Axiom Of Choice

Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is author of eight books including his most recent books The Creativity Code: how AI is learning to write, paint and think (Fourth Estate 2019), Thinking Better: the Art of the Shortcut (Fourth Estate 2021) and Around the World in 80 Games (Fourth Estate 2023).

He is author of two plays including I is a Strange Loop (Faber 2021) which was performed at the Barbican in London in which he was also lead actor. He has collaborated multiple times with Complicite and is trustee for Wayward Productions. He has presented numerous radio and TV series including a four part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths.

He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from The Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival. He received an OBE for services to science in the 2010 New Year’s Honours List and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2016.

Lu graduated with distinction in MA Advanced Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2020. She was nominated for both the Saville Scholarship and the Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund as a Director/Theatre Maker.

Lu is passionate about directing new work that is both playful and thought-provoking. Her style often blends clowning and queer elements, always with a pointed and collaborative approach. She seeks to use joy as a tool to empower audiences, whether it’s to spark discussions, inspire action, or simply foster a sense of agency.

Shipra Jain is an Indian actress based in London with film, TV and theatre experience. After having worked on a couple of TV series like Ganga and Shiva, Shipra moved to London, where she has worked on many projects including a BBC TV series FRANKIE, and a BBC film LUMBU. She also has a feature film as lead on Amazon Prime UK and US called MEETING.

She’s also won an award for her performance in the short film THINGS THAT GROW. She’s also worked on Indian films including PUNJAB95, AN ACTION HERO, SERGEANT, MERE HUSBAND KI BIWI and SILA NODIGALIL. Series such as UNITED KACCHE, and commercials such as SPORTSBUZZ with Virat Kohli. She’s performed at Prithvi theatre in India as well as worked on UK productions – including TALES OF BIRBAL, BEYOND SINGULARITY and CONTRADICTIONS. She’s also worked on commercials including BUMBLE, VODAFONE, LYCAMOBILE, START TOURS, COIN MASTER and SYKES COTTAGES.

Joseph Prowen trained at LAMDA.

Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Company), Piaf (Nottingham Playhouse/Leeds Playhouse), Trial by Laughter (Watermill and Tour), Bury the Hatchet (Hope Theatre), A View From Islington North (Out of Joint/Arts Theatre), Single Spies (Chichester Festival Theatre/Birmingham Rep/UK Tour), Teddy (Southwark Playhouse), Jefferson’s Garden, Dick Whittington (Watford Palace Theatre) and An Ideal Husband (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Television credits: Sister Boniface Mysteries (BBC), Father Brown (BBC), Midsomer Murders (Bentley/ITV), Decline and Fall (Cave Bear/Tiger Aspect/BBC), And Then There Were None (Mammoth/BBC) and Casualty (BBC).

Film credits include: Chevalier (Searchlight Pictures). Joseph just wrote and starred in a short film, ‘& Sons’ which will be released next year.

TJ Sulaiman was born and raised in London. TJ has been performing since childhood with her creativity starting with dance. As an adult her passions have evolved to include a love of acting, with an appreciation for both screen and theatre performance. She enjoys exploring strong, thought-provoking stories, challenging herself creatively and having fun with her characters. TJ is making her debut stage appearance in The Axiom of Choice.

Clive Mendus trained at Dundee University, Sherman Theatre Cardiff and Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris. His work for Complicite includes Lionboy (as director and performer), The Master and Margarita, Endgame, Measure for Measure, Vanishing Points, Light, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Street of Crocodiles, Burning Ambition, Help! I’m Alive, The Visit and Anything for a Quiet Life.

Other theatre credits include Fragments (Russel Bender), Axiom of Choice (Marcus du Sautoy), The Language of Kindness (Wayward Prods.), Alone in Berlin (Northampton), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), Let the Right One In (West End), Othello (RSC), Delirium (Theatre O), Henry VIII (RSC/ Schtanhaus) and Loot (Derby Playhouse).

Television: Ragdoll, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Mr. Norrell and Jonathan Strange, Perfect Strangers, Eastenders and The History Files. Film includes The Emperor’s New Clothes. Radio Robin Hood, Joan of Arc, Frank the Fifth.

As Movement Director, Clive has worked on King Lear (Shakespeare’s Globe), Much Ado About Nothing (Rose Theatre, Kingston), The Alchemist, Arden of Faversham, The Comedy of Errors (RSC), Treasure Island, The Suicide, As You Like It, (National Theatre), Orange Adverts 2006, Behind the Green Curtains (O’Casey Theatre Co. Derry).

Clive also teaches in schools and colleges and abroad including India, Israel, Lithuania and in the US at the O’Neill Institute, Syracuse University and the New York Actor’s Center.

Jinal Shah has served as a Production and Stage Manager for English language plays in Mumbai, India, for over ten years. She has collaborated with respected production houses such as Ace Productions, Qtp Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Rage Productions, and Akvarious Productions. Her work encompasses a variety of productions, ranging from classics like “Sound of Music” to contemporary shows like “Sing India Sing” and “12 Angry Jurors.” Jinal has also contributed to international projects like “Gates to India Song,” featured in Bonjour India Festival. Additionally, she assisted an Italian director Danielle Bartolini in staging “Stranger” for Thespo, a youth theatre community. Her dedication and expertise has made her an invaluable asset to the theatre community in Mumbai.

Adi Shastri is a theatre artist with a multifaceted career spanning over a decade. He has worked as a light designer, stage manager, sound operator across virtually every major performing arts venue in Mumbai, and several across India. In addition, he also works as a filmmaker and assistant director. He hopes to apply his learnings in the theatre as he explores direction and acting.

Nirlek Dhulla is a full-time production professional, he took a big leap of faith by leaving the corporate job circuit to get into the space of visual and performing arts. Since then he has acted, directed and been a part of the production team of several Hindi & English theater projects, across Bangalore and Mumbai.

His production journey includes stints at art events such as Tata Literature Live, Mumbai (2022 & 2023) followed by The Mumbai Urban Art Festival (2022-23), annual theatre productions with The Drama School of Mumbai and creative production for Unshared Childhoods, a dramatic experiment in empathy by Tanvi Shah.