RAYMONDO TOURS THE STATES
We, The Cartographers, a new national community of artists, are sharing “Raymondo,” a play by Annie Siddons. Part fairy tale and part humanitarian howl, this one-person show was first produced at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to critical and audience acclaim. The work is funny and tender and all the things you pray to encounter in…
Read MoreDEAR ELIZABETH
I’m super delighted to have been asked to join the list of august performers doing Dear Elizabeth at the Gate. Mine’s the matinee today. Guerilla theatre, you turn up, you do it. No mess no fuss. A celebration of epistolary friendship, poetry, Lowell and Bishop, platonic love, other love, encounter, distance, connection. I’m doing it…
Read MoreTHREE THINGS I AM DOING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. THREE. WILD COUNTRY.
Long long ago, in 2006, I wrote a version of Rapunzel for my then tiny daughters. Emma Rice, then from Kneehigh, read it and decided to put it on. Finding a Rapunzel was tricky. In those days, the noughties, when Queen Katie Price was at the height of her powers and it was pretty normal…
Read MoreTHREE THINGS I AM DOING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. TWO. DEAR ELIZABETH.
I’ve been asked to do this, on February 13 matinee, and I’m super hype. I love doing unseen performances, I love Lowell and Bishop, I love Ellen McDougal, and I love the Gate.
Read MoreTHREE THINGS I AM DOING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. ONE.
Just before Christmas, I got an email from the Bush Theatre, asking me to come in and chat to Ruthie Osterman about a project she was creating/curating.It’s called Babylon Beyond Borders and is the second week of the Babylon Festival the Bush is hosting, which is a celebration of diaspora, immigration, people of colour and…
Read MoreDYCP grant super grateful yes yes yes yes
Like everyone else I have had an interesting, aka challenging start to 2019. Two huge rejections and a clusterfuck of life events against a backdrop of disturbing world news. So the other day when I was told I had been awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice grant by the Arts Council, I was OVER. THE.…
Read MoreConnect – mid career artists
Monday, 29 October 2018 from 16:30-19:00 Ovalhouse, 52-54 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW London, United Kingdom This is an event for self described mid career middle aged artists (here meaning those who make their own work) particularly those with caring responsibilities. I need to become a benevolent Tony Soprano, providing for my family, but despite regularly…
Read MoreLook at our gorge Dennis trailer, shot by Jen Smethurst and edited by Claire Nolan
Dennis of Penge trailer, edited by Claire Nolan from Annie Siddons on Vimeo.
Read MoreWE ARE DOING MAYFEST AND WE ARE EXCITED!
We are super hyped to be part of
Read MoreNEW SUBURBIA TOUR DEETS
VERITY NEW 2018
Read MoreNEW SUBURBIA CO_PERFORMER ANNOUNCED AND SHE’S A DOOZY
We’re absolutely delighted to announce that Sarah Moore from Monobrowed Performance Troupe Figs in Wigs will be joining team Suburbia as our co-performer for the next leg of our tour. Welcome, Sarah! Our first date is looming on February 22nd in Chichester and we follow that with a 2 night stint in Bath, a visit…
Read MoreCAN YOU FILL NICKIS SHOES?
Because my close collaborator Nicki Hobday has been snapped up by art giants Forced Entertainment for the foreseeable, we are looking for a brilliant performer to fill her formidable shoes as we take Suburbia on the road next year. You will need to be: female identifying , 30-40, experienced, unafraid, strong comic performer, good physicality,…
Read More