Giles Abbott, who co-wrote 'The King' and plays the blind storyteller is one of the UK's leading storytellers; in his later 20s, he went blind in just two weeks.
Jasmine Jobson was cast through The Big House, a theatre company in the East End of London that works with kids from disadvantaged backgrounds, many of whom grew up (at least partially) in social care.
Kinquaid Malik-White was cast through WAC Arts, a community arts centre in the North of London whose patrons include Simon Callow and Miss Dynamite, and whose alums include Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Sophie Okonedo.