CURRENTLY:
The Odyssey - Theatre Royal Bath Theatre School
Grimm’s Tales – Arts University Bournemouth
THE FALL / LOVE AND MONEY
Director
The Fall: A cast of young people confront the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.
Love & Money: Jess and David's ideal blend of love and money is killing them. Funny but heart wrenching, this ingenious drama dares us to enter a dislocated world of bad debts and even worse desires.
A black-box double bill performed by training actors at Bristol School of Acting.
A Headfirst Editor’s Pick.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer James Fritz / Dennis Kelly
Stage Manager Amber Springett
Lighting Design Amy Mumford
Sound Design Moni Mclaren
Production Manager Becky Vowles
Photography Mark Dawson
Love & Money: Jess and David's ideal blend of love and money is killing them. Funny but heart wrenching, this ingenious drama dares us to enter a dislocated world of bad debts and even worse desires.
A black-box double bill performed by training actors at Bristol School of Acting.
A Headfirst Editor’s Pick.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer James Fritz / Dennis Kelly
Stage Manager Amber Springett
Lighting Design Amy Mumford
Sound Design Moni Mclaren
Production Manager Becky Vowles
Photography Mark Dawson
A FAIRY STORY ANIMAL FARM
Dramaturg
“Must not spoil the mood, the harvest festival of gentle beginnings. Everything is fine… and if it isn’t, history will tidy it up later.”
A Fairy Story(Animal Farm) reimagines Orwell’s fable as a meta-surreal, visceral epic of revolution, memory and myth-making. Guided by a Pigeon’s fractured narration, the story unravels into a darkly comic collision of hope, brutality and political reinvention.
Played at Tobacco Factory Theatres by the graduating actors of Bristol School of Acting.
Director + Adaptor Maisie Newman
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Production Design Hazel Low
Lighting Design Hugo Dodsworth
Sound Design Ben Osborn
Costume Rhi Good
Additional Writing and Dramaturgy Tom Dewey
Photography Craig Fuller
A Fairy Story
Played at Tobacco Factory Theatres by the graduating actors of Bristol School of Acting.
Director + Adaptor Maisie Newman
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Production Design Hazel Low
Lighting Design Hugo Dodsworth
Sound Design Ben Osborn
Costume Rhi Good
Additional Writing and Dramaturgy Tom Dewey
Photography Craig Fuller
SINK
Associate Dramaturg; In development
In Hull, 17-year-old Alva is convinced her feelings control the weather. With impending meterological catastrophe and the surprise reappearance of her childhood best friend, Alva is forced to finally reckon with the depth of her feelings - and the impending doom on her doorstep.
Currently in development with Just Something Different. R&Ded at Artsadmin in 2025.
R&D TEAM:
Writer Clodagh Chapman
Director Maisie Newman
Producer Jess Donn for Just Something Different
Associate Dramaturgs Elinor Lower, James Varney, Sasha Georgette, mandla
R&D Photography Tom Nevin
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Currently in development with Just Something Different. R&Ded at Artsadmin in 2025.
R&D TEAM:
Writer Clodagh Chapman
Director Maisie Newman
Producer Jess Donn for Just Something Different
Associate Dramaturgs Elinor Lower, James Varney, Sasha Georgette, mandla
R&D Photography Tom Nevin
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
PHONE PIECE
Dramaturg; In development
System slippage. Benefits cuts. Bureaucracy. A work for a dancer, two musicians, four speakers, a phone and a microcomputer.
Played at The Courts, Bristol.
Composer Calum Perrin
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Dancer Lucy Waterhouse
Violinist Siobhan Clough
Cellist Zosia Jagodzinska
Tech Consultant Xavier Velastin
Producers Laura Mora Knight, Hattie DeSantis and Holly Beasley-Garrigan for Paraorchestra
Production Manager Rachael Duthie
R+D Outside Eyes Rachael Clerke and Hyppolite
Developed under Paraorchestra’s Artist In Residence Programme.
Played at The Courts, Bristol.
Composer Calum Perrin
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Dancer Lucy Waterhouse
Violinist Siobhan Clough
Cellist Zosia Jagodzinska
Tech Consultant Xavier Velastin
Producers Laura Mora Knight, Hattie DeSantis and Holly Beasley-Garrigan for Paraorchestra
Production Manager Rachael Duthie
R+D Outside Eyes Rachael Clerke and Hyppolite
Developed under Paraorchestra’s Artist In Residence Programme.
ORCHESTRA
Director
In a church hall, somewhere in England, the best young wind musicians in the country are rehearsing. The pieces are hard, but they can work harder, and this time, they’ll be enough. This time, they’ll make you proud. They tune up, get their music ready, and play. But is striving for artistic excellence worth it if the cost is losing your soul?
Played at The Egg Theatre, Bath.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer Charlie Josephine
Production Design Holly Coulson
Lighting Design Alice Boal
Composer Bethany Stenning
Movement Emily Orme
Stage Manager Jack Opie
Deputy Stage Manager Chaz Webb
Costume Supervisor Ruby Nex
Assistant Stage Manager Bryony Harrison Pettit
Production Manager Ed Borgnis
Photography Craig Fuller
Played at The Egg Theatre, Bath.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer Charlie Josephine
Production Design Holly Coulson
Lighting Design Alice Boal
Composer Bethany Stenning
Movement Emily Orme
Stage Manager Jack Opie
Deputy Stage Manager Chaz Webb
Costume Supervisor Ruby Nex
Assistant Stage Manager Bryony Harrison Pettit
Production Manager Ed Borgnis
Photography Craig Fuller
I, JOAN
Director
An endless war. From nowhere, an unexpected leader emerges. Young, poor and about to spark a revolution. Rebelling against the world's expectations, questioning the gender binary, Joan finds their power within, and their belief spreads like fire.
Performed by the graduating actors from Arts University Bournemouth.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer Charlie Josephine
Production Design Alice Drury
Lighting Design Daniel Parker
Composer Joseph Myles
Movement Clara Potter-Sweet
Intimacy Director Phao Wheatley
Fight Director Doug Cockle
Company Stage Manager Hannah White-Mackenzie
Assistant Director Sarah Astbury
Stage Manager Darcy Watkins
Deputy Stage Manager Annika Bryan
Production Manager Ben Goodridge
Photography Scarlett Madison
Production soundtrack ↓
Performed by the graduating actors from Arts University Bournemouth.
Director Elinor Lower
Writer Charlie Josephine
Production Design Alice Drury
Lighting Design Daniel Parker
Composer Joseph Myles
Movement Clara Potter-Sweet
Intimacy Director Phao Wheatley
Fight Director Doug Cockle
Company Stage Manager Hannah White-Mackenzie
Assistant Director Sarah Astbury
Stage Manager Darcy Watkins
Deputy Stage Manager Annika Bryan
Production Manager Ben Goodridge
Photography Scarlett Madison
Production soundtrack ↓
WE MEET IN THE WOODS
Creator; In development
An interactive theatre game exploring systems of co-creation and consensus building, beginning in a forest.
Creator Elinor Lower
Technical Support Martin O’Leary
Photography ShamPhat Photography
R&D supported by the Pervasive Media Studio’s Winter Residency Programme.
Play the prologue ↓
Creator Elinor Lower
Technical Support Martin O’Leary
Photography ShamPhat Photography
R&D supported by the Pervasive Media Studio’s Winter Residency Programme.
Play the prologue ↓
GREEN MAN
Dramaturg; In development
Tom is a rural West-Country teenager struggling to work out who he is, who he likes, and who he wants to become. One day he comes to school to find that his drama teacher has been replaced, changeling-like, by a compelling new man.
Writer Tom Mackean
Director + Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Played at and developed with support from the Theatre Royal Bath’s Elevate Festival.
Audience feedback:
“A remarkable piece of writing and an intensely riveting performance.”
“The language was so subtly articulated – the poetry so astute and resonant.”
“Intimate and intense, the momentum doesn't let you go for a moment. I felt myself holding my breath.”
Writer Tom Mackean
Director + Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Played at and developed with support from the Theatre Royal Bath’s Elevate Festival.
Audience feedback:
“A remarkable piece of writing and an intensely riveting performance.”
“The language was so subtly articulated – the poetry so astute and resonant.”
“Intimate and intense, the momentum doesn't let you go for a moment. I felt myself holding my breath.”
BEAUTIFUL THING
Director
South East London, 1993.
Section 28’s in the schools and the HIV/AIDS crisis has gripped the media, but in three flats on the Thamesmead Estate, something small and beautiful is beginning to grow between teenagers Jamie and Ste.
Director Elinor Lower
Production Design Gi Vasey
Lighting design Nicola Crawford
Sound Design Jack Orozco Morrison
Stage Manager Benedict Jones
Intimacy Director Lex Kaby
Producer Joe Spurgeon
Photography Jack Offord
Played at Tobacco Factory Theatres. Performed by the graduating actors of Bristol School of Acting.
Section 28’s in the schools and the HIV/AIDS crisis has gripped the media, but in three flats on the Thamesmead Estate, something small and beautiful is beginning to grow between teenagers Jamie and Ste.
Director Elinor Lower
Production Design Gi Vasey
Lighting design Nicola Crawford
Sound Design Jack Orozco Morrison
Stage Manager Benedict Jones
Intimacy Director Lex Kaby
Producer Joe Spurgeon
Photography Jack Offord
Played at Tobacco Factory Theatres. Performed by the graduating actors of Bristol School of Acting.
HAUNTING ASHTON COURT
Co-director; co-writer
What are the stories we tell about history?
Who has permission to write them?
What does it mean to recover those we have forgotten?
Devised with a company of young Bristolians, invoking mediums from poetry to film to theatre, Haunting Ashton Court finds the threads of working-class stories, queer stories, Black stories – and pulls.
Who has permission to write them?
What does it mean to recover those we have forgotten?
Devised with a company of young Bristolians, invoking mediums from poetry to film to theatre, Haunting Ashton Court finds the threads of working-class stories, queer stories, Black stories – and pulls.
Directors Elinor Lower & Jack Young
Lighting Designer Imogen Senter
Sound Designer Elinor Lower
Photograph Maria Meco Sanchez
[ ] Haunting Ashton Court is a participatory theatre experiment. It investigates the archives around British Country Houses and plants seeds in the gaps. Facilitated by Jack Young and Elinor Lower, and inspired by Saidiya Hartman’s process of critical fabulation, we invite you to tell the stories that have been erased by centuries of ‘history-making’: queer stories, working-class stories, Black stories, tales of the more-than-human and more.
Publication: Haunting Ashton Court: A Creative Handbook for Collective History-Making
OPAL FRUITS
Dramaturg
“In 1998 Opal Fruits changed their name to- we don’t say that name here. It was all downhill.”
Armed with pick n mix, politics and UK Garage, Holly Beasley-Garrigan wants to talk about the fetishisation of the feral female. Opal Fruits is about class, nostalgia and five generations of women from one council estate in South London - an anarchic reimagining of the self-congratulatory solo show, and a wry interrogation of faux-working-class cultural trends.
“Utterly engaging” – Lyn Gardner
“An often-spiteful piece, occasionally tender, aesthetically pleasing and very, very poignant.” – Everything Theatre
“A quiet slice of genius” – The Wee Review
“[A] skilled, funny, angular performance” – ThreeWeeks
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Everything Theatre
★ ★ ★ ★ – The Wee Review
★ ★ ★ ★ – Bristol Live
★ ★ ★ ★ – Three Weeks
★ ★ ★ ★ – Breaking The Fourth Wall
★ ★ ★ ★ – Plays To See
Supported by the Pleasance Futures ‘National Partnerships’ Award and Arts Council England.
Performer & Writer Holly Beasley-Garrigan
Director Maisie Newman
Associate Director Jenny Davies
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Associate Dramaturg Caroline Williams
Production Design Anna Orton
Associate Designer Olivia Altaras
Video & Lighting Design Rachel Sampley
Sound Design Ellie Holland/Dutchie
Producers Tom Bevan & Millie Wood-Downie
Stage Manager Roshan Conn
Photography Jai Bansuri
Played at Pleasance Courtyard, then toured to Bristol Old Vic, Knowle West Media Centre and Streatham Space Project.
Further press:
“Beasley-Garrigan is an engaging performer, clearly alert to the paradox of mining her own background to make art that will be consumed by a primarily middle class audience.” - Natasha Tripney, The Stage
“a highly personal debut… demonstrates an ability to play with humour and injustice, and calls for wider representation on our stages” - Kate Wyver, The Guardian
Armed with pick n mix, politics and UK Garage, Holly Beasley-Garrigan wants to talk about the fetishisation of the feral female. Opal Fruits is about class, nostalgia and five generations of women from one council estate in South London - an anarchic reimagining of the self-congratulatory solo show, and a wry interrogation of faux-working-class cultural trends.
“Utterly engaging” – Lyn Gardner
“An often-spiteful piece, occasionally tender, aesthetically pleasing and very, very poignant.” – Everything Theatre
“A quiet slice of genius” – The Wee Review
“[A] skilled, funny, angular performance” – ThreeWeeks
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Everything Theatre
★ ★ ★ ★ – The Wee Review
★ ★ ★ ★ – Bristol Live
★ ★ ★ ★ – Three Weeks
★ ★ ★ ★ – Breaking The Fourth Wall
★ ★ ★ ★ – Plays To See
Supported by the Pleasance Futures ‘National Partnerships’ Award and Arts Council England.
Performer & Writer Holly Beasley-Garrigan
Director Maisie Newman
Associate Director Jenny Davies
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Associate Dramaturg Caroline Williams
Production Design Anna Orton
Associate Designer Olivia Altaras
Video & Lighting Design Rachel Sampley
Sound Design Ellie Holland/Dutchie
Producers Tom Bevan & Millie Wood-Downie
Stage Manager Roshan Conn
Photography Jai Bansuri
Played at Pleasance Courtyard, then toured to Bristol Old Vic, Knowle West Media Centre and Streatham Space Project.
Further press:
“Beasley-Garrigan is an engaging performer, clearly alert to the paradox of mining her own background to make art that will be consumed by a primarily middle class audience.” - Natasha Tripney, The Stage
“a highly personal debut… demonstrates an ability to play with humour and injustice, and calls for wider representation on our stages” - Kate Wyver, The Guardian
HAMLET
Assistant Director
'Must I remember?'
Hamlet's father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks. Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.
Played at Bristol Old Vic.
“Shadowy, impressionistic... Howle injects [Hamlet] with a sense of purpose and action” — The Stage
★ ★ ★ ★ — The Observer
★ ★ ★ ★ — The Stage
Director John Haidar
Set Designer Alex Eales
Costume Designer Natalie Pryce
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Composer & Sound Designer Max Pappenheim
Video Designer Jack Phelan
Movement Director Lucy Cullingford
Casting Director Sam Stevenson
Fight Director Bret Yount
Costume Supervisor Zoe Hammond
Assistant Director Elinor Lower
Cast Billy Howle, Niamh Cusack, Finbar Lynch, Jason Barnett, Mirren Mack, Taheen Modack, Isabel Adomakoh Young, Firdous Bamji, Catrin Stewart
Photography Marc Brenner
Hamlet's father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks. Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.
Played at Bristol Old Vic.
“Shadowy, impressionistic... Howle injects [Hamlet] with a sense of purpose and action” — The Stage
★ ★ ★ ★ — The Observer
★ ★ ★ ★ — The Stage
Director John Haidar
Set Designer Alex Eales
Costume Designer Natalie Pryce
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Composer & Sound Designer Max Pappenheim
Video Designer Jack Phelan
Movement Director Lucy Cullingford
Casting Director Sam Stevenson
Fight Director Bret Yount
Costume Supervisor Zoe Hammond
Assistant Director Elinor Lower
Cast Billy Howle, Niamh Cusack, Finbar Lynch, Jason Barnett, Mirren Mack, Taheen Modack, Isabel Adomakoh Young, Firdous Bamji, Catrin Stewart
Photography Marc Brenner
ON ĒGLOND, ON OÞERRE
Dramaturg; In development
A bi-lingual Old English and Modern English Text. A translator, a beast, a guard, a slippage through time. A many-headed cry against historically-driven nationalism and eco-fascism, On Ēglond speaks to the condition of becoming 'islanded' in time, place and ideology.
Composer/Writer Rowan Evans
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Designer Mimi Donaldson
Photography Chelsey Cliff
Pig’s head made by Siobhan Raw
Supported by a Creative Fellowship at University College London, Institute of Advanced Studies (2019-20).
May or may not be:
play-script / performance / beast tale /
photography / digital installation
Director Maisie Newman/ a handful of stones
Composer/Writer Rowan Evans
Dramaturg Elinor Lower
Designer Mimi Donaldson
Photography Chelsey Cliff
Pig’s head made by Siobhan Raw
Supported by a Creative Fellowship at University College London, Institute of Advanced Studies (2019-20).
GIANT KILLER
DEADWATCH
GIANT KILLER
DEADWATCH
DEADWATCH
GIANT KILLER
DEADWATCH
One year, the Great Cold.
Her wæs se micla wintra.
One year, the Chaos Among Birds.
Her wæs þæt micle fugla wæl.
Her wæs se micla wintra.
One year, the Chaos Among Birds.
Her wæs þæt micle fugla wæl.