TRUEMAN AND THE ARSONISTS.

Trueman and the Arsonists | New Play
Roundhouse, London

Written by Max Frisch
In a new version by Simon Stephens
Songs by Chris Thorpe

Fires keep starting. All across the city, arsonists worm their way into respectable people’s homes only to burn them all down. It’s a plague. And we don’t know why.

But Trueman is no fool. He can spot an arsonist from a mile away. These two strangers with troubled pasts who turn up on his doorstep asking for a spare room can’t be arsonists. They’re too polite. Like him. Everybody is far too respectable to act on their suspicions. Even when they fill his attic with barrels of petrol and ask him to help measure the fuse.

In a new version by Simon Stephens, with songs by Chris Thorpe, Max Frisch’s Trueman and the Arsonists explores how moral lethargy can invite evil in – even encouraging you to give it a warm blanket and a nice dinner.

This is an amoral morality play. With songs in it.

PADDINGTON™ LO-COMMOTION.

Paddington™ Lo-Commotion | Immersive / Puppeetry
Blenheim Palace, Oxford

Set amidst the beautiful palace grounds, PADDINGTON™ LO-COMMOTION is the ideal family outing into a world of adventure, puppetry, and nature.

Prepare for an exciting journey as you meet your best-loved characters from the Paddington stories, hop on board an authentic locomotive, and embark on a search for ‘buried treasure’…

For fans of the beloved bear and families who relish the great outdoors, this show will be an unforgettable experience.

the proletarians.

THE PROLETARIANS | New Play (TV Pilot)
by Aaron Douglas

Currently in development stages & filming a tv pilot with Bench Productions (2024/5).

See previous development and productions here.

“When the world sees you as the underclass, how much lower can you truly sink?”

After a seemingly simple heist goes horrifically wrong, Taz and Neil are left contemplating their place in society, armed with bitterness and £50k, their attempts to clean up turns farcical and grisly.

Pilot episode script and/or TV Pitch Deck available on request. Contact me here.

The play was shortlisted in the top 25 Traverse Theatre Open Submissions 2020/21.

”…a tender, complex play about the relationship between two men and the reveal of their vulnerabilities and frustrations felt excellently paced and bruising… a balance between witty humour and poignancy of the characters' situation.”
Traverse Theatre

Twelfth Night
Presented by East London Shakespeare Festival
16th June - 7th August 2022.

Directed by Scott Le Crass

Welcome to 1980s Illyria! East London Shakespeare Festival (ELSF) are bringing their rip-roaring take on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to outdoor spaces this summer. Combining the wonderful storytelling of the Bard with a flavour of East London culture, this new production brings pure, unadulterated escapism with live 80s classics in picturesque outdoor settings. Transforming areas across Hackney, Waltham Forest and Redbridge into the world of Illyria, including the sensational Fellowship Square in Walthamstow, this production will give local residents a memorable and unique experience of Shakespeare’s much-loved classic tale. Come along to seek out a good time or to celebrate identity and self-discovery. A festival vibe is encouraged with gates opening an hour before the show, pre-show workshops including party headband-making and the opportunity to picnic on site.

LIT & COMMON | Anthology of monologues
Edited by Rikki Beadle-Blair

‘The Spider’ by Aaron Douglas
(featured in COMMON: an anthology of dynamic new working-class monologues)

’Guardian’ by Aaron Douglas
(featured in LIT: an anthology of dynamic new monologues for actors from underrepresented ethnicities)

Commissioned and Published by Team Angelica.

Anthology books launched at Bush Theatre.
Available to purchase at Waterstones, Foyles and Amazon.

MONEY.

MONEY | New Interactive Zoom Play
by Isla van Tricht & directed by Guy Woolf (co-presented with Southwark Playhouse)
from 26th April 2021.

The Nyoni Youth and Community Project are offered a large donation from the Anders Corporation that promises to save the struggling charity. The source of the money is, however, an ethically questionable one.

Secrets will be spilt, hidden and traded, loyalties and rivalries will be formed and broken as the charity’s board wrestle through the muck of this ethical dilemma.

The audience plays the role of members of the charity: you will CHOOSE which breakout rooms to go into at different points in the play – and therefore what secret agendas and stories you overhear; in the end, you will VOTE on whether to accept the money and there are SEVERAL POSSIBLE ENDINGS depending on the result.

Commissioned from an idea by represent. MONEY is a unique interactive production that puts you right in the heart of the ethical dilemma: Will you accept THE MONEY?

represent. is supported by Texel Foundation with an accessibility grant from the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation with Southwark Playhouse.

two gentlemen of THE hollow heart.

Two Gentlemen of the Hollow Heart | Binaural Play
by Isla van Tricht

A work-in-progress binaural play, written by Isla van Tricht. R&D at Hampstead Theatre.

Using Gareth Fry’s binaural microphone ‘Frieda’. With workshopping by the Ringham Brothers.

Writer/Performer – Lewis Bray
Director – Julian Spooner
Story Consultant – Emily Beecher
Movement Director – Christina Fulcher
Access Support – Ruth Anna Phillips

Directed by Kieran Jordan
Performed by Callum Lloyd
Designed by Eve Martin

helium.

Helium | Digital Monologue
by Aaron Douglas

A paid writing commission about bisexuality and the working-class experience, as part of ‘It Gets Lighter From Here’ coordinated by Culture Central in association with Birmingham REP.

Promise of Sea.

Promise of Sea | Short Film
by Aaron Douglas

A short film about growth, personal pain and how we choose to overcome our fears.

”…that’s when I feel it. Genuine, unadulterated fear. The sea consumes me. I let it…”

Written & Directed by Aaron Douglas
Performed by Birte Widmann
Filmed by Uta Widmann

the border.

THE BORDER | New Interactive Play
by Aaron Douglas

An interactive piece of new writing called ‘The Border’; a live experience that allows audience interaction surrounding the themes of identity, prejudice and belonging. For more information click the link below.

This was performed as part of Show Face Festival curated by Lauren Elizabeth and produced by Making Footprints.

Boys Who F**k And Cry

Boys Who F**k And Cry | New Play
by Ryan Walker-Edwards
Directed by Iqbal Khan

An unlikely set of childhood friends reunite in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham to get high after ghosting each other for six years.

Not everything is as it seems, and with trips and turns – the elephant in the park is addressed when the boys begin to understand why they ended up splitting from one another.