Me acting! Really enjoyed working on this scene, what do you think?
Scene: Jenna from the teacher directed by Dominic Leclerc
Thank you @runatitshouting for the footage
Here’s to 25 🎉🎉 archival footage of me singing, taking charge and loving the camera, clearly nothing and everything has changed!
24 had some great highs and extreme lows, but I am so proud of the person I am becoming!
Some highlights of the last year
-Finishing my masters and creating a boss thesis that I am extremely proud of!
- Working with theatre companies such as Complicté and Clod ensemble!
-performing at theatre503
- seeing Olivia Deen, Pip Millet and Mahalia live!
- celebrating break throughs with friends
-co-facilitating a 7 week project with some talented people and young people and seeing them perform at Mountview backstage theatre!
-traveling to Venice and Berlin to see some great independent cinema
- auditions
-intimacy co-ordinating of Very Very open, short film
-writing two shorts that I hope to get made in the future
- working/ leading on two projects in Gloucester and Portsmouth whilst studying (that was not always easy)
- so much learning and healing!
- spending time with my family
And much much more, taking stock of the small stuff cause sometimes you can only see what you are going through, but I am grateful for life and for what the future holds! Lots more to be done but hopefully I’ve still got time!!
That’s a wrap on Constantina Thimblina don’t get in my way unless you can handle all of this fabulousness! 6 months of being paid to do what I love acting! More please!
This has been a rollercoaster experience with lots of learning curves.
Here are some highlights:
1) Costume check!
2) Divas! What a pair
3) Cast 20
4) Shenanigans with my favourites
5) More shenanigans
6) My corner
7) Strike a pose
8) And another one
9) You mean you have a life outside work?
10) Yes I have a life outside work
11) Say cheese
12) Am I seeing double?
13) Look at that face!
14) Over and out
To the team and @gee.sian.clarke thank you!
Not everyone’s tagged x
Art is key 2026
Thank you @turtlekeyarts for asking me to lead this project. It has been such a beautiful, fulfilling project and absolute honour to be the Lead Artist on this residency, I feel very proud.
@singwithgabrielle@ruthgram_ thank you for who you are and all the creative energy you both brought to this project!
Some fun song lyrics:
Catching the dawn: between pills and playground game I learnt how to love, I learnt how to dream, I learnt how to be
Simba: I am living and I am able
The vibe: face card clean you caught my attention, dopamine high I’m in a new dimension
Collective responsibility: family and unity, yeah that’s @chivaprojects
The work is the work that is all! Grateful for all that I was able to accomplished in 2025 and looking forward to what 2026 has in store. And beyond grateful to those who I get to work with.
Photo credit: @genevieve.girling.photography
Thank you @theatredeli for having me as part of the allotment programme. It was great to have the time to write, play and discover new things about my play! Thank you to everyone who took part…Next steps funding!
No but... Where are you really from?
by Monique Eleanor
Produced by Bells Kennedy-Compston
First premiering at theatre Peckham, Peckham fringe festival 2024. Performed at Bath fringe festival 2024.
Supported by Hoxton Hall-Hoxton labs residency.
With the exiting update that we are going to be part of Theatre Deli’s Allotment programme this November!
Excited to see what comes next!
With special thanks to:
Izzy Ajani
Cecilia Alfonso-Eaton
Miriam Babooram
Caachi Deane
Ifeoma Ezeugwu
Megan Goldsman
Kennedy L.J. Jopson
Rebecca Liseli
Jessica Nlabu
Izzy Ponsford
Karlina Veras
V.O:
Gabrielle Finnegan
Toni-marie Happe
Mithiran Ravindran
Photo credit @bellskcprod
Thank you October see you in November. How is it already the end of the year?
1. Friends
2. Did a little screening of my short film! @arthousen8 It was fun
3. Got dressed up
4. My Meryl
5. Wadge
6. Princesses
7. Eye eye captain let’s go
8. Kemi got gemmed 💎
9. They are cute I guess
10. And pose
Film Update: We are really excited to announce that I choose to mourn by living, has been accepted as part of the F-word exhibition happening from the 9th of October 2025- to the 31st of January 31st 2026.
We are so proud of this film and think more than ever it needs to be seen!
We will also be doing a screening of it at the Arthouse in Crouch End on the 15th of October alongside some other short films.
We hope you see you there! (Link in bio)
We are grateful for all the support so far and everyone involved.
Team:
Monique - writer, narrator and executive producer
Carolin – @itsmecarolinp + @pinkrevisionprod - director and executive producer
Crystal – @crystal__clicks - D.O.P
Kat – @katkeyss - composer
Christina – @chrrrrrrristina - editor
Lois – @colourbylois - colourist
Rachael @_rachael_thompson_ - sound editor
Raye – @rayofsun07 - musician
Phoebe-Rae – @missrare - dancer
Saffron – @dey_saffron -supporting artist
Clarissa @clarissa.tyra_ - supporting artist
Spent the past two weeks creating, playing, writing and further developing my play; No but…Where are you really from?
Really proud of what I have created and to see how it continues to grow.
Thank you to everyone involved, @hellss.bellss for being such a great support and to @hoxtonhall for having me as part of the Hoxton labs residency!
To standing in lines and learning lines.
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