Suzy Crothers
BELFAST - LONDON - MARGATE
I am a solo artist, writer, director and collaborator working within theatre and live performance, working between Belfast, London and Margate.
I make massive hearted, multidisciplinary work that illuminates unheard stories.
I make work for ‘Auntie Mary’, who sits in the cheapest seat and comes to see a cracking story unfold.
Fusing movement, music and storytelling, my work explores the clash between lived experiences, illusion and delusion.
If you, like me, are permanently curious, please do get in touch and whilst you're here, check out my current work, Have a Nice Death and the Less Alone, More Alive! project.
BIO
I’m an actor/ director/ writer turned multidisciplinary performance maker.
I’ve trained with Bryony Kimmings and Haley McGee. I was shortlisted for The Abbey Begins workshop at The Abbey and Pintsized Octoberfest Playwriting competition at The Bunker Theatre, both in 2019.
Actor training at E15 (BA Acting), EACT (European Actors Continuous Training in conjunction with RADA, IIPA and The Actor’s Centre) and Director training under Di Trevis (The Workshop).
I’m an invited member of the Lincoln Centre Director Lab NYC (2014), Young Vic Springboard Group for Directors (2013) and the Tamasha Developing Writer Group (2012).
I’ve directed other people’s work on the London fringe and have worked with writers like Brad Birch, Charlie Josephine, Izzy Tennyson, Rabiah Hussain and Harriet Madeley. With acting, I worked in the UK and Ireland for places like The Lyric, The Lowry and BBC Radio. My writing has been performed at venues such as The Pleasance, The Arcola, The Spoken Space and The Mac.
LATEST NEWS
Kent based company Looping the Loop have offered a commission to further the development of ‘Have A Nice Death', which successfully had a micro commission for a scratch performance at Making Waves Festival, a collaboration between Looping the Loop and Ark Cliftonville, in November 2023.
We have just received Arts Council England funding (Oct 2024) for further development of 'Have a Nice Death', also in collaboration with Pilgrims Hospice. WIP performances at Ark Cliftonville and The Alex, Faversham (Nov 24).
In March 2024, I secured capital investment which will allow me to focus on the final stage of script development for the 'Less Alone, More Alive' project, which will be touring the UK in the summer of 2025.
I’m a grateful recipient of a Tech Fund bursary from Graeae Theatre Company and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, which enabled me to expand my practice and experiment with tech equipment for performance. I have also received a DYCP (Develop Your Creative Practice) grant from ACE, supporting me to be mentored by Caroline Horton and Lemn Sissay.
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