“This is a really exciting project and Lighthouse is delighted to be working with Andrew Muir and Janisè Sadik as part of Here and Now,” says Creative Engagement Officer Perdie Bargh who is producing the play for Lighthouse. 

“Many of those who have taken part are from less privileged backgrounds and a key element of the project aims to unlock their creative talents and open up new horizons for them by giving them the opportunity to work alongside a professional playwright.” 

Here and Now is supported by Arts Council England and Future Arts Centres, marking The National Lottery’s 25th birthday. 

Andrew Muir’s works for stage and screen include The Session (Mother Tongue/Soho Theatre) and Gold Dust (Deafinitely Theatre/Soho Theatre) and the short film A Family Man. He was the Literary Associate for Deafinitely Theatre for which he adapted Love’s Labour's Lost at Shakespeare’s Globe. 

Janisè Sadik is a part of the Young Vic Directors programme and Paines Plough. In 2018 she set up a Youth Theatre company at We Are Spotlight working with young actors that don’t have access to training.