Josette Bushell-Mingo, OBE
Josette’s directing, teaching and acting career now spans over 25 years. She is the recipient of several awards including, most recently an OBE for her Contribution to the Arts.
Josette is also a recipient of an AoC, (Association of Colleges) Gold Award, and a NESTA Fellow. She received The Southbank and Decibel Award for Diversity 2005, Woman of the Year Craymer Award 2004 and has been nominated twice for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award, both as an actress and a director. She has also been nominated three times - and won twice - the TMA Award for Best Actress.
Her performance work includes the Royal National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also worked with Theatre du Complicité, The People Show, Young Vic Theatre and performed the part of Rafiki in the original company for the world acclaimed The LION KING, West End.
Josette’s directing work includes productions at the Young Vic, the RSC, in the West End and for Liverpool Capital of Culture and an opera at the Royal Opera, Stockholm. Josette is the Artistic Director of PUSH - a black arts event, based in London. She is currently Artistic Director of The National Deaf Theatre of Sweden – TYST TEATER.
Josette is chairman of Cinemafrica - Sweden’s biggest film and culture organisation, and Artistic Director for TRYKK - Sweden’s partner organisation for PUSH.
