Our Team
We are both incredibly passionate about media, drama and writing and our diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise (TV, advertisement, law, digital media, written media) set us apart from other companies.
Founder - Marie Mayingi
Marie (aka Hepburn Hooks) is a jack of all trades!
She has been writing and making music her whole life, and after focusing on poetry and prose and getting featured in publications such as Nick Makoha and Amira Ghanim’s ‘Best British and Irish Poets 2019-2021’ anthology as well as the very first edition of Troublemaker Firestarter, an LGBTQ+ poetry chapbook, and New World Theatre’s ‘08:46’, an anthology centred on Black experiences, Marie decided to fully commit to playwriting.
Since 2021, in parallel to her English Law and French Law LLB at the University of Exeter, she has led a prolific playwriting career, getting her plays workshopped and performed in London at the Barons Court Theatre and the Pleasance, as well as all over the US (notably in Pennsylvania, California, Arizona, Florida and Illinois), by professional theatre companies and university troupes alike. Having lived in France, England and Greece has allowed her to develop a multicultural approach to her craft and build a solid network with creatives from all over Europe and the US.
Marie recently graduated with a Writing MA at the Royal College of Art in London, where she was awarded the Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship.
Reading of “Something Old”, one of Marie’s plays, by actors of the Left Coast Theatre in San Francisco, September 2022.
Professional performance of “Antigone”, Marie’s very first play, at Barons Court Theatre, in London, UK. November 2022. (It had been performed professionally by : Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, York College and Crafton Hills College’s students, B3 Theater in Phoenix, and Little Fish Theatre in California, prior to this performance.)
Professional performance of “Fifty Years”, one of Marie’s plays, by the Artistic Home of Chicago, at The Den. January 2023.
Performance of “Something Old” by White Mouse Productions at Florida State University. February 2023.
Co-Producer - Nicky Gambin
Nicky Gambin is a Maltese performer, writer, director and theatre-maker whose practice spans performance, writing, devised theatre and production. With a particular interest in stories exploring queerness, mental health and identity, he is drawn to work that examines how people understand themselves and one another. He trained with Studio 18 Malta, where he developed his love of writing and collaborative theatre-making, and has since worked in a variety of roles both onstage and behind the scenes.
In 2024, Nicky moved to London to pursue an MA in Writing at the Royal College of Art, where he met Marie. This eventually led him to join the first edition of Brown Skinned Girls as Assistant Director, Production Consultant, and Lighting and Sound Programmer and Operator.
His acting credits include KWIJNS (Spazju Kreattiv, 2022), Twelfth Night (San Anton Gardens, 2023), and OLIVER! The Musical(Mediterranean Conference Centre, 2024). Writing and directing credits include Thirty-Love (Theatre Next Door, 2022), Kisbiet Minsija(2022), and Tube of Consciousness (Drayton Arms, 2025). His production work includes Barn Theatre Cirencester (2019–20), A Complete History of Europe – More or Less (ŻiguŻajg Festival 2025), and XOW – A Maltese Cabaret (The Other Palace, 2026).
Thirty-Love — a 30-minute two-hander exploring grief among young people. Featured as part of Chewing Productions’ 3x3: A Triple Bill of New Theatre (Theatre Next Door, September 2022).
Kisbiet Minsija — translated as Forgotten Achievements, this one-hour, one-woman piece was set in 1980s Malta and centred on the overlooked achievements of Maltese women beyond the traditional image of the “homemaker”.
Tube of Consciousness — a 10-minute devised piece blending stream-of-consciousness writing with physical storytelling. Featured as part of Shoreside Productions’ Mirror Speeches (Drayton Arms, November 2025).
Moving Boxes — a 30-minute one-hander exploring gender identity. Featured as part of Chewing Productions’ 1X1: A Collection of New Monologues (Theatre Next Door, September 2024).
Creative Director - Dimitris Dimarelos
Hailing from Greece, with a solid experience in creative direction, game design and (political) cartoon creation, Dimitris is the creative heartbeat of the team when it comes to visual arts.
His skills range from branding, storyboarding, graphic design, UI/UX, to video editing, among other things. Dimitris’ work as a storyboarding artist and editorial cartoonist has been heavily featured on Greek TV and in magazines of diverse styles. After studying a BA (Hons) in Game Design and an MA in Design and Visual Communication at the University of Central Lancashire, Dimitris went on to work as a political cartoonist for two popular news websites, iefimerida.gr and thepressproject.gr. In 2018, he became McVictor and Hamilton’s Lead Artist, and has been elaborating on MANCODE magazine’s art, one of the best-selling publications in Greece, while he is also the Lead Brand Designer of Archvillain Games, an industry leader in 3D collectibles and Dungeons & Dragons supplements.
Dimitris is also incredibly passionate about theatre and film, having studied Drama at Parathlasi Theatre from 2013 to 2015, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Full production of an animated TV ad for “Olympos”, during the covid crisis.
(Starts at 2:28) Award at LumaFusion’s Video Editing Challenge.