PLAYWRIGHT & PERFORMER

Henry Naylor is a multi-award-winning UK playwright, who has been described as ‘one of our best new playwrights’ in The Times, ‘one of our best new playwrights’ in The Evening Standard, and ‘one of the finest British writers on contemporary events,’ in Theatre Extra. In the past 3½ years his plays have won, or been nominated for 33 international awards, including one of France’s most prestigious awards for the arts, the Globes De Cristal. In 2016, he joined J.K. Rowling in having written one of the 10 Best Plays Of The Year by The Times. He is one of only a handful of writers to have won the Fringe First three times, and has won four of the top five Fringe awards at the Edinburgh Fringe, including the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award. The one he hasn’t won - the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award – he’s been nominated for twice. Three of his plays have had month long runs off-Broadway, and in 2017 alone there were over 300 public performances of his work, over five continents. His work has been translated into eight languages.

https://henrynaylor.co.uk/

DIRECTOR

Is a founder and the Artistic Director of Holden Street Theatres. The Fringe shows she has produced over the last twenty years at Holden Street have won more than one hundred awards and given her theatre coveted international reputation.

Martha has worked as actor, director and producer in Australia and the UK. Martha has appeared in many plays including ‘night, Mother & LOOPED in 2023 at Holden Street, at the State Theatre Company and in her own play “That Boy” and in a celebrated production of “Grounded”. Her recent film and television credits include “Storm Boy” and “The Stranger”. Martha was awarded the Critics Circle Award for Best Individual in Professional Theatre 2023.

https://marthalott.com/

DIRECTOR

Having influenced Off-Broadway and the theatre industry as a whole for the past 35 years, Darren Lee Cole has built his career around producing groundbreaking works, directing stellar performances, and teaching some of the world's finest actors.

Darren truly learned about theatre from the legendary John Houseman and has been inspired through him in his producing, acting, and directing. Darren has produced over 150 productions through Cole Theatricals in New York, Los Angeles, Sweden, Canada, England, Scotland, Costa Rica, and many other states and countries. Darren became Producing Artistic Director of the SoHo Playhouse in 2004 where he has produced or directed an additional 50 groundbreaking works that have won many of Off-Broadway's most prominent theatre awards.

https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/team