Past Productions
2011
Draw Me a Bird: National tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 4+ directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
The Withered Arm: Riverside Studios / Tête a Tête: The Opera Festival
A new opera adaptation of a Thomas Hardy short story composed by Jenny Gould
directed by Joanna Turner
2010
The Bug and The Butterfly: National tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 4+ directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
For A Button and Finding The Geocache: Various London locations
Spilt Milk Theatre
Directed by Nicola Hughes
www.spiltmilktheatre.com
Turnham Bloody Green: Key City Public Theatre, Washington, USA
Directed by Mara Leythrop
Not Like Us: RADA, London
Eyebrow Productions
Directed by Adam Barnard
House Arrest: Brockley Jack Theatre
Directed by Jemma Gross
2009
Your Call Is Important To Us: Leatherhead Theatre
Freewheelers Theatre Company
Directed by Brandon McGuire
For a Button: Volupte Lounge, London
Spilt Milk Theatre
Directed by Nicola Hughes
www.spiltmilktheatre.com
KIPPERS (Kids in Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings)
Text by Rachel Barnett, Music by Clare Salaman
Chipping Norton Theatre and Latitude Festival
Directed by John Terry
www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk
All The Sensitive Spots: Farnham Maltings Arts Centre
Written and Directed by Rachel Barnett
www.farnhammaltings.com
For a Button: Live Girls! Theater, Seattle, USA
Directed by Chrystian Shepperd
www.livegirlstheater.org
The Last 13 Minutes: Albany Theatre, Deptford and Manhattan Theater Source, New York
Directed by Lucy Dear, Paula D'Alessandris
www.stonecrabs.co.uk
www.mindthegaptheatre.com
2008
This is a That: SE England tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 3-8 directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
A Perfect Sandcastle: Auroville, South India / Auroville Theatre Group
A full length play directed by Jill Navarre
www.auroville.org/art&culture/theatre/av_theatre.htm
Turnham Bloody Green: Kraine Theater, New York / Mind the Gap Theater
A monologue directed by Paula D’Alessandris for Brit Bits 4
Dry Lightning: Kings Head, Islington / Zeitgeist Theatre Company
A short play directed by Lizzie Newman as part of the World at One series
A subsequent production at the Arcola Theatre as part of Miniaturists 15
Perfect Day: Hotbed Festival / The Junction, Cambridge
A one page play for Menagerie’s festival of new writing
Finding the Geocache: Bedford Pub, London
A short play directed by Zia Trench
N51.65, E.0.003: Hazlitt Theatre / Big Youth Theatre Festival
A one-act play commissioned by Hazlitt Youth Theatre for a cast of ten young people
directed by Martin Cleverley
For a Button: The Arcola Theatre, London
A short play written for Miniaturists 12, directed by Helen Eastman
Several subsequent productions including one at the White Bear Theatre Club, London by Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company
REVIEW: http://hopeparkerson.blogspot.com/2008/05/small-but-perfectly-formed.html
REVIEW: http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=2572
Street Wise: Hazlitt Theatre / Kent County Council
A Theatre in Education piece about litter and anti-social behaviour
directed by Martin Cleverley
A Castle In A Meadow: Manhattan Theatre Source / Mind The Gap Theater
Short play produced as part of Brit Bits 2
directed by Joel H. Jones
2007
White Noise: West Wing Arts Centre, Slough
Commission from NHS Berkshire to write and perform a monologue about ethnic minority communities experiences of mental health care services
Sketches by Boz: Chichester Festival Theatre / CFYT
A promenade adaptation of Charles Dickens' short stories directed by Dale Rooks
Safe Drive, Stay Alive:
A short film commissioned by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service warning young people of the dangers of drinking and driving
A Perfect Sandcastle: Hampstead Theatre, London
An extract of a full-length play, performed as part of a start night directed by Noah Birksted-Breen
Simple Act of Breathing / Standing on One Leg: Barons Court Theatre, London
Performances of two monologues as part of the DYS(the)LEXI festival
2006
LOL: Laughing Out Loud, Crying Inside: Various Schools in West Sussex
A commissioned play for schools about bullying
Toxic: Theatre 503, London / Subverse
A monologue directed by Joseph Coelho
Sketches by Boz: Chichester Festival Theatre
An adaptation of Dickens’ short stories directed by Tom Hescott
Toxic: Royal Court Theatre, London and Latitude Festival, Suffolk
A rehearsed reading directed by Orla O’Loughlin
Yellowing: Theatre 503, London and Harrow Arts Centre
A play directed by Anna Ledwich
2005
The Simple Act of Breathing: Madame Jojo's, London
A monologue directed by Daphna Attias
Yellowing: Jermyn Street Theatre, London
A work in progress showing directed by Anna Ledwich
To Stand on One Leg: Valley Theatre, Scarborough
A monologue performed by the playwright
2004
Perfect Exercise: Northern Fringe, Newcastle upon Tyne
Wanted: Isle of Iona, Scotland and Embassy Studio, London
Worked as writer/advisor/dramaturg on a site specific piece directed by Daphna Attias
Dreams of Flying: Embassy Studio, London
A series of monologues and short plays directed by Devlin Mann
2003
War Cry: Harrow Arts Centre
A short play directed by Andrew Jones
I was an Usherette, War Cry, Whistling: Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Three short pieces directed by Alexander Ferris.
Draw Me a Bird: National tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 4+ directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
The Withered Arm: Riverside Studios / Tête a Tête: The Opera Festival
A new opera adaptation of a Thomas Hardy short story composed by Jenny Gould
directed by Joanna Turner
2010
The Bug and The Butterfly: National tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 4+ directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
For A Button and Finding The Geocache: Various London locations
Spilt Milk Theatre
Directed by Nicola Hughes
www.spiltmilktheatre.com
Turnham Bloody Green: Key City Public Theatre, Washington, USA
Directed by Mara Leythrop
Not Like Us: RADA, London
Eyebrow Productions
Directed by Adam Barnard
House Arrest: Brockley Jack Theatre
Directed by Jemma Gross
2009
Your Call Is Important To Us: Leatherhead Theatre
Freewheelers Theatre Company
Directed by Brandon McGuire
For a Button: Volupte Lounge, London
Spilt Milk Theatre
Directed by Nicola Hughes
www.spiltmilktheatre.com
KIPPERS (Kids in Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings)
Text by Rachel Barnett, Music by Clare Salaman
Chipping Norton Theatre and Latitude Festival
Directed by John Terry
www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk
All The Sensitive Spots: Farnham Maltings Arts Centre
Written and Directed by Rachel Barnett
www.farnhammaltings.com
For a Button: Live Girls! Theater, Seattle, USA
Directed by Chrystian Shepperd
www.livegirlstheater.org
The Last 13 Minutes: Albany Theatre, Deptford and Manhattan Theater Source, New York
Directed by Lucy Dear, Paula D'Alessandris
www.stonecrabs.co.uk
www.mindthegaptheatre.com
2008
This is a That: SE England tour / Peut-être Theatre
A play for children aged 3-8 directed by Daphna Attias
www.peutetretheatre.co.uk
A Perfect Sandcastle: Auroville, South India / Auroville Theatre Group
A full length play directed by Jill Navarre
www.auroville.org/art&culture/theatre/av_theatre.htm
Turnham Bloody Green: Kraine Theater, New York / Mind the Gap Theater
A monologue directed by Paula D’Alessandris for Brit Bits 4
Dry Lightning: Kings Head, Islington / Zeitgeist Theatre Company
A short play directed by Lizzie Newman as part of the World at One series
A subsequent production at the Arcola Theatre as part of Miniaturists 15
Perfect Day: Hotbed Festival / The Junction, Cambridge
A one page play for Menagerie’s festival of new writing
Finding the Geocache: Bedford Pub, London
A short play directed by Zia Trench
N51.65, E.0.003: Hazlitt Theatre / Big Youth Theatre Festival
A one-act play commissioned by Hazlitt Youth Theatre for a cast of ten young people
directed by Martin Cleverley
For a Button: The Arcola Theatre, London
A short play written for Miniaturists 12, directed by Helen Eastman
Several subsequent productions including one at the White Bear Theatre Club, London by Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company
REVIEW: http://hopeparkerson.blogspot.com/2008/05/small-but-perfectly-formed.html
REVIEW: http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=2572
Street Wise: Hazlitt Theatre / Kent County Council
A Theatre in Education piece about litter and anti-social behaviour
directed by Martin Cleverley
A Castle In A Meadow: Manhattan Theatre Source / Mind The Gap Theater
Short play produced as part of Brit Bits 2
directed by Joel H. Jones
2007
White Noise: West Wing Arts Centre, Slough
Commission from NHS Berkshire to write and perform a monologue about ethnic minority communities experiences of mental health care services
Sketches by Boz: Chichester Festival Theatre / CFYT
A promenade adaptation of Charles Dickens' short stories directed by Dale Rooks
Safe Drive, Stay Alive:
A short film commissioned by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service warning young people of the dangers of drinking and driving
A Perfect Sandcastle: Hampstead Theatre, London
An extract of a full-length play, performed as part of a start night directed by Noah Birksted-Breen
Simple Act of Breathing / Standing on One Leg: Barons Court Theatre, London
Performances of two monologues as part of the DYS(the)LEXI festival
2006
LOL: Laughing Out Loud, Crying Inside: Various Schools in West Sussex
A commissioned play for schools about bullying
Toxic: Theatre 503, London / Subverse
A monologue directed by Joseph Coelho
Sketches by Boz: Chichester Festival Theatre
An adaptation of Dickens’ short stories directed by Tom Hescott
Toxic: Royal Court Theatre, London and Latitude Festival, Suffolk
A rehearsed reading directed by Orla O’Loughlin
Yellowing: Theatre 503, London and Harrow Arts Centre
A play directed by Anna Ledwich
2005
The Simple Act of Breathing: Madame Jojo's, London
A monologue directed by Daphna Attias
Yellowing: Jermyn Street Theatre, London
A work in progress showing directed by Anna Ledwich
To Stand on One Leg: Valley Theatre, Scarborough
A monologue performed by the playwright
2004
Perfect Exercise: Northern Fringe, Newcastle upon Tyne
Wanted: Isle of Iona, Scotland and Embassy Studio, London
Worked as writer/advisor/dramaturg on a site specific piece directed by Daphna Attias
Dreams of Flying: Embassy Studio, London
A series of monologues and short plays directed by Devlin Mann
2003
War Cry: Harrow Arts Centre
A short play directed by Andrew Jones
I was an Usherette, War Cry, Whistling: Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Three short pieces directed by Alexander Ferris.
