Lizzie Jago & Anna Rusbatch
Lizzie Jago has vast experience of working with children around the world in performing arts and has written stage-plays, nativities, assemblies and large-scale musical productions.
Lizzie incorporated her ancestor, Bishop Charles Alan Smythies, into the story for Albatross. He was consecrated as Bishop of Zanzibar in 1883 at The Anglican Christ Church Cathedral in Stonetown. He died on a ship and was buried at sea on the 7th May 1894. His character served as inspiration for the setting and story of Albatross.
Anna Rusbatch is a composer and music educator, currently based in England. She met Lizzie in 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya, where they were both living and teaching.
Lizzie first collaborated with Anna for the stage musical Kesho Amahoro, which was performed at Braeburn Theatre in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2010. It was set in the Refugee Camps of Northern Tanzania during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The cast consisted of 108 children aged 9 - 13.
Lizzie and Anna worked together again to create the Christmas Nativity, Mtoto Mfalme (Child King) - a Kenyan-inspired nativity story, performed by 150 children aged 5-7.
Kesho Amahoro was later performed at the Rose Theatre in London 26-28 July 2013 with a live orchestra and a huge cast of children from Kenya and the UK. For more details, visit the Kesho Amahoro website, like on Facebook or follow on Twitter. Lizzie and Anna collaborated again in 2014 to bring Albatross - Wings of Freedom to London for the International Youth Arts Festival..
Lizzie incorporated her ancestor, Bishop Charles Alan Smythies, into the story for Albatross. He was consecrated as Bishop of Zanzibar in 1883 at The Anglican Christ Church Cathedral in Stonetown. He died on a ship and was buried at sea on the 7th May 1894. His character served as inspiration for the setting and story of Albatross.
Anna Rusbatch is a composer and music educator, currently based in England. She met Lizzie in 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya, where they were both living and teaching.
Lizzie first collaborated with Anna for the stage musical Kesho Amahoro, which was performed at Braeburn Theatre in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2010. It was set in the Refugee Camps of Northern Tanzania during the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. The cast consisted of 108 children aged 9 - 13.
Lizzie and Anna worked together again to create the Christmas Nativity, Mtoto Mfalme (Child King) - a Kenyan-inspired nativity story, performed by 150 children aged 5-7.
Kesho Amahoro was later performed at the Rose Theatre in London 26-28 July 2013 with a live orchestra and a huge cast of children from Kenya and the UK. For more details, visit the Kesho Amahoro website, like on Facebook or follow on Twitter. Lizzie and Anna collaborated again in 2014 to bring Albatross - Wings of Freedom to London for the International Youth Arts Festival..