Shakespeare

I’ve directed three shows for cycle-touring comedy Shakespeare company, The HandleBards: four-woman, clowning versions of The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It. The shows have toured almost non-stop for the past three years, and played in countries including India, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Malaysia and Thailand. In 2020 Romeo and Juliet completed a sold-out socially distanced tour with a company of three housemates. Most recently, I directed their 2023 mixed gender tour of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

In 2018 I worked at the RSC, making Weirdo Sister: a one-woman, family show in response to their production of Macbeth, to play as part of their Inside Out programme of events. The show was invited back for Inside Out 2019.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A new production for the HandleBard’s 10th anniversary year. Tickets and info here.

★★★★★ - ‘I have never seen a Shakespeare play and laughed so much’ North West End
★★★★ - ‘Anarchic fun’ The Reviews Hub
★★★★ - ‘Irresistible feel-good entertainment’ Everything Theatre
★★★★ - ‘Total fun for every age’ The Upcoming

Design: Harry Pizzey | Music: Guy Hughes | Movement: Amalia Vitale | Company Manager: Tom Blakemore | Cast: Alex Crook, George Attwell Gerhards, Meredith Lewis, Jenny Smith | Photos: Tom Dixon

The Tempest

The Tempest toured the UK in 2019 and internationally in early 2020, including a run at the Adelaide Fringe.

★★★★★ ‘The best version of The Tempest I have ever seen’ - Broadway Baby
★★★★★ ‘An absolute must-see for Fringe 2020. Shakespearean shenanigans at their theatrical best.’ InDaily
★★★★★ ‘Very clever and hugely funny’ Glam Adelaide

Design: Connie Watson | Music: Guy Hughes | Company Manager: Emily Tate | Cast: Roisin Brehony, Tika Mu’Tamir, Katie Sherrard, Ellice Stevens, Lucy Green (2020 international tour)

Weirdo Sister

The three witches gather. The cauldron bubbles. Something wicked is on its way. But they have forgotten the littlest witch, who tries to join her sisters and lead Macbeth to his doom. 

Weirdo Sister is a devised family friendly clowning show inspired by Macbeth, made with and performed by Lotte Tickner. It was commissioned by the RSC to play in their Inside Out programme in Summer 2018 in The Swirl temporary space. It was invited back for 2019 and was performed in the Swirl by Lucy Green.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a fast paced, fun outdoor production for The HandleBards. In summer 2016 it toured the country, traveling by bicycle from London to the Edinburgh Fringe.  In the autumn it toured schools and was the first all-female production to visit Sudan. In Spring 2017 it toured across Asia. In 2018 it was revived and toured the UK, India and Thailand. It continues to tour in a new, 3 person version devised during the pandemic.

★★★★ 'A tender and touching production, whilst still managing to get away with a lot of piss-taking' - The Wee Review
★★★★★ – The Shields Gazette

Design: Nik Corrall | Associate Director: Callum Brodie | Assistant Director/ Stage Manager: Steph Withers | Music: Guy Hughes | Original Cast: Elle Dillon-Reams, Lianne Harvey, Lizzie Muncey, Lotte Tickner | 2018 Cast: Eleanor Chaganis, Charlotte Driessler, Lucy Green, Sian Eleanor Green | Produced by Handlebards

As You Like It

As You Like It was an outdoor production for the HandleBards with riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter. It toured the country by bike, travelling from London to Edinburgh and many places in between in Summer 2017. In Autumn 2017 and Spring 2018 it toured to schools and internationally to India and Southeast Asia.

★★★★★ 'Charming, funny and very silly,'  - Young Perspective
★★★★★ 'Delightfully inventive' - DarkChat
★★★★ 'It is cheeky, it is hilarious and it is touching (sometimes literally).' - Reviews Hub

Design: Alberta Jones | Company Manager: Paul Moss | Music: Guy Hughes | Original Cast: Elle Dillon-Reams, Lucy Green, Jessica Hern, Lotte Tickner | Produced by Handlebards