About Us
Rakie Ayola - Co-Founder
In 2023 Rakie received the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for her performance in The Pact (BBC) and was also honoured with the BAFTA Cymru Siân Phillips Award. In 2021 she received the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Jimmy McGovern's Anthony (BBC).
A graduate and Fellow of The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Rakie has played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Royal Court and the West End - including a year playing Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
On screen her work includes Doctor Who, Under Milk Wood, Shetland and Noughts and Crosses (BBC), Grace (ITV) and No Offence (Channel 4). Film credits include The I Inside, Sahara, Dredd, Now Is Good, and the 2018 Netflix hit Been So Long.
Various Executive Producer credits include The Pact (Series 2, BBC) and the feature film Diamond Sky (Release 2024).
Adam Smethurst - Co-Founder
Adam is an Actor, Writer and Filmmaker. After many years appearing on stage and television in the UK he completed the MA Screenwriting at UAL. He made several corporate films before adapting and directing William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (2018) starring Sheila Atim (The Woman King). In 2023 he completed his first short story before directing Hedgehog. Adam is currently developing projects for both film and television.