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The BAFTA One-to-One event strand delivers talent-to-talent conversations while the audience gets to listen!
In this Pride month edition of BAFTA One-to-Ones, we will be bringing together pairs of LGBTQ+ talent from across the film, games and television industries, where they will share insights and experiences, explore what changes they'd like to see in their respective industries, and what best practice looks like to them.
In our final Pride edition, Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe chats one-to-one with actor Layton Williams (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) about their respective performance careers and LGBTQ+ representation in both the dance and acting spheres.
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Following our One-to-One interview with Johannes Radebe and Layton Williams, please join us in the bar for a drink, conversation and camaraderie in celebration of this year's Pride.
Johannes Radebe is a professional dancer and choreographer. A dancer from the age of 7, Johannes joined the 2018 debut season of the international hit show Dancing With The Stars in South Africa, before being headhunted by Strictly Come Dancing in the UK. In 2021, he was partnered with John Waite with whom he reached the final in this groundbreaking same sex partnership. Johannes and John won Media Moment of the Year for their stunning series at the LGBT Awards, the Game changer Award at The Attitude Award. Johannes was awarded The Inspirational Public Figure at the Ethnicity Awards. Other TV appearances include Celebrity Masterchef, The Graham Norton Show, Saturday Mash Up Live, Drag Race and I Like The Way You Move. 2022 saw his film choreography debut with the feature Pretty Red Dress which premiered at London Film Festival.
Layton Williams began his acting career at the age of 12 playing the titular role in the West End production of Billy Elliot. Making his debut TV appearance as Kylie in the BBC comedy Beautiful People, other TV credits include the iconic role of Stephen in Bad Education on BBC One, in addition to roles in Billie Piper’s BAFTA-nominated I Hate Suzie and Greg Davies’ The Cleaner. He is currently the voiceover for BBC Three’s gay dating show I Kissed A Boy. Theatre credits include Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Angel in RENT, and Young Michael in Thriller Live! (West End). Film credits include Rocketman, The Bad Education Movie and Everybody's Talking About Jamie. A supporter of the charities Stonewall and Ditch the Label, Layton regularly visits schools and raises awareness of LGBTQIA+ issues and bullying. He recently won the Culture Award at this year’s Attitude Awards, having also picked up the LGBTQIA+ Champion Award at the Black British Theatre Awards in 2020.