MokitaGrit Productions was founded in February 2009 by Jane Lesley, Joe Fredericks, Emily Agnew and Jon Bonfiglio through the merger of Mokita Productions and Grit Productions. Boasting a track record of over twenty productions at thirty different venues, over 15,000 people have already seen our productions, with a further 30,000 having watched our associate productions, making us one of the most prolific independent production houses in the country. In 2010 MokitaGrit was delighted to welcome Holly Reiss to the team, having successfully collaborated with her when she produced Pages:Promised Land.

Already an award winning company, we received the highly prestigious Society of London Theatres Stage One New Producers Award for the incredibly innovative piece Pages and an Argus Angel Award at The Brighton Fringe Festival for performer Gael Le Cornec in Luis Benkard’s production of Frida: Viva La Vida for which we were an associate producer.

We aim to produce ground-breaking theatre of all kinds that challenges both collaborators and audience. We are committed to creating a professional working environment of equality, transparency and passion with an emphasis on seeking out emerging talent. We are all about collaboration and community. We want to bring people together to create memorable and inspiring theatre. We are exacting and demanding in our pursuit of working at the highest level of artistic quality. We are brave, bold and adventurous in our choices of project, whilst being committed to a financially viable and sustainable business model. We are driven by the desire to create the best possible theatrical product for all audiences.

Mokita Productions and Grit Productions both enjoyed a prolific start to their lives, producing a staggering variety of work at venues all around the country. This was all achieved in the first 18 months of their existence. The breadth of work ranged from a Christmas family musical, to a Sanskrit masterpiece, both of which enjoyed critical acclaim and sell out runs at two of the premier Off West End venues.

CREDITS:
As Producer – ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE ADELPHI (The Union Theatre, London), A CHRISTMAS CAROL -2009 (The Kings Head Theatre, London), HOW TO DIE IN A DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENT (Jackson’s Lane Theatre, London, Brighton Fringe, Oxford Fringe), MIDNIGHT - WHEN TRUMPETS CALL (Brighton Fringe, Ince’s Hall Theatre Gibraltar), A CHRISTMAS CAROL - 2008 (Kings Head Theatre, London), THE RECOGNITION OF SAKUNTULA (Union Theatre, London), INVOLUTION (Pacific Playhouse, London and Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh), PAGES (Pacific Playhouse, London), THE BREATHING ZONE (Tabard Theatre, London for LOST Theatre Festival), SAFE (Hen and Chickens, London), PLUTO (Blue Elephant Theatre, London), HUMAN REMAINS (Canal Café Theatre, London), WAITING ON THE Z TRAIN (White Bear Theatre, London), THE FORBIDDEN TREE (White Bear Theatre, London) FOLKLORE (Bush Hall and The Walrus, London) KUIPERFEST 2008 and 2009 (Mattarana, Spain) THE DOS EQUIS SERIES (Tour) FORTUNES & FRIENDS (workshop/staged reading, The Kings Head)

As Associate Producer – SATURDAY NIGHT (with Primavera Productions, Arts Theatre West End, Theatre Royal Windsor), FRIDA KHALO – VIVA LA VIDA (Oxford Playhouse, Theatre 503, Hill Street Theatre Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Fringe, Tron Theatre Glasgow, Trestle Arts Base St Albans), SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London), BLOOD WEDDING and PETITE ROUGE (The Steam Industry’s summer season at The Scoop, London)