Bigger
Than Us
To begin his association with London Performance Studios, Raphel Famotibe invites Lara Grace llori to discuss her recent field work on pre-colonial Yoruba traditions in the Oyotunji African Village (South Carolina, USA), a community featured in the recent documentary Bigger than Africa. The discussion forms the initial stages of an extended period of research Famotibe will undertake in Africa later this year.
This event is organised by Raphel Famotibe, as part of the Associate Artists Programme.
About
Lara Grace Ilori is an actor and writer from South London of Nigerian heritage. She studied BA (Hons) Acting at RADA (2020), where she met Raphel Famotibe. Lara is a storyteller, drawing influence from artists Nina Simone, aja monet and Little Simz, who aims to share human experiences through a range of creative mediums not exclusive to acting and writing. A year after studying at RADA, Lara was accepted on a Masters programme at UCL to study MSc Social and Cultural Anthropology at UCL (2023). This led to her interest in directing documentaries, as well as sourcing the opportunity to conduct 2-months fieldwork in Oyotunji African Village on pre-colonial Yoruba traditions, as seen in Bigger Than Africa documentary on Netflix. Currently, one of Lara's main focuses is writing her first full-length play 'Runner Girl’, initially developed as part of Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab (2022-2023) using spoken word, movement and music, and aims to use her experiences as an acting and anthropology student to fuel her creative practices.
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