
The Box
Oggy Oggy Pasties (Exeter)
The Northcott Theatre
Artistic Director: Daniel Buckroyd
Head of Projects and Participation: Lisa Hudson
Community Engagement Producer (Festival Producer): Nicole Redfern
Encompass Producer: Norman David Samuels
Marketing: Kelly Johnson, Laura Van Wymersch, Ralph Whitehead
Technical and building: Sonny Evans and Sam Jones
Production: Elaine Faulkner
Bar: Billie Burberry, Liz Bond, Sharon Sissons
Duty Managers: Ashley Dashwood, John Smith
Box Office: Jude Browne, Nikki Andrews, Guy Newman, Jake Celecia
Front of House: Hazel Johnson, Mark Gambrill
All the visitors and audience members who came along on the day!
And our funders
Arts Council England
Exeter City Council
National Lottery Heritage Fund
University of Exeter
