As a teenager, Sadeysa made carnival costumes, large-scale puppets, kinetic sculptures and props for indoor and outdoor shows with Mahogany Carnival Arts and helped to make costumes for major sporting ceremonies, including the opening of the Olympics in London 2012, before jumping into the world of design.
Sadeysa graduated from BA Scenic Arts in 2010 and has since built a distinctive creative voice shaped by curiosity, collaboration, and cultural storytelling.
Her early work included designing for productions such as I Call My Brothers at the Gate, Notting Hill, followed by Open Doors at Harkers Studio. She went on to create dynamic designs for Gargantua and The Endless Night as part of the Takeover Festival at the Kiln, and contributed to Kiln’s Mapping Brent project with Sugar and The Orphans of the Grange.
Her practice expanded into work with renowned companies, designing TYTP: 17 Bite Your Tongue for Talawa Theatre Company, The Legend of Hamba for black-led, artist-centred British African heritage theatre company tiata fahodzi at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), and collaborating with nitroBEAT on dynamic, multi-disciplinary live event Suckerpunch Boom Suite at the Barbican. She further developed her storytelling through design with productions at the Unicorn Theatre, including Anansi the Spider and Anansi the Spider Respun.
Following George Floyd’s killing in the US, she co-created an interactive installation for the Young Vic, entitled The Unforgotten, a project that reflects her interest in work rooted in community, identity, and collective memory.
Most recently, she designed the set for the National Theatre’s production of Death of England: Delroy, written by Rose Bruford College alum Roy Williams, an exciting milestone that highlights her continued evolution as a bold and imaginative designer.
Revisit Sadeysa’s creative career by reading her profile in The Guardian.
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