FOUNDER & CO- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Khaoula trained as a Architect at the National School of Architecture in Rabat, Morocco (MArch, 2018) before moving to London to study MA Painting at the prestigious University of Arts London (UAL). 

Khaoula is a versatile creative professional with a rich background in the moroccan art and design scene. Since 2018, she has been based in London, where she has her art practice while simultaneously working interior design, real estate management, creative event planning, set & costume design and creative consulting for app development startups. Having been involved in projects with Pinewood Studios, Channel 4, Tings Studios, Testboard Technologies, ArtUp and City Academy, Khaoula gained invaluable insights into these industries and is implementing her diverse set of skills for Metalore, a project she started/is developing alongside Ashley Karaweigh.

FOUNDER & CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Ashley trained as a director on the prestigious Birkbeck MFA.  This included secondments to Drama Centre London and the Motley School of Design. After winning the Director’s Guild Award he became the resident director at the Lyric Hammersmith. He was the assistant director on various critically acclaimed productions, working closely with the artistic director Sean Holmes as well as writers such as Edward Bond and Simon Stephens. He was the associate director on the premiere of Stephens’ Morning as well as the writer and director of three studio productions. 

He then spent a year working and travelling across Europe particularly enjoying a festival residency at the Kammerspiele in Munich, a placement with Mala Voadora in Lisbon and writing a new version of Antigone for Greek and British actors in Athens.

He then returned to London to become a staff director at the Royal National Theatre, later becoming the resident director on the West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time during its run at the Apollo Theatre.

After this he worked in Spain for two years, writing and directing new plays as well as coaching actors and helping them attain places at UK drama schools.

Since his return to London, he has worked with an eclectic mix of theatres and companies. Most importantly however, he has established Metalore Theatre Company with whom he is making new work as well as running courses built to empower new and aspiring theatre makers.