Esther Kehinde Ajayi (EKAS) is a West London-based sound artist. Esther enjoys exploring the nuances of the human condition, particularly the internal politics of self-revelation and authenticity. After returning from Berlin, where she created and completed her two-season-long audio comic, Dana Is Her Name, Esther has returned to her London home where she is currently serving London theatre scene sonically alongside studying Sound Arts at the University of Arts London and is excited to begin incorporating technology, theatrical performance and spatial design into her practice. Esther attributes much of her inspiration to the West London sound of the broken beat, the rhythms and harmonies of her Nigerian heritage, and the raw grittiness of London Grime. Esther was an associate artist at theatre company Tiata Fahodzi from 2022 -2023 and is excited to continue contributing to British art culture through sonic tone, texture, SFX, melody, performance and words. Sound Design Credits include: The Dry House (Marylebone theatre, Dir Eugene O’hare ), My Brother’s Keeper (Relentless Productions) Theatre 503; Cash Money (The Big House); Talking About A Revolution (Tiata Fahodzi theatre company); Hot in here (Pigfoot Theatre Company); Yellowman (Orange Tree Theatre, Dir Diane Page); Would You Bet Against Us (Told by An Idiot); When The Long Trick’s Over (Dir. Chinonyerem Odimba); All of the conversations/Another fucking play about Race (ArtsEd, Dir Denzel Westley Sanderson); Athena (The Yard, Dir Grace Gummer); STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY (Orange Tree Theatre, Dir Diane Page); Alice (Landor_Space Dir. Or Benezra-Segal, Devised by Three Tree Theatre); Invisible Light (Tristan Bates Theatre, Dir Kwame Asiedu) Sad Girls (Edinburgh Fringe, Dir Or Benezra-Segal); Dana is her name (audio comic, produced by Todd Bell & Stephanie Cotter).