Monique Touko is a London based multidisciplinary artist working in theatre, radio and film. Her most recent directing work includes Fair Play by Ella Road at the Bush Theatre and The Clinic at the Almeida Theatre. She has been assistant director on shows including Wishlist (dir. Matthew Xia), On the Exhale (dir. Christopher Haydon) and Cock (dir. Kate Hewitt) and Richard II (dir. Lynette Linton and Adjoa Andoh). We Need New Names will be the second time she’s worked with Mufaro Makubika having won Best Director at The Stage Debut Awards in 2022 for Malindadzimu.