Preview of Dusk on Resonance FM

Listen to Cherry Potts, Laila Sumpton, Michelle Penn, Katerina Watson Math Jones and Grace Cookey-Gam talking about and reading from work that will be performed in tomorrow’s Solstice Shorts Festival together with two of the songs – Anna Kissell’s Oh, the Dark (Bristol) and 3 Bucket Jones Light Another Candle for You

Dusk Performer: Grace Cookey-Gam

Grace Cookey-Gam trained at the City Lit, graduating in 2013. Recent roles include Melissa in Lynette Linton’s ground-breaking #Hashtag Lightie (The Arcola), Viv in Di and Viv and Rose (Stephen Joseph Theatre & the New Vic), Agnes in triple Offie nominated The Awakening (Brockley Jack), Ottalan in TV pilot Dawn (MGM), Tyrant Season 3 (Fox TV) & Justice League (Warner Bros). Grace is also a singer, with a music degree from Birmingham University, and busy voice over with a love for audio drama. She regularly reads for the Liars League and was a BBC Radio Drama Norman Beaton Fellowship semi-finalist in 2015.

Grace read stories and poems for our Solstice Shorts Festivals, Dusk (Solstice Shorts 2017) and Time and Tide (2019) at Greenwich, and will be reading at the 2021 online event Words from the Brink.