My name is Grace Crilly. I am a theatre maker, facilitator and performer  with a passion for directing. 

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” ― Oscar Wilde

Growing up in the city of Liverpool has shaped who I am as a person but even more so shaped who I am as an artist. What I want from theatre and art is realness, I want the raw and unedited version of theatre. It is so easy to see snippets of people’s lives and pass judgement or lose interest, but I don’t. I want to take those snippets and discover what happened before or what may happen after. There is so much more to people than a phone conversation you heard on the train or an inside joke you hear between two friends in a café.  I want to make relatable theatre, I want to make ‘oh I’ve been there before theatre’, I want to make ‘I can’t believe things like this happen’ theatre. I want to make theatre for the people who believe no one would ever make theatre about them.

As a third year Drama and theatre student at York St John university, I hope to continue creating, directing and developing old and new projects once i have finished my degree. Eventually, I would like to have a platform that can give people who are silenced a voice through my theatre and allow their stories to be told.