Biography

Tiffany is a recent graduate of the BA Technical Theatre and Stage Management course at RADA, specialising in design and scenic art. In the last three years she has worked as the Set and Costume Designer for House of Ife (RADA, Gielgud Theatre), The Sewing Group (RADA, GBS Theatre), the Set Designer for Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare for Young Audiences (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre), Pericles – Shakespeare for Young Audiences (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre), Head of Scenic Art for Anatomy of a Suicide (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre), The Effect (RADA, Gielgud Theatre), as well as being a Scenic Artist for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (RADA, GBS Theatre), Wild Cherries (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre), The Bureau (RADA, Gielgud Theatre), NSFW (RADA, Gielgud Theatre), The Wolves (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre), Curse of the Starving Class (RADA, GBS Theatre), Kursk (RADA, Gielgud Theatre), Stop Kiss (RADA, GBS Theatre), and Plaques and Tangles (RADA, Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre). She has also done work placements at the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House working as a scenic artist on The Witches (Olivier Theatre), Infinite Life (Dorfman Theatre), Wozzeck (Royal Opera House).

In the wake of the sudden death of their eldest son, Ife, one family is forced to confront the traumas they’ve long tried to bury. As the sun beats down on their North London flat, and the head of the family arrives from Ethiopia for the funeral, tensions rise, cultures clash and past betrayals are unearthed.

A tense and captivating story of what it means to belong, and what happens when a family’s secrets shake its foundations. 

This production was written and directed by Beru Tessema.