Through her work within the community and schools Winsome has won the Southwark Culture Award 2007. This award was presented during National Women’s Month and she was awarded for having a positive influence within the borough of Southwark.

As a radio presenter Winsome has had the pleasure of interviewing the likes of Omar, Ty, DON-E, Estelle, Bashy, Kevin Mark Trail, Dylan (P Diddy’s MTV Making the Band), Eska, Malik (Moorish Delta 7), Judith Jacobs, Soweto Kinch, Michael Colyar (Def Jam Comedy) FLOetic Lara, Julie Dexter, Yolanda Brown (MOBO winner 08) Kojo (Def Jam Comedy UK) and many more.

Winsome’s passion for poetry began in primary school around age 9, she says ‘I use to like the way in which words would rhyme together’. From then on she wrote poems for class mates for Valentine’s Day and birthdays whilst still being in secondary school. ‘It was when I attended college that my passion for poetry flew off into the stratosphere’.

Duncan entered the Afro–Caribbean showcase at Kingway’s College and won 1st place for 2 consecutive years. This set the stage to fine tune her art and step into the shoes of the Lyrical Healer.

Writing personalised framed poetry began as presents for family and friends, this would soon turn into a business called ‘The Healing Factory.’ Being the director of her own company gave her full creative control when it came to writing her debut book ‘The Food Spiral’ which is self-published and available on www.amazon.co.uk This collection of poetry talks frankly about her struggle with food addiction.

As an artist Winsome Duncan alias is called ‘Lyrical Healer’ as well as being a performance poet she is also a singer/song-writer, writing for Dionne Mitchell from X-Factor plus songs for local and international artists.

The Royal Festival Hall, Arsenal Emirates Stadium, Jazz Café, Houses of Parliament, The Coronet, Ocean, Millwall Football Stadium, South Bank, Hackney Empire, Ministry of Sound are just some of the venues that Winsome has performed at.

This exceptional young woman is multi-talented and has a vast amount of talent to share with the creative industry. Through her life experiences she has embraced an authentic sense of the human experience.

As head of the in-house art/video department, working closely with Chris Blackwell, Bruno was responsible for creating award winning campaigns for top artists like U2, Bob Marley, Steve Winwood, the B52’s, Robert Palmer, Grace Jones, Kid Creole, Mica Paris, Eric B & Rakim and many more…

His directorial debut was the video for Bob Marley’s ‘Buffalo Soldier’ He went on to direct over 50 videos as well as designing many award wining record covers and campaigns.

1990-2000
Bruno set up Mainline Productions with producer Tracey Josephs (Film4) where he directed a stream of commercials, videos and for EPK’s Telstar, Go Discs, Universal TV, Island, Virgin, EMI and WEA records.

Bruno also became consultant Creative Director for Manga Films, ICA Films and Universal’s Hi-Life Records, creating brand identities and responsible for all their visual output. By this time he had co-produced, directed and shot over 100 music videos.

2000-2010
Slave Productions, CGI animation company hired Bruno as art director for 26 episodes of children’s series Spheriks commissioned by FIFA for the World cup 2002.

During this period amongst a diversity of clients Bruno has produced films and graphics for Paramount Comedy Channel, Universal’s Pictures, Touchwood Films, Whitfield Street Studios, PWL, Sony/BMG Records and many more…

With a passion for film, Bruno has co-written six screenplays, three of which are based on his original story ideas. His comedy The Oxbarn Social Club Outing is currently under option with Florin Films.

www.brunotilley.com

Teaching/education roles include music production, project management, careers advice, music industry studies, performance skills and music workshops.

Nixon is an accomplished musician and producer who has performed/recorded either in the recording studio, on television, or live with Mariah Carey, Ronnie Laws, Angie Brown, The Honeyz, Maxee (Brownstone) Sam Moore, Ruby Turner, Jools Holland, Juliet Roberts, Billy Paul, ABC, Cleveland Watkiss, Emmett North Jnr, Clem Curtis & The Foundations and many more.

His main instrument is the six-string electric bass guitar. Styles include; funk, soul, rock, various dance genres, jazz, latin, reggae, blues, hip hop etc.

Hailed, early in his career, as one of the Years Best by the legendary Lyricist Lounge, Kenny Baraka has since gone on to record, perform and tour internationally with such industry greats as De La Soul, Burning Spear, Omar, Rodney P, Common Sense, Shortee Blitz, Supernatural and A Tribe Called Quest, just to name a few. Kenny has been touring London and the U.K. extensively for the past few years, performing, compere’ing, speaking at schools and youth organizations, as well as facilitating engaging arts education workshops that deal with everything from creative writing and performance art to cultural awareness and personal management. His most recent recording effort, a spoken word album entitled ‘Conversations With The Yout’ was recognised by the English Poetry Book Society as one of the country’s best spoken word records of the year.

Kenny was commissioned to write and produce an original HipHopera for a London arts academy, and is also currently working with England’s Arts Council on ‘The Rememberers’, a new multi-media educational model fusing together creative writing, performance poetry and animation.

Her feature film-acting debut was as Abby National in Sid and Nancy (1986), about Sid Vicious of the punk group the Sex Pistols and his girlfriend. Sugarman appeared in the comedy Straight to Hell (1987) with Courtney Love, the TV movie Escape from Sobibor (1987) with Alan Arkin, the feature film Dealers (1989) with Rebecca De Mornay and the same year found herself back on weekly television with a regular role on the TV series Streetwise.

By 1990, Sugarman had come to the realization that she wanted to direct, and took time off to attend film school, graduating in 1995. She gained attention as a director with her short film, Anthrakitis (1998), when it was nominated for a BAFTA film award. Her feature film directorial debut was the comedy Mad Cows (1999), then Sugarman wrote and directed Very Annie Mary (2001). Starring Rachel Griffiths in the title role, the film was well-received, with Sugarman winning a Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Screenplay at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

The success of Very Annie Mary (2001) generated interest in Hollywood for the Welsh director, and she was next asked to direct Disney’s feature comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan.

‘Winner of the London Jazz Awards for best Vocalist 2010′

Born in the East End of London, virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer Cleveland Watkiss studied the voice at ‘London school of Singing’ with opera coach ‘Arnold Rose’ and at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. Cleveland was also one of the co-founders of the vastly influential Jazz Warriors big band. His vocals can be heard on their debut album, Out of Many People, which won a video award in Japan.

Cleveland was then entered for the Wire/Guardian Jazz Awards and was voted best vocalist for three consecutive years, and was the opening act of choice for two of the world’s greatest female jazz vocalists ‘Cassandra Wilson’ And ‘Abbey Lincoln’…. John Fordham, the Guardian music journalist accurately describes Cleveland as ‘arriving on the scene with a bang”.

His amazing vocal experiences have seen him perform with many diverse artists from around the world such as,The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dusseldolf Symphonic Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Jackie Mittoo, Keith Richards, James Taylor Quartet, Art Blakey, Sly & Robbie, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stevie Wonder, Patife, Lepaja Symphonic Orchestra, Carlinhos Brown, Robbie Williams, Joe Cocker, The Who, Branford Marsalis, George Martin, Julian Joseph, Bocato Big Band, Lisa Stansfield, Courtney Pine, Janet Kay, Maxi Priest, Soul II Soul, London Chamber Orchestra, Kassa Mady, BBC Orchestra, Goldie, Cassandra Wilson, Kenny Wheeler Big Band, Sugar Minot, Talvin Singh, Bjork, Pete Townshend, London Community Gospel Choir [LCGC] and many many More.

Cleveland Watkiss is also a very keen Music Educator, working as a voice instructor with workshops in Venues/Schools, colleges and Universities around the UK.

He also designed the vocal curriculum for BA Students at the ‘Weekend Arts College’ [WAC] in North London, and is regularly a facilitator and voice coach for the ‘Artist Development Programme’ [ADP] at the Hackney Empire Theatre in East London.