Who Are We

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 five productions at thirty different venues, over 65,000 people have already seen our 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, and Ellie Collyer-Bristow, who has always worked with us as Casting Director but who is now also with us in a producing capacity. Emily and Jon have since stepped down from their roles within the company, leaving Jane, Joe, Holly and Ellie as the core team.

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. Our 2011 production of Company at Southwark Playhouse, played to nearly 6,000 people over its 40 performances, making this sell out run the most successful production in the venues history. Our production of A Christmas Carol received the London Best Play Award at the 2010 London Awards for Art and Performance. Once Upon A Time At The Adelphi (TMA Award and Whatsonstage Award nominee when at The Liverpool Playhouse in 2008) was produced by MokitaGrit at The Union Theatre in London and it played to a four week sell out run. This made it the most successful show in the venue’s history.

Credits:

As Producer – FOUR NIGHTS IN KNARESBOROUGH (Southwark Playhouse, London), COMPANY (Southwark Playhouse, London), DOUBLE FALSEHOOD (Union Theatre and New Players Theatre, London), ROMEO & JULIET (Mosaica @ The Chocolate Factory, London), ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE ADELPHI (Union Theatre, London), A CHRISTMAS CAROL -2009 (Kings Head Theatre, London), PAGES: PROMISED LAND (Union 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, Kings Head Theatre, London)

As Associate Producer – MR HAPPINESS & THE WATER ENGINE (with Theatre6, Old Vic Tunnels), 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)