In a threefold capacity, Jala-Jala is an Interdisciplinary “research” artist, Festival cultural programmer, and Trauma-Informed unseen disabilities community arts educator.
Over the years, she has built a varied career as a Jazz musician blending post-war revival Folk, Intimacy & Pleasure-positive Theatre Maker, Designer (art meets engineering), Percussion Dancer/Body choreography, Free-hand sketch artist, Showbiz producer, and Harmonica DJ.

Jala-Jala’s creativity is clear, intentional, and progressive to the core.
Her artisanal approach embodies a sense of taste, touch and smell, and full of her unpredictably cheeky persona. Including her cheerful obsession with being a female with a #Vulva.
Like a glitch in the matrix, her cross-genre body of work examines the holes/quirks that exist within humane everyday living. Her work asks …what happens when we need each other?, often highlighting the living body as a reliable measure of truth.
Phrases like contemporary ritual, core improvisation, academically-informed, outside elements, empathy, curatorial analysis, fringe, libation, ablution, and chants are prominent in Jala-Jala’s practice.

As a cultural leader, her leadership model is motivated by the obvious fragile access progress for creatives living with unseen disabilities, within festival spaces and the arts & culture ecology. This mirrors her desire to advocate/confront gatekeeping barriers and elevate these archaic access mindsets. Jala-Jala leads courses, workshops and trainings to this effect.

She holds a B.A in Film & Television, M.A in Performance (encompassing audience accessibility, physical theatre and stage presence), Music Therapy at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, as well as a myriad of professional development programmes with industry-reputable art organisations in the UK and abroad.

Jala-Jala is an associate with Attitude is Everything, Natural Voice Network, and Bucks Culture.

“I curate work edible for every person who enjoys storytelling and shenanigans, hence my work cannot be confined to the boundaries of themes, race, gender, type and other labels.
With a sunny disposition, I let audiences laugh at my insecurities and giggle at my inner struggles.
And for many years, i’ve embraced the logic of the Rotary 4 Way Test “Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendship? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?”