Black is the Color of my Voice

Apphia Campbell

Apphia Campbell is originally from United States and graduated from Florida International University with a BFA in theatre performance. She was the IASH playwrighting fellow for 2021. Apphia wrote Black Is The Color Of My Voice in 2013. In 2017 her  show with Meredith Yarbrough, Woke, was presented as part of the Made In Scotland Showcase, where it won a Scotsman Fringe First, a Highly Commended from Amnesty International Award, and was shortlisted for The Filipa Bragança Award and Scottish Art Club Theatre Award. 

In 2019, she made her West End debut with Black Is The Color Of My Voice at Trafalgar Studios and had a London premiere of Woke at Battersea Arts Centre. Her first commission from the BBC for a children’s story, called Zachary The Zebroid aired in 2020 and she also wrote Birdie’s Dilemma for Scenes for Survival (BBC in collaboration with NTS Scotland). She was one of six writers who wrote for the National Theatre of Scotland’s Christmas show Rapunzel. 

Credits include: The Last Bordello (David Leddy, Director) Woke (Caitlin Skinner, Director), Black Is The Color Of My Voice (Arran Hawkins, Director), The Color Purple (James Harkness, Director), Soul Sessions (Cabaret), and No Exit (Michael Beets, Director).

Nicholle Cherrie

Nicholle Cherrie graduated from ArtsEd in 2017. Her theatre credits include Soon (Eclipse), Mansfield Park (Watermill), Splintered (Soho), Black Love (Kiln), 15 Heroines (Jermyn Street), Girl From The North Country (Gielgud/Toronto), Richard II (Shakespeare’s Globe), Leave Taking (Bush), Mamma Mia! (Cyprus), Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park). Her television credits include Doctors (BBC).

Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir

Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir is an award-winning playwright, director and dramaturg. A former director in residence at Tron (hang, Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything, Happy Ark Day! :)), she now works freelance. Predominantly working with new writing, her directing credits include The Beatles Were a Boyband (F-Bomb), ChildMinder (Traverse) and Variant (A Play, A Pie and a Pint). She was nominated as best director at the CATS Awards 2022 for Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything (Tron).