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My Work

Please scroll through to see some examples of my work.

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Come in, Oxford!

Writer, Director

A new play about Oxford's queer past, inspired by oral histories collected by the Tales of Our City project.

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"Katy Owen’s new play Come In, Oxford is a vital piece of local storytelling, with deeper themes at its heart." Lucy Jollow, Daily Info 


Read the full review here.

Self Portrait

Writer, Director, Performer

A piece about fatphobia, self-awareness, and the process of being watched. 

Developed in association with Tablespoon Theatre, as part of their Potluck Theatre Festival.

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"[A] remarkable achievement of body-awareness in this disembodied age." - Máté Tenke, Art Gate Blog

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Read the full review here.

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Watch here.

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The Heartwood Initiative

Producer, Facilitator, Editor

A series of playwriting workshop created in partnership with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Oldham Theatre Workshop, delivered online to encourage 11-16 year olds to write a play during the COVID-19 Lockdown.

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Watch the workshops here.

Viv

Writer, Performer, Director

A comedy clowning routine in which the main character discovers the joys of masturbation after an intervention from her talking vibrator.

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Performed in An Evening of Solo Performance at The Royal School of Speech and Drama. 

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Schmoozers

Co-Writer

"They're going on the best dates ever."

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A 60-second comedy short about three narcissists on Valentines Day.

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Available to view here.

The Spree

Dramaturg

"I like clothes, but they don't like me."


A solo performance about queerness and clothes. Written and performed by Pascale Bark.

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An Evening of Solo Performance, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama


10th March, 2020

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Posterity

Writer, Director

"Posterity. NOUN. Of or relating to all future generations of people."


A play about memory and what we pass on to our children.


Rehearsed reading, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

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4th December, 2019

Presto

Performer, Dramaturg

"A musical journey, discovering new sounds, lost notes making their own unique music."


A non-verbal clowning piece about queerness and music. A collaboration between Milk Presents and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.


Oldham Schools Tour, May 2019

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The Doomed

Writer, Director, Performer, Producer

"What would you do if there were only 5 years left?"

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A bizarre comedy sketch show where stationery is running out, vegans are forming cults and the world has been given a terminal diagnosis.


Greenside@Nicolson Square, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 

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August, 2016

The Duchess of Malfi

Director, Dramaturg

"I am Duchess of Malfi still."

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An hour-long adaptation of Webster's play, performed with an all-female cast.

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The Miriam Margolyes Drama Studio, Oxford

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10th November 2015

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A Christmas Carol

Director, Dramaturg

A contemporary retelling of Charles Dickens' original story, with a focus on the concept of charity in the modern day.


The Miriam Margolyes Drama Studio, Oxford

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12th February, 2015

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