Virtual Retreat: Writing for Stage Spring 2021

14 April 2021 - 19 May 2021

Natasha Kathi-Chandra

Natasha is an award-winning international theatre director, writer and dramaturg based in London, UK and Hyderabad, India.

Directing credits include: OFFIE Nominated Four Stages  (The Bread & Roses Theatre), Om Shanti F*ck (& writer) Doll Face (Arcola, Battersea Arts Centre, Camden People’s Theatre), The Infinite Line between Dating and Dying (& writer, Etcetera Theatre, White Bear), It Kind of look like a Doughnut (Nottingham Playhouse, Wolverhampton Arena), Sad About the Cows (Tristan Bates Theatre), Voices of The Movement (& co- writer, Park Theatre), Winner of Most Promising Young Director for The Crucible (Hyderabad Film & Theatre Festival 2010), Les Miserables, The Lion King (various, Hyderabad, India).

Virtual credits include: Hear me Now Podcast (& writer of “Shoot, Shag, Marry” , Tamasha Theatre Company), Cheek to Cheek (Kali Theatre Company), Stay in, Come out (Actors Awareness), Done For (Pursued by a Dragon), Blindsided (Omnibus Theatre).

Associate director credits include: Discovery Program (Kali Theatre, Pleasance Theatre and Arnolfini Arts).

Assistant Director credits include: New Work (National Theatre), The Woods (Royal Court), The House of in Between (Stratford East).

She is also a facilitator for the Creative Learning team at Park Theatre.

 

Amy Allen

Amy is an award-winning actor, comedy writer and OFFIE-nominated director originally from Newcastle upon Tyne.

Theatre credited include: Hamlet (Brighton Open Air Theatre), West End Girls (Live Theatre), Caliph (Vaults), Henry V (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), Confessional, The Builders (Theatre503), A Tune of Two Muses (Arcola Theatre), Scrooge You! (Arts Theatre-West End).

Film and TV credits include: Happy Toys (BBC), Diagnosis (BBC), Joannie (Pulse Films), Grimsby Girl (ASC, Hidden Door), Pinky (ESA Films), Life Support (Spoon Jar Films), Fight (Signature Pictures)  and numerous commercials across TV, cinema and online.

Comedy credits include: The Undercover Recruiter (The world’s first Instagram Sitcom), Funny Gals Friday - Stand-up (Arts Theatre Cabaret Club), and self-penned comedy characters receiving much acclaim online, as well as achieving the top 20% of applications for the BBC Writer’s Room Caroline Aherne Bursay.

Jury by Martin Murphy, Directed by Amy and performed virtually by the Park Theatre Company received an OnComm award in July 2020.

Amy has also worked extensively in Voice Over, and Radio Drama both in the UK and internationally.

Amy has facilitated classes at Park Theatre since 2014, creating a fun, supportive atmosphere in which participants are able to grow and develop as artists, with the belief that creativity is key to building confidence & life-long skills.