“If you think really really hard can you make anything happen? Can you fall in love? Win the lottery? Solve unhappiness?”

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT HARD ENOUGH is a play about loss and about love. It is about wanting to fix someone you didn’t mean to break.

Small Things Theatre presents its 5th Night Of Small Things at the Old Red Lion. Full of fun, frivolity and fearless talent, showcasing some of the best up and coming poets, playwrights, performers, musicians and comedians, A Night Of Small Things is London’s finest variety night. And this time it’s spread over three nights and brimming with class entertainment. Come join us for a series of stand ups, intimate musical sets, pint sized sections of poetry and short gems of theatrical brilliance.

Written by Cordelia O’Neill

Starring Arthur McBain, Yvett Boakye, and Bobby Bradley.

Produced by Small Things Theatre Company as part of A Night of Small Things… Read More

“We have this night to speak out. Against a misogynist in power in America and a Vice President who doesn’t believe that he should have meetings alone with women. To a Prime Minister who says there’s no magic money tree and then finds a billion pounds to give to the DUP; an organisation that does not respect the LGBT community or women’s rights. That is what this response is for.” Artistic director of Ryan Forde Iosco

Featuring pieces created to directly respond to political events in both the UK and abroad, IN RESPONSE TO… POLITICS raised funds for Liberty, a charity promoting protection of civil liberties and promoting human rights.

Among the writers taking part in the evening  Georgia Fitch (Fit and Proper People), Hassan Abdulrazzak (The Propehet) and Camilla Whitehill (Where Do Little Birds Go). Directors includeD Rafaela Marcus, Lucy Atkinson and Nathan Crossan-Smith.

“Many countries, our own included, are seeing a huge shift in their political landscape. This evening will see the theatre community come together to respond and raise its voice in solidarity.”

I directed a piece specifically written for this event:

SHY TORY by Camilla Whitehill

Starring Tama Phethean, Florence Odumosu, and Hannah Sinclair-Robinson.… Read More

Rapid Write Response (RWR) is a short play initiative open to writers of all levels of experience. Attend a full-run show in its first week and write a 10 minute play inspired by the show. Deadline for submissions is always the following Monday at 12 noon. The 503 team will select between 6 and 8 scripts to be staged at Theatre503 two weeks later. 

Previous participants include Andrew Thompson, the winner of our 2016 Playwrighting Award (In Event of Moone Disaster), Anna Jordan (Yen, Royal Exchange Manchester, Royal Court & Broadway), Stuart Slade (BU21, Theatre503 & West End), Chris Urch (Land of Our Fathers, Theatre503, West End & 2 national tours) & Vinay Patel (writer of the BAFTA award winning Murdered by My Father)

I directed a piece written especially for this event, in response to No Place for a Woman by Cordelia O’Neill.

In Her Bones by Fran Bushe

Starring Jessica Sian and Cian Barry… Read More

This St George’s Day, Right Mess is inviting artists, writers and performers to look at what our sense of identity and belonging means in an age of rising nationalism. How much are we defined by the places we come from? And how does that identity interact with politics?

Right Mess believe in hearing as wide a range of voices as possible, and we believe politically engaged theatre needs to listen as well as preach. To that end, we bring together artists with charities, experts and those with personal experience to make work that addresses the problems we face as a society.

I directed a piece specifically written for this event

LAMB by Milly Thomas

Starring Lydia Larson and Alan Mahon… Read More

In the wake of the deadliest incident of violence ever committed against LGBTQ people in America, Theatre Renegade presented a night to come together and raise our voices; in memory, in protest, in solidarity.

The night featured a mixture of new pieces written in direct response to the tragedy, performances of pre-written texts and musical performances, all selected to honour and commemorate the victims at Pulse nightclub.

Theatre Renegade is a UK-based theatre company that places story, engagement and empathy at the heart of the theatrical experience. With a strong focus on new writing and social issues, they aim to forge and build new creative partnerships between writers and directors whilst nurturing them from the very earliest drafts through to realised performance.

I directed 2 short pieces written especially for this event

ORLANDO IN ORLANDO by Tristan Bernays

Starring Ryan Forde Iosco

HAEMOPHOBIA by Camilla Whitehill

Starring Janine Harouni, Leo Wan, and Edward Boon… Read More

The Miniaturists is a growing group of playwrights and other theatre workers interested in the possibilities of the short play. We stage a regular writer-led event dedicated to bringing you short but perfectly formed plays. Every show is packed with 5 original pieces from an array of talented writers, new and established. Each piece is no longer than twenty minutes, and the dizzying mix makes every event as various and unpredictable as life itself.

“Just because something’s small doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful. Or experimental, or poignant or thought provoking. For proof of this, look to the Miniaturists, a regularly staged event that celebrates the possibilities of the short play… As a forum for writers to push themselves to new places, the Miniaturists is ideal, and from the audience’s perspective it makes for an exciting and memorably different theatre experience.” Natasha Tripney, The Stage

I have directed 4 short plays for the Miniaturists:

ALOE ALOE by Camilla Whitehill (subsequently published by Nick Hern Books)

Starring Helen Russell-Clark, Elizabeth Twells, Nina Smith, Amalia Vitale, Luke Courtier, Kathryn Bond, Stephen Myott-Meadows, Leo Wan, Paul Bloomfield, Vincent Jerome, Milly Thomas, and Kyle Ross.

ROCKS by Nathan Wood

Starring Rowena Lennon and James Barrett

THE VERTIGO ANGUSTIOR OF DOUGHMORE BEACH by John O’Donovan

Starring Alan Mahon, Nicola Coughlan, and Greg Patmore

DISTANT EARLY WARNING by Tatty Hennessy

Starring Serena Flynn, Melissa Parker, and Andrew MacDonald… Read More

Ten handpicked writers and directors speed date to find a new collaborative partner that will help them bring a twenty minute piece of new writing to life.

Courting Drama showcases four new collaborative partners and the four pieces that they create and mould together over a two-week period. Did they meet their creative soulmate or want to rip each other’s hair out?

Previous writers and directors involved have worked with/are working with companies such as: the Hampstead Theatre, Bush Theatre, Hightide, the Lowry, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Young Vic Theatre and Punchdrunk. Several of the writers we work with have won or been finaists for awards including: Olivier Award, the Bruntwood Prize, Verity Bargate Award and the George Devine Award.

I have directed 2 short plays for Courting Drama

LOVE IS ON OUR SIDE by Hassan Abdulrazzak

Starring Laura Schofield, Alex Forsyth, and Donncha Kearney

1001 by Camilla Whitehill (subsequently published by Nick Hern Books)

Starring Rhiannon Neads, Alice Fernandez, Annette Flynn, and Callum Cameron… Read More