Hello and welcome to my website. Here you can read about some of my past performances, view production photos and keep up-to-date with my latest news. Thanks for visiting!
30/12/11 - WEBSITE UPDATED! - Please do take a look at the new pages detailing my recent work on site-specific performance Scrooge on the Farm, touring play Alice's Adventures in the New World and short film Wrestling Yetis. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!
13/12/11 - SOME GOOD NEWS AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS! - Well as 2011 draws to a close I am happy to be able to share some lovely news about a couple of projects I've worked on this year. Firstly short film 'Wrestling Yetis' which was made back in February has been doing well at the festivals, including being selected as Film of the Month for Film Nation Shorts in July, meaning it has been showing on the BBC Big Screens in town centres around the UK throughout the second half of this year. Secondly, Bath Theatre Royal's The 24 Hour Plays project has been picked out as one of Venue Magazine's Plays of the Year, quite an accolade considering the excellent quality of work that goes on in the Bristol and Bath areas. Read the full article here: Venue's Best of 2011. And on that happy note: Merry Christmas and best wishes for a happy and successful 2012! Anna x
25/11/11 - SCROOGE ON THE FARM TICKETS NOW ON SALE! - Rehearsals are now well under way for 'Scrooge on the Farm' at Windmill City Farm in Bedminster, Bristol, and tickets are now on sale! Due to the setting and the promenade nature of the performance ticket allocation is limited per show, so please do get booking if you'd like to come along. Tickets are being sold through the Tobacco Factory Theatre, with all information and links to online booking to be found here: Tobacco Factory Theatre - Scrooge on the Farm.
13/11/11 - NEXT UP, SCROOGE ON THE FARM - I'm delighted to be returning to Bristol very soon to start work on 'Scrooge on the Farm' with Darkstuff Productions, which will be a modern take on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. A promenade style show taking place on Windmill Hill City Farm in Bedminster, South Bristol, performances will be Tuesday 6th to Friday 9th December at 7.30pm and Saturday 10th December at 6.30pm. Keep an eye out here for more information soon.
18/10/11 - REHEARSED READING IN BRISTOL - After a fantastic run touring with Fluff Productions' 'Alice's Adventures in the New World' I am home again and looking towards what's next. Already in the diary is a rehearsed reading for the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol as part of their Writer's Forum Script Sessions of Steve Lambert's new play 'Who's There?'. Taking place on Monday 7th November, 8pm at their Brewery Theatre space, it will be directed by Anna Girvan and tickets are only £3. For further information please see: Tobacco Factory Script Session 2.
30/08/11 - ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN THE NEW WORLD - I am thrilled to have been asked to be part of the cast for all-female theatre company Fluff Productions' latest outing, 'Alice's Adventures in the New World' by Sarah Sigal, which tours to the South West this Autumn.
'Dear Alice - the truth is rarely pure and never simple...'
What do a hypochondriac debutante, a cattle rustler and Oscar Wilde have in common? Find out by following Alice down the rabbit hole of scandal, intrigue and sing-alongs as she travels from Victorian Ireland through London to America's Wild West in search of her long-lost mother. 'Alice's Adventures in the New World' is a music-hall adventure where things become curiouser and curiouser along the way...
"Not to be missed if you like comedy, fun and sheer brilliance!" - Remote Goat
"Terrific fun!" - The Times
Bath Rondo Theatre
September 22nd and 23rd 2011, 8pm
£12 / £10 concessions
01225 463 362 / www.rondotheatre.co.uk
The Bike Shed Theatre Exeter
October 4th to 8th 2011, 7.30pm
£10 / £7 concessions
01392 667 080 / www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk
Cheltenham Everyman Studio Theatre
October 13th to 15th 2011, 7.45pm
£9.50
01242 572 573 / www.everymantheatre.org.uk
For more information on Fluff Productions please visit:
www.fluffproductions.co.uk
31/07/11 - LOOKING AHEAD - Well with 'Pills Thrills and Bellyaching' about to open at the Tobacco Factory Theatre in a couple of days (very exciting! See entry below for details...) I thought I'd pass on some info about what I'll be up to next. August brings two trips to Italy with band The Irrepressibles to perform the new 'Human Zoetrope' spectacle, with visits to Pordenone in the north of Italy and Bari in the south. Then come September I will start work with all-female theatre company Fluff Productions on their autumn tour of Sarah Sigal's Victorian music hall-inspired play 'Alice's Adventures in the New World'. I will take on an actor-musician role and we'll be performing in Bath, Cheltenham and Exeter in late September and October. Keep an eye on this page for further details...
15/07/11 - COMING SOON TO THE TOBACCO FACTORY THEATRE, BRISTOL - I am delighted to have been asked by Darkstuff Productions and Edible Theatre to perform in their forthcoming show 'Pills, Thrills and Bellyaching - Eddie King and the Death of Rave' at The Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol at the beginning of August. A promenade production set against the backdrop of the early '90s rave scene and featuring new work from some very talented writers, this promises to be something rather special...
Take yourself back to the 1990's, just for a moment. A flash of lights, a blur of neon colour and the beat of music that hits at your acid-happy core...
Following two successful Eddie King events Darkstuff Productions returns to the Tobacco Factory Theatre with a whole new twist in the tale and a host of delightfully dark monologues. A night of new writing from Simon Harvey-Williams, Phil John, Gill Kirk, David Lane and Helen Parker, inspired by the euphoria-driven age of Rave. An age arguably the last great social happening of the Twentieth Century - an age before Facebook. The Acid Generation. Were you there? Are the memories stirring? Did Eddie King, that famous everyperson, overdo on the little pills and fry his brain?
Whether you're a veteran raver, someone who wasn't there the first time around, or an intrepid theatre explorer, come plumb the depths of a dizzyingly exhilarating era without the morning-after headache. This is not a rave. This is a night to remember.
Pills, Thrills & Bellyaching - Eddie King and the Death of Rave
Tue 2nd, Wed 3rd & Thu 4th Aug at 8.30pm
Tickets £9 (£7 concessions)
Tobacco Factory Theatre, Raleigh Road, Southville, Bristol BS3 1TF
Box Office: 0117 902 0344 / tickets@tobaccofactory.com
www.tobaccofactorytheatre.com
18/04/11 - 24 HOUR PLAYS AT THE BATH THEATRE ROYAL - I am delighted to have been invited to be part of the Bath Theatre Royal's 24 hour plays project at the end of May...
Six writers, six directors and a pool of actors meet for the first time on a Friday night. By the Saturday night, they will have written, directed, rehearsed and performed six brand new pieces of theatre.
In what has been described as the greatest theatrical adrenaline rush, the Ustinov Studio invites you to join them in the ultimate creative leap of faith!
For further information, see the 24 Hour Plays website and the Bath Theatre Royal website.
17/02/11 - THE IRREPRESSIBLES IN BIRMINGHAM - I am pleased to announce that The Irrepressibles will be performing on Tuesday 22nd March at the stunning Birmingham Town Hall; this will be a presentation of our 'Mirror Mirror Spectacle' for Fierce Festival. Tickets are only £15, so for more information and to book please visit: Town Hall / Symphony Hall Birmingham Website.
16/02/11 - WEBSITE NOW UPDATED - Take a look around the now updated site - there is a new page detailing my work on A Christmas Carol over the 2010-2011 festive season, and my brand spanking new headshots by Nicholas Dawkes are now online too: Headshots Gallery. Many thanks as ever to the gentlemen at Artsgraphica Web Design for their support.
