Our Team
Dylan Faye (they/them)
Dylan Faye is a non-binary actor, writer and facilitator from Sunderland. They are interested in exploring queerness, radical inclusion and working class stories within their work. As an actor, Dylan’s credits include ‘Sean’ in Days of Significance (Arcola Theatre), ‘Sally’ in Tom Brown’s School Days (The Other Palace) and ‘The Narrator’ in The Happy Prince (Watford Palace Theatre). As a children’s presenter, they have hosted Eurovision Liverpool (mainstage), the European premiere of Bluey (Leicester Square) and on various festival mainstages. Dylan is a founding member of Trans Voices and has worked with a number of major recording artists and cultural venues. They are the founder and artistic director of Trans Voices Young Company.
ilā
(they/she)
ILĀ* is a multifaceted transgender mixed race artist, producer and creative director.
As co-founder and director of the prolific London Contemporary Voices choir, ILĀ has worked with over 20 Grammy winning artists including Alt-J, Imogen Heap and U2 as well as two BBC Proms, the Harry Potter Play soundtrack and several iconic fashion shows for designers such as Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger. ILĀ is also a member of the Icelandic band Hrím with Cherif Hashizume and Õsp Eldjārn. In Feb 2022, ILĀ co-founded Trans Voices - the UK's first ever professional trans+ choir, debuting in February 2022 with a specially commissioned music documentary on Guardian Films - featuring in Roundhouse's Beyond and Between season alongside Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show. Ilā is the mentor and advisor for Trans Voices Young Company.
louie williams (he/they)
Louie is a trans, queer, neurodivergent poet, facilitator, boat dweller and birdwatcher based on the River Lea, London. He has been published in The Waxed Lemon, Carmen et Error and Black Iris, and is currently studying an MA in Writing Poetry at The Poetry School. His writing has been workshopped at Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Omnibus Theatre and was shortlisted for the Tony Craze Award and Roundhouse Poetry Slam. Louie has spent years facilitating workshops in writing, amongst other creative things, and is deeply interested in building community. He can tell you all the different types of seagulls and other interesting facts about birds!
Photo credit: Sophia Stefelle
