It's that time of year again where we pack up our creative kit bag and move on mass to Edinburgh for the annual Fringe Festival. It's one of our favourite Arts festivals and we're always excited to see the plethora of new work and emerging talent. It seems that each year the number of Women creating their own work and debuting it at the festival grows, this year is no exception. We are delighted to welcome to our next panel two women who are doing just that. Naomi Sheldon & Rebecca Humphries, are Actors & Theatre Makers, they have both written plays, which they will perform in at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017. We are thrilled to be returning to Lights of Soho who we've worked on past events. If you'd like to attend please drop us an email: thedarlingsclub@gmail.com
Naomi Sheldon trained at LAMDA and has this year trained with the Free Association in improvisation. She is currently a member of two teams. Good Girl is her first play.
She says of her work, " It’s about big emotions, growing up in the 90s, sexual awakening, friendships and bad choices. Oh, and witchcraft. Think Caitlin Moran meets The Craft (look it up if you haven’t heard of it you heathens) plus ABBA."
TV and film: Red Dwarf (Baby Cow), Cla’am, Diaries of the Great War, The Hour, Doctors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (all BBC)Theatre: Good Girl, (Old Red Lion and Edinburgh Fringe), Partners In Crime (Queens Theatre), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Mischief Theatre), The Pride (WE & Tour), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal & Derngate), Sex With A Stranger (Trafalgar Studios), The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Mouse and His Child (both RSC),Reclining Nude with Black Stockings (Arcola), The Emporer Jones (National Theatre), Incredibly Guilty (BBC radio 4)
Rebecca Humphries is an award winning Actor & Comedian. She trained at LAMDA. Her first play Dizney Rascal had its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 where it had a sell out run. Prom Kween the musical is her second play, which opened at the Vaults Festival earlier this year.
She says of her work "I like my theatre theatrical; in the moment, honest and really there with the audience. For me, making stuff is about truly collaborating with people I respect, creating theatre with bags of flair and personality.
Theatre includes: Myth/The Earthworks (RSC), Pomona (National Theatre/Royal Exchange/Orange Tree), Temple (Donmar), Wild Honey (Hampstead), The Kitchen (National Theatre), Open Court: Prime Time (Royal Court) TV includes: The Agency (BBC), Big Bad World (Comedy Central), Cardinal Burns (E4), Cockroaches (ITV2).