I’m Annie Siddons, a writer, performer and artistic collaborator from South London.
I work mainly in theatre but also in comedy, TV and prose.
I like to embrace the formal possibilities of each medium I work in.
My work is……varied…..
I smoosh the dark and the light together. The itches I have to make work can be things I am furious or curious about, things I am affected by, or things people close to me are affected by. Character and narrative are my deep flexes. Entertainment and provocation are key. Resistance is at the heart of everything.
★★★★
“Inventive, magical, heartwarming, enchanting”
– The Stage [Cinderella]
★★★★★
“A dream come true… left with a beaming smile on my face”
– Derby World [Cinderella]
★★★★★
“heart-warming, quirky and earthy”
– East Midlands Theatre [Cinderella]
★★★★★
“clever, witty, sweet… allows the people of Derbyshire to be proud of their county and what we stand for.”
– Theatre and Tonic [Cinderella]
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
★★★★
"a little like what might happen if you put Tim Burton, Philip Ridley, and Tim Crouch into a blender together with a thesaurus."
– Lane’s List [Raymondo]
★★★★
Impressively original... hovers around the sublime
– Broadway Baby [Raymondo]
★★★★
“A gorgeous contemporary fairytale”
– The Stage [Raymondo]
“70 minutes of utter genius”
– Bristol Prospectus [Raymondo]
“This is The Bacchae remade in gold, sinew, and yes, chicken fat.”
– Exeunt Magazine [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
“This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life.”
– Time Out [Dennis of Penge]
“The best is saved until last: Ant and Hop (adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper) by Annie Siddons is a real crowd-pleaser that shows two girls discovering the importance of teamwork and planning, via the medium of cake.”
– Theo Bonsanquet, The Stage [Ant and Hop]
★★★★
"Enchants children and leaves adults yearning for that lost childish sense of imagination that was able to take us into magical worlds instantly."
– Everything Theatre [Nutcracker and Mouse King]
★★★★
“A rich, wild and precise poetry that breathes a colossal and sometimes angry humanity… Magical and strange…”
– Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman [Raymondo]
★★★★
“a mighty piece of poetic storytelling. By turns ribald and sublime, it’s a cri de coeur for compassion and community”
– The Stage [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
"It is not often that you see a show that makes your heart go ping ping boom boom, but this is one."
– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"Not since Into the Woods has there been a theatrical fairy tale as dark and ingenious as this."
– Theatermania [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
“This marvellously inventive show… Annie Siddons’ script is almost Shakespearian in its mix of the earthy and ethereal, the funny and the frightening”
– Robert Hewison Sunday Times, [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"Wonderfully involving, witty and emotionally potent”
– Paul Taylor, The Independent [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
“Just go. And take some children. If none are available, go anyway.”
– The Times [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"One of those pieces that you leave feeling genuinely moved"
– Broadway World, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★
"brimming with awkward situations and social commentary that are brutally and hilariously close to the bone"
– The Gizzle Review, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★★
“This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life.”
– Time Out [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
“Untamed, brilliant writing... grotesquely beautiful, tragic and uplifting. A one woman rollercoaster ride”
– Fest [Raymondo]
★★★★
"an accomplished and compelling piece of theatre"
– Theatre Weekly, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★★
“Dark and Sublimely Sweet”
– Time Out Critics’ Choice [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
"a compassionate witty performance demonstrating the human need for love"
– The Spy In The Stalls, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]