And We’ll Catch Stardust, Yes We Will (Work in Progress)

Women's Writes

Women's Writes is dedicated to platforming female and non-binary voices. We're bored of those archetypes we see on stage and screen and are redressing the balance by promoting women writers. We've had multiple sell out shows at The Arcola Theatre, been seen at VAULT Festival 2020 and were nominated for an ONCOMM award for the Women's Writes Online Festival.

We were last seen at The Arcola Theatre's 'Today I'm Wiser' Festival (2021) and with 'We'll Dance on The Ash of The Apocalypse' by Melissa-Kelly Franklin at The Park Theatre's Come What May Festival in 2022.

We've been featured on BBC Radio London, named 'Empowering' by DIVA Magazine and called 'Politically and socially imperative' by London Theatre Reviews.

Press & Reviews

Praise for Women's Writes

OffWestend ONCOMM Nominated 

GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER; included in 'Best front room seats for online theatre' roundup 2021

DIVA MAGAZINE 'Empowering' and 'challenging stereotypical depictions of women'

LONDON THEATRE REVIEWS  'Politically and socially imperative'

DISGRACEFUL MAGAZINE 'Empowering and Inspirational' 

THE STAGE NEWSPAPER 'Redressing the balance'

Cast & Creative Team Cast

ANNA FORDHAM
Anna trained in Actor Musicianship at Rose Bruford, their Theatre credits include: Sleeping Beauty (Queens Theatre Hornchurch), Sunshine on Leith, Little Women (Pitlochry Festival Theatre/Watford Palace, The Brothers Grimm Present Cinderella (Barn Theatre), NewsRevue and I’m Eric Get Me Out.

ORLA O'SULLIVAN
Orla is an award winning actor and writer, her short Ding Ding Next (BBC Arts) featured in Women in Film. Recent acting credits include: Warhol (Dir. Adam Ethan Crow), Happy Graduation (Dir. Robert Harold) & Pragma (Dir. Eleanor Heydon).


Director & Musical Director : LEAH FOGO
Leah trained as a Composer at The Royal Northern College of Music. Her credits include; Half Me Half You (Tristan Bates Theatre), The Wonderful Discovery of Witches (Dawn State UK Tour) as well as development workshops for Phoenix (VAULT Festival) and Ordinary Days (Online Musical). As well as this she was assistant director on Pine at The Hampstead Theatre and on Children of Eden at The Union Theatre.

Writer & Producer: ALEX CRITOPH
Alex has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from OU and trained at LAMDA. Most recently her short play ‘Sky’ was commissioned as part of ImagiNation with Theatre 503 & Theatre Centre and ‘Everything’ played for Today I’m Wiser at The Arcola Theatre outside. Her plays have been performed at The Brighton Fringe Festival, The Cockpit Theatre and for The Miniaturists at The Arcola Theatre. 

She also created and produces regular shows for Women's Writes including the ONCOMM Nominated Women's Writes online fest. As a freelance producer; ViSiBLE Theatre Ensemble's ‘Five Characters in Search of a Good Night’s Sleep’ directed by Mike Alfreds which played at The Southwark Playhouse in May 2022, ‘We’ll Dance on The Ash of The Apocalypse’ by Melissa-Kelly Franklin for The Park Theatre’s Come What May Festival 2022 and she will be producing Salt Water Moon at The Finborough Theatre for Cumulus Productions directed by Peter Kavanagh in Jan 2023.