Racheal Ofori
Writer
Racheal is a writer and performer. Her new show FLIP! opened in October 2023 at Newcastle Live, before transferring to Edinburgh and then the Soho Theatre. It was developed by Fuel Theatre and the Soho 6. Tickets can be purchased here.
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Racheal was part of the writing team for the hit BBC1 Comedy Drama BLACK OPS, writing episode 4, and has also recently contributed an episode to the upcoming television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ANANSI BOYS (Red and Endor Productions).
Her play SO MANY REASONS, which was produced by Fuel Theatre, transferred to the Soho Theatre in 2020. It is currently being adapted into a TV pilot for Fudge Park Productions/Channel 4:
“Racheal Ofori is a British-Ghanaian millennial reckoning with sex, spirituality and herself in this refreshing one-woman show…Ofori is a hugely engaging performer” (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)
“Ofori’s show is a big achievement, boldly depicting the weight of cultural heritage amid the pressures of millennial experience and the quest for personal contentment.” (Anna Winter, The Stage)
“It’s refreshing to hear someone tackle faith onstage without shame, embarrassment or cynicism, and Ofori really wrestles with her feminist theological dilemma. It matters to Melissa, so it matters to us – whatever our beliefs.” (Matt Trueman, WhatsOnStage)
“Rollicking good fun, serious philosophical lowdown, and pure youthful emotion…a joy from start to finish.” (London Theatre 1)
A “hilarious quintessential guide to life has a British Ghanaian woman in the millennial age…Ofori is a tour-de-force”. (A Younger Theatre)
“Ofori’s stories make us laugh, make us empathise and make us think about wider issues of religion, shame and sex” (The Reviews Hub)
In previous TV work, Racheal was part of the writing team on the second series of KISS ME FIRST and has developed original ideas with Balloon Entertainment and Sky, and has received a TV writing bursary with Creative Skillset.
Her first one woman show ‘Portrait’ was performed to a sell-out audience at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 before heading off on a UK tour, finishing at the Bush Theatre as part of the Radar Festival from 16th – 18th November 2015, and then at the Southbank Centre as part of the Women Of The World Festival. In late 2017 it set out on another UK Tour, finishing at the Rich Mix in London on 11th November.
Reviews for PORTRAIT:
“Ofori is an engaging performer, and this is a script of real potential, slipping and sliding with grace between the boundaries of theatre, spoken word and comedy.” Lyn Gardner in The Guardian
“Ofori’s excellent writing fuses poetry and prose to allow each character to vividly leap off the page” The Stage
“fearless and uplifting” The Scotsman
“It’s an exciting show from a writer/performer we’ll hopefully hear more from soon.” ☆☆☆☆ The List
“She is near perfection” Broadway Baby
She was one of The Guardian’s ’12 Theatre Stars For 2020’ (CLICK FOR LINK) as well as one of Theatre Weekly’s 10 ‘Rising Stars of 2020’ (CLICK FOR LINK).
Racheal has appeared on BBC’s Artsnight and has given a TED talk under the title ‘Utopia: Breaking The Rules’.
For any enquiries relating to Racheal’s acting work, please contact Tavistock Wood.
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“Racheal Ofori is a British-Ghanaian millennial reckoning with sex, spirituality and herself in this refreshing one-woman show…Ofori is a hugely engaging performer” (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)
“Ofori’s show is a big achievement, boldly depicting the weight of cultural heritage amid the pressures of millennial experience and the quest for personal contentment.” (Anna Winter, The Stage)
“It’s refreshing to hear someone tackle faith onstage without shame, embarrassment or cynicism, and Ofori really wrestles with her feminist theological dilemma. It matters to Melissa, so it matters to us – whatever our beliefs.” (Matt Trueman, WhatsOnStage)
“Rollicking good fun, serious philosophical lowdown, and pure youthful emotion…a joy from start to finish.” (London Theatre 1)
A “hilarious quintessential guide to life has a British Ghanaian woman in the millennial age…Ofori is a tour-de-force”. (A Younger Theatre)
“Ofori’s stories make us laugh, make us empathise and make us think about wider issues of religion, shame and sex” (The Reviews Hub)
Her previous one woman show ‘Portrait’ was performed to a sell-out audience at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 before heading off on a UK tour, finishing at the Bush Theatre as part of the Radar Festival from 16th – 18th November 2015, and then at the Southbank Centre as part of the Women Of The World Festival. In late 2017 it set out on another UK Tour, finishing at the Rich Mix in London on 11th November.
Reviews for PORTRAIT:
“Ofori is an engaging performer, and this is a script of real potential, slipping and sliding with grace between the boundaries of theatre, spoken word and comedy.” Lyn Gardner in The Guardian
“Ofori’s excellent writing fuses poetry and prose to allow each character to vividly leap off the page” The Stage
“fearless and uplifting” The Scotsman
“It’s an exciting show from a writer/performer we’ll hopefully hear more from soon.” ☆☆☆☆ The List
“She is near perfection” Broadway Baby
Racheal has appeared on BBC’s Artsnight and has given a TED talk under the title ‘Utopia: Breaking The Rules’. She is currently writing a new play ‘Black Hair and Regeneration’ on commission to Cultural Cooperation and Isy Hawson, and developing another play with Fuel Theatre, the producers of Portrait.
For any enquiries relating to Racheal’s acting work, please contact Tavistock Wood.
Copyright The Agency (London) Ltd. – 2022
Not to be reproduced in any form without permission of the Copyright holder.
