Woz the Great and Powerful is a satirical comedy written by, directed by and starring Rhys Speight. The play mocks the Apple tech company by depicting its founders and key figures as cartoonish fools. The play also used a framework inspired by The Wizard of Oz to depict a bizarre alternate reality in which Apple co-founder Steve […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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Father’s Day is a devised performance which I wrote, directed and performed in. I created it for my Independent Practice and Research module in my final year at university. The piece explores themes of fatherhood, masculinity and disability through a semi-autobiographical lens. Working on Father’s Day allowed me to experiment with new […]
‘A Perfected Reality’ was a physical theatre in education piece by Lydia Egglesden. The performance used physical theatre to explore social media addiction in a manner which was accessible and relatable to a young adult audience. We performed the piece to one of York Theatre Royal’s Youth Theatre groups who […]
Shivers was a 15 minute long solo performance which I wrote, self-directed and performed on 13th December 2018. I created Shivers for my Auto/biography Performance module in my 2nd year at university. The piece was a conversation with myself. Using multi-role, I adopted different personas which represented different parts of my […]
As the excessively long title suggests, The Friend was a surrealist comedy which I co-wrote and performed in with Rhys Speight and Jean Evans. We created the piece for our Funny Words module in our 2nd year at university. This performance was an extreme reinterpretation of the popular 1990’s American sitcom Friends […]
In September of 2018 I participated in the York Mystery Plays. These are a collection of medieval plays retelling stories from the Bible. The plays are performed on wagons which travel around the city of York every four years. The performers on each wagon represent a different part of the […]
Our Mutual Friend was an adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel of the same name, written by award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery for Hull UK City of Culture 2017. I performed in the new play with Hull Truck Youth Theatre. I played the role of Mr. Lammle, one half of a duo of […]