My Work
Please scroll through to see some examples of my work.
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.
"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.
"[A] remarkable achievement of body-awareness in this disembodied age." - Máté Tenke, Art Gate Blog
Read the full review here.
Watch here.
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.
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.
Performed in An Evening of Solo Performance at The Royal School of Speech and Drama.
Schmoozers
Co-Writer
"They're going on the best dates ever."
A 60-second comedy short about three narcissists on Valentines Day.
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.
An Evening of Solo Performance, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
10th March, 2020
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.
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
The Doomed
Writer, Director, Performer, Producer
"What would you do if there were only 5 years left?"
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
August, 2016
The Duchess of Malfi
Director, Dramaturg
"I am Duchess of Malfi still."
An hour-long adaptation of Webster's play, performed with an all-female cast.
The Miriam Margolyes Drama Studio, Oxford
10th November 2015
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
12th February, 2015