2012–017 gordon and beadle-blair co-mentored "angelic tales" at the theatre royal stratford east, a lengthy development project for new writers culminating in two week-long seasons of staged readings on the theatre's main stage. several of the plays they developed, such as somalia seaton's "crowning glory" (2013), lynette linton's "step" (2013) and alexis gregory's "slap" (2018) have gone on to full productions and/or tours. in 2017 he dramaturged linton's exploration of mixed race british identity, "lightie", which played to sold-out audiences at the arcola theatre; the playtext was published by team angelica, as was the playtext of "slap".