Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong

Cassiopeia is an actress, singer and theatre-maker with a particular interest in new writing in both musical theatre and opera. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music, having previously studied Music at the University of York. Cassiopeia recently appeared as a Cappuccino Sister in Son of a Preacher Man (UK & Ireland Tour) and in May 2018 produced and performed in #blessed a spoken word cabaret by Martha Pothen (Sands Films Studio). Cassi also sings as part of contemporary a cappella collective VOX.

With Simone Ibbett-Brown, she is writing a new theatre piece The Next Jessye Norman – a play which blends text, traditional songs and classical music to explore structural racism in UK performing arts. Cassiopeia appeared at the Arcola as part of Grimeborn Opera Festival in August 2018, and in the role of Lucy Parsons in Haymarket at the Actors’ Church, Covent Garden in September 2018, and joined the company of Caroline or Change in November 2018.