Tony has been working as a Theatre Practitioner for 20 years.  He specializes in the techniques of Forum Theatre and other creative and participative ways of working. Alongside directing he has devised and led various training programmes for professionals and non-professionals, exploring the Theatre-making process as a site for learning with a broad range of community groups in many and varied contexts. As a result of his theatre practice and training in Neuro Linguistic Programming, Tony has come to develop a unique training style that supports groups and individuals through a process of personal, social and organisational development. Tony also works as an Audio Describer, making theatre, exhibitions and festivals accessible to blind and visually impaired people. He is a Board member of Jacksons Lane Arts Centre and Greenwich and Docklands Festivals.

At the delicate and tender age of 18 Excalibah was the first signing to BBC 1Xtra. As a DJ he is well known for promoting new UK talent, has played to people all across the world and has been resident at London’s biggest clubs, Fabric and Ministry of Sound.  Radio credits include shows on BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network, BBC 6Music and BBC 1Xtra. He won “Best Radio Show” and “Best Radio Presenter” in the hip-hop press for three years on running. Releases include: production for Shameless, Willow, Dom G, Loudmouth, TB and English as well as mix CDs and compilations for: the NSPCC, the BBC, Rising Styles, Alize, HHC, Big Dada & Dat Sound. He has written monthly columns for Hip Hop Connection and Big Smoke as well as articles for national newspapers.  Film and theatre credits include: Tube Tales, Da Boyz which he composed and musically directed, Jean Genet’s The Blacks (Time Out *****) which he co-directed, composed and starred in. More recently he has directed In His Hands (Hackney Empire) and A Mother Speaks for the Okai Collier Company. He composed and directed the short film Cool Charm Corrected, which won funding from the Hitchcock Foundation. Excalibah has lectured and directed workshops and projects for Cardboard Citizens, Soho Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Central School of Speech and Drama, Arts Council England and the NAYT.

Terry met Cardboard Citizens as a hostel resident at one of our workshops. Almost eight years later she has acted in numerous shows and is now one of the finest Forum Theatre 'jokers' (Forum Theatre facilitator) in the UK. She is also in demand as a trainer for many theatre courses including Central School of Speech and Drama. Terry leads our work with socially excluded young people in schools and improvisation workshops at Crisis Skylight.