On this page is:
An essence of the piece I want to develop.
Examples of my performance work.
Evidence of my production experience with my performance company TUFT’s events in Hastings Castle and Caves.
Examples of my project collaborator’s work.
Titus the clown: After Titus Andronicus
Hastings Theatre Project Scratch night, The stables theatre, 2024
Photos from a performance of a 20-minute extract of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, using excerpts of Handel opera, modern day text and clown. Featured in the image here is Ellie Westbrook and project collaborator TD van der Beek (and Molly Hemsley).
“A brilliantly acrobatic and humorous rendition of T. Adronicus (utilizing teddy bears) effectively recreating all the whoppingly mad excess of the original.”
“I have never enjoyed Shakespeare until just now”
"Having supported Ellie to create an early draft of this production for our Itch That Scratch work-in-progress night, we can say for sure that this is a TITUS unlike any other. Ellie's formal invention, dramaturgical rigour and ethical consciousness are all evident in this show, which promises to look at the play anew, ask complicated questions about violence & masculinity, and bring new audiences along for the ride all at the same time. Hastings Theatre Project are committed to supporting Tuft as it establishes itself as a key innovator of theatre & performance in our town, and helping this project flourish in whichever way we can" - Dun Hutton, Hastings Theatre Project
examples of my DISCLIPLINES
OPERA:
CLOWN:
my performance company “TUFT” - curated / produced events
Concert at the Castle, 2024
Performers: Balladeste, Tullis Rennie, Bev Lee Harling, Davood Jafari, Eleanor Westbrook
Lighting designer: Peter Hudson
“Hugely atmospheric and unlike anything I have seen before. Unique and incredibly impressive.”
“The location, the time of year/day, the lighting, and the way the concert was curated all created a sort of sensory immersion experience. Something more than ‘watching’ or ‘listening’.”
Concert in the Caves, 2025
co-devised and performed with Pebble (Anna Dennis, Bev Lee Harling, Tara Franks, Eleanor Westbrook)
“the setting is like no other but the sound was truly transporting. We were completely with you for every second - it was moving and euphoric and funny and unpredictable.”
“the atmosphere was amazing.”
examples of project collaborator’s work
~ Anna-Maria Nabiyre ~
“the actress Anna-Maria Nabirye projects superbly; she has a full, low timbre and an earthy directness that make her convincing as an excitable London teenager or as a great-grandmother on a remote Borders farmstead.”
The Times, Christina Hardyment ( Audio Book: Girl Woman Other by Bernardine Evaristo)
“And Anna-Maria Nabirye splendidly uncorks the second half with a devastating
monologue about the way black actors are typecast and allocated cameos in which to show off their singing voices. She makes the point powerfully – then
sings. Everything, she tells us, is ‘political’”
Kate Kellaway, The Guardian (Mephisto [A Rhapsody])
“It hits a note when exploring the extent to which state-funded culture can genuinely critique those handling its purse strings and whether or not it’s possible for theatre to engender change when the same, left-inclined (and predominantly white) audiences are the ones coming to see shows. Anna-Maria Nabirye wryly parodies this with lasting effect at the start of the second act.”
What's On stage, Alex Wood (Mephisto [A Rhapsody])
~ Anna Dennis ~
World reknowned classical Soprano.
Winner of “Best Sing of the Year” award by the London Philharmonic, 2023
Vocal improvisation duet with Ellie Westbrook and Anna Dennis from classical source material :
~ Bev Lee Harling ~
~ T D Van der Beek ~
~ Jess Mabel jones ~
Reviews on some of Jess’s work and performance:
“Jess Mabel Jones shines bright in a dark room. She glows.”
The Stage
“If Monty Python ran disability awareness training with a feminist twist, this would be it.”
Disability Arts Online
“What a privilege to be a part of this theatrical sorcery. It’s a leap that feels a lot like falling in love.”
The New York Times
“A show that takes disability out of the theatrical ghetto and presents it full frontal.”
The Guardian
~ Hattie spice ~
