ARTISTIC COLLABORATION

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Scene from Babylon Beyond Borders

“Annie Siddons is the person you want in a room. Always.”

– Edith Tankus, writer/performer Wild Country

“Annie saw me completely, guided and supported me through the process of making my first solo show. I felt like she saw my soul and helped me express it on stage. Annie’s magic was uncovering depth without ever compromising on the hilarity of the clown show we made.”

– Julia Masli

“ I can honestly say the show wouldn’t exist without her support. She was instrumental in transforming my rather windswept ideas into a narrative arc, with more totally ingenious suggestions for connecting things together than I care to remember. Some of the most enjoyable parts of our 18 month creative process took place sat in her back garden, where she was endlessly reassuring, clear-sighted and passionate about what I was trying to do . At my lowest ebb, she kept faith in the show when I’d lost all of it, and never stopped going above and beyond her contracted hours to check in and support and suggest, which she really shouldn’t but just does. I’d work with her again in half a heartbeat, and really, really hope I get to.”

-Hannah Maxwell

Since 2016 I’ve been working regularly with other artists as dramaturg, mentor, collaborator, co-writer, co-creator, facilitator, creative midwife.

I’ve worked with some artists when they’ve just had an itch to make a show and with others, I’ve come in at a certain stage of the process to clarify structure or to problem-solve. I’ve worked with canonical texts (Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well ) new writing, and artists who hardly talk at all (Julia Masli). I’ve worked with theatre companies, established theatres and many, many brilliant solo artists.

Artists I’ve worked with include:

Julia Masli, Vijay Patel, Kat Golding, Caroline Horton, Queer House Writers, Martha Pailing, Nick Cassenbaum, Katie Bonna, Edith Tankus, Caroline Byrne, Hannah Maxwell, Ruthie Osterman, Brian Logan, Julie Burrows, Jaz Mattu, Laurie Stevens, Alice Mary Cooper.

Theatres include:

Bush Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, Camden People’s Theatre, Unicorn Theatre Soho Theatre.

Theatre companies include:

Paines Plough, Bunny, She-Goat, Make Amplify, Moxie Brawl, the Queer House, Theatre of the Gentle Furies, Free Hand.

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Artistic Collaborations

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Chat Sh*t, Get Hit

Working with Martha Pailing to help her shape her 2nd show.

Nan, me and Barbara Pravi

Working with Hannah Maxwell to help shape her show

Wild Country

A deep collaboration with Edith Tankus, developing the framework, metaphor and key scenes.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Text editing, thematic review and song lyrics working in collaboration with Caroline Byrne for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

All Of Me

Dramaturgy working with Caroline Horton and director Alex Swift

Choosh!

Taking Julia Masli’s raw material and crafting a congruent narrative out of it, plus some gap filling scenes

Babylon Beyond Borders

Writer and dramaturg in collaboration with Ruthie Osterman

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“Annie understood my shows from our very first session and has that rare dramaturgical gift of amplifying your writing voice. She has a keen eye for structure, a great sense of humour, and she has genuinely invested in me and my shows. She just gets it!”

– Laurie Stevens, Comedian

“She has a wealth of knowledge from writing, performing, watching and working on countless theatre and comedy shows. This helped me to crucially avoid doing something hack or follow an already well trodden path. I highly recommend working with her.”

– Jaz Mattu, Comedian

“Annie… is brilliantly rigorous, incisive and thoughtful in her responses: she always expects the most from scripts, but balances that with a genuine empathy for the writer’s endeavour – she truly seeks to understand their aims and intentions with a play, and to shape her critique around that.”

– Tommo Fowler, Ex Literary Manager Paines Plough re Womens’ Playwriting Prize

“Annie is well known for championing unheard and minoritized voices and has a knack of instilling confidence in a writer/artist when they most need it.”

– Rachel Smith - Writer, Comedian

“Annie's warmth/care in the studio is such a great attribute, particularly for marginalised artists who make autobiographical work and really need someone who 'gets it'.”

– Vijay Patel, Live Artist/Performer/Access Consultant

“She dove into the work with feeling, sensitivity and a keen eye. I believe that her work on the show helped draw out the emotional heart in a way that was lacking before her arrival.”

– Nick Cassenbaum, Writer/Performer

“Her wisdom and support was invaluable and helped us develop a more objective approach to our work. With Annie’s help we asked the hard questions and answered them too! She is generous, kind and incredibly smart.”

– Elijah W Harris, Writer/Performer

“Annie can meet an artist anywhere in their career and guide them deftly and sensitively. She is particularly skilled at drawing out narrative structures and story building, deep character work, asking the big questions. She’s also a peach.”

– Yasser Zadeh, Writer/Performer

“Your work, ideas, honesty, person, energy, swearing, outfits, etc has been invaluable and absolutely made the show much richer, sharper and cohesive when editing/rehearsing.”

– Martha Pailing, Writer/Performer

“Besides being a mensch in every sense, she is the person that bonds a room, brings the people and all their disparate parts together.”

– Edith Tankus [Wild Country]

“I felt like she saw my soul and helped me express it on stage.”

– Julia Masli [Choosh]

“Annie is fierce, honest and a brilliant ally.”

– Caroline Horton [All of Me]

“we would collaborate with Annie again in a heartbeat! Get her in your process, she will light fires and be your champion."

– Shamira Turner, She-Goat [The Undefinable.]

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