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Eggs Aren't That Easy to Make
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Underbelly (Edinburgh Fringe)
August 2025 [Forthcoming].
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“If I’m in a lesbian relationship when I’m older, I want you to be the sperm donor” a woman says to her best male friend, while drunk at a birthday party in uni. “Okay, it’s a deal”. Flash forward ten years and the two friends are making good on their promise. She is in said relationship and he’s just got a new girlfriend. Having your best friend be your sperm donor - what possibly could go wrong? A queer rom-com about having a baby in the modern world.
Written by Maria Telnikoff
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Italia Conti BA Acting Year 1 Showcase, American Domestic Realism
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Italia Conti, July 2025 [Forthcoming].
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End of Year Showcase for BA Acting Year 1 students, focusing on American Domestic Realism for a twelve-week term, followed by three performances. A selection of scenes from August: Osage County and All My Sons.
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Written by Tracy Letts and Arthur Miller
Edited/Compiled by Lauren Tranter
Directed by Lauren Tranter
The Little Prince
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Arcola Theatre, February 2025.
Extracts of The Little Prince performed by the Arcola Theatre's Queer Collective, celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking queer plays performed at Arcola Theatre. Funded as part of Hackney Council’s Hackney Pride 365 events.​
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Written by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Adapted by Nick Connaughton
Directed by Lauren Tranter
NewsRevue
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Canal Cafe Theatre, January - February 2025.
The world’s longest running live comedy show continues for its 45th year! This renowned current affairs parody song and sketch show is acknowledged as a “rite of passage for all comedy newcomers” (Chortle). A fast-moving mix of sketches and songs, NewsRevue propels you through the world’s news and current events at breakneck pace. No-one is safe in this all-kicking, idol-burning comedy, with brand new topical content injected into the show weekly by a crack team of writers and the cast alike.
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Musical Direction by Zara Harris
Directed by Lauren Tranter
My Sister Life
Director
Royal & Derngate Northampton, October 2024.
A two hander about faith, friendship and unspoken queerness.
Set in Leicester, My Sister Life follows the lives of two second-generation immigrant girls from different backgrounds, Maryam and Hanna – Maryam is Asian-Muslim and Hanna is Eastern European-Catholic – in their GCSE year, set against the backdrop of world events in 2016. Tied together by the music of “The Moldy Peaches”, it is abut the closeness, tenderness and potentially fraught nature of teenage, female friendships.
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Written by Maria Telnikoff
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Abrasion
Director
Gilded Balloon (Edinburgh Fringe), August 2024.
A one-woman show following a diagnosis journey set at the anniversary of her Endometriosis surgery. A dark comedy filled with turbulent embarrassing moments flipped in a comical way, verbatim anecdotes highlighting the importance of patient care, terrible doctors, and a few genuine heroes. This is a darkly funny show that laughs in the face of pain while shedding light on a condition that affects 1.5 million people, but has an average diagnosis wait time of 7.5 years.
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Written by Meg Rose-Dixon
Directed by Lauren Tranter
With Nail and Without Nail
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Camden People's Theatre, June 2024.
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A modern, feminist reimagining of the cult 1987 British film “Withnail and I”.
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With Nail and and Without Nail follows the lives of two struggling artists in their Camden flat. In this version, unlike the original film, they have no rich Uncle Monty to help bail them out and no Eton education or white male privilege on their side. An absurdist comedy about the realities of being a creative in today’s economy and what lies behind the romantic idea of being a “struggling artist”. Hilarious and upsetting in equal measures.
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Written by Maria Telnikoff
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Borrowed
Director
Unity Theatre Liverpool, April 2024.
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Borrowed is a radical story about a pregnant fat girl, a prejudiced healthcare system, and a pineapple.
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Centring a fat woman as our protagonist, this play destroys the notion that the sole purpose of pregnant people are to be vehicles for a foetus. It tackles what it’s truly like to grow something inside of you and battle the thoughts of your own inner child, while manoeuvring a medical field like a landmine. At the heart of this play, it is about a person’s bodily autonomy and trying to navigate a world that was not made for them.
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Written by Sasha Georgette
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Close Enough to Touch
Director
Theatre 503, March 2024. The Ferret, Preston, October 2024.
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A funny and intimate queer one-person play exploring sexuality, shame … and toilets.
He’s lost in life. He doesn’t have a job, he doesn’t have direction … but he does have a secret. He spends his days cruising men’s toilets, finding secret pleasure with strangers. But over the course of the play, his secrets start to catch up on him, his shame builds, and the people around him start to pay the price...
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A run at Theatre 503 following last year's work in progress performances.
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Written by Henry Roberts
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Not Revenge
Director
Ricochet Theatre's Bulletpoints
Greenwich Theatre, January 2024
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Written by Helena Coggan
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Produced by Ricochet Theatre
Persephone
Director
Greenside @ Infirmary Street (Edinburgh Fringe), August 2023.
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'I thought this Earth was dead, no stirring life, a pile of tinkering bones. All it takes is a seed, a seed, one single seed.' Persephone is a story of a young woman plunged by Fate into the Underworld of her mind. A reimagining of the myth of Persephone, this one-woman play explores the journey of maidenhood to self-actualised woman through story and poetry.
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Written by Isabelle Wooley
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Italia Conti BA Acting Year 1 Showcase, American Domestic Realism
Director
Italia Conti, July 2023.
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End of Year Showcase for BA Acting Year 1 students, focusing on American Domestic Realism. A selection of scenes from A Streetcar Named Desire, A Raisin in the Sun, and All My Sons tied together with moments of ensemble movement.
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Written by Tennessee Williams, Lorraine Hansberry, and Arthur Miller
Edited/Compiled by Lauren Tranter
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Fantastic Mr Fox
Director
Putney Arts Theatre, July 2023.
Performed by G64’s 7-18 year old members.
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The farms of Boggis, Bunce and Bean would be just like any others, if it weren’t for the fact their food keeps getting stolen by one Fantastic Mr Fox! As the greedy farmers get more and more desperate, trying everything in their power to end the actions of their nemesis, Mr Fox and his mischievous mates will have to come up with some new ways for their families to get their fill.
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Written by Roald Dahl and David Wood
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Produced by Group 64 Theatre for Young People
Alton, A Place I Call Home
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Outdoor on the Alton Estate, and at Putney Arts Theatre June 2023
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A multi-generational theatre project created and performed by the residents of Roehampton’s Alton Estate that offers an insight into the past, present and future of Alton. Part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2023.
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Written by Martin Murphy and devised by the cast
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Produced by Group 64
Close Enough to Touch
Director
Drayton Arms, May 2023.
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A young man in London has a secret. His girlfriend thinks he’s looking for work, when in fact he’s seeking anonymous sex in public toilets. As time goes on, the pressure of leading a double life builds. How long can this go on in secret? The play explores bi-erasure, pleasure in public and private and the lies we tell ourselves and
those closest to us.
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Written by Henry Roberts
Lauren Tranter
Housewarming
Associate Director
Theatre Peckham, October 2022.
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Housewarming is an expressionistic, physically driven piece about home, belonging, and self within the diaspora.
Five performers embody one character, Anashe, as they invite the audience into their house. In this touching experiment, you are invited to follow and participate in Anashe’s reconfiguration of self through song, movement and storytelling.
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Written by Tatenda Shamiso
Directed by Tatenda Shamiso and Lauren Tranter
You Know You Can't Hold Me Forever
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Voices From Home, Volume Six
King's Head Theatre, October 2022.
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Written by Natalie Froome
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Don't Tell the Bees
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'Heat' Rapid Response Night
Golden Goose Theatre, August 2022.
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Written by Amy Yeates
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Script Sessions with Masterclass
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Outpost Stage, Latitude Festival 2022.
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Three script-in-hand-performances of new writing performed at Latitude festival. Produced by Masterclass, these Script Sessions aim to provide writers with feedback on their scripts:
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Choosy by Jack Stanley
A Matter of Course by Oliver Dooney
Gretel by Tanya Bridgeman
Treasure Island
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Putney Arts Theatre, July 2022.
Performed by G64’s 7-13 year old members.
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A fresh and thrilling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, told through a group of school children discovering an old book and jumping into an imaginary world full of pirates, treasure, and excitement!
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Adapted by Stuart Paterson
Directed by Lauren Tranter and Lewis Pickles
Produced by Group 64 Theatre for Young People
Mock Bride
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White Bear Theatre, December 2021.
'I looked up divorce law the other day. Just so I know what I’m getting myself into'. Thinking about getting married? Join the Brides and see the dizzying highs, the titanic lows, and the complicated sides of their happiest day.
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Written by Emma Dawson
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Produced by Make It Beautiful Theatre
Housewarming
Co-director
The Cockpit and Etcetera Theatre
Camden Fringe, August 2021.
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Housewarming (Work-in-Progress) is an expressionistic devised piece exploring notions of home, fragmented identity and community. Through a combination of voice and movement, four performers embody one character, Anashe, as they regain and reconfigure their sense of self, balancing their ties to the past with their capacity to change.
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Written by Tatenda Shamiso
Directed by Tatenda Shamiso and Lauren Tranter
Suitcase Under the Stairs
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Online, Greenwich Theatre, February 2021.​
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Suitcase Under the Stairs explores the complex relationship between drag queen and the performer underneath as we watch these identities blur in the bathroom of a club after a show. We question what it means to truly accept all parts of ourselves, even the bits we wish we could hide away in a cupboard under the stairs. Commissioned by Greenwich Theatre for their Get Connected digital theatre programme.
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Devised by Lewis Pickles and Lauren Tranter
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Produced by wipe your feet theatre and Greenwich Theatre
Abba's Saddest Hits
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Online, Show Face Festivities, December 2020.
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A year after an ABBA tribute group break up, one of their members kills herself and the remaining 3 members come together to decide the best ABBA song to perform at her wake.
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Written by Harris Albar
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Relationship Furlough
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Online, The UnDisposables' Scratching the Servers Scratch Night, July 2020.
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Written by Hannah Dawson
Directed by Lauren Tranter
Sparing Change
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Online, The UnDisposables' Scratching the Servers Scratch Night, July 2020.
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Written by Steven Lancefield
Directed by Lauren Tranter