Photography by Felix Mosse.
Imogen is currently co-creating new theatre works with Chaskis Theatre. Previous acting credits include: Lady Macbeth in The Quarter Too Ensemble’s Macbeth, The Artful Dodger in TNT and ADGE’s Oliver Twist, Protestor in Pussy Riot and The Connor Brothers' Let the Refugees In at Dismaland, and Anne Boleyn in Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton, directed by Ian Brown.
Actor
Lava Lamps, written and performed by Imogen Frances, directed by David Zoob. Photography by Sipke.
Imogen Frances* (they/she) trained as an actor at RADA & Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2014. Since then, they have worked as an actor, director, intimacy director, poet, and playwright, across the UK and internationally. Imogen is dedicated to the creation of new theatre works, and an advocate for emerging artists, with a belief that stories have the power to connect, heal, and liberate us.
Imogen is one of the core Acting Tutors & Visiting Directors at Rose Bruford College; teaching the Meisner Technique to Actors & Actor Musicians, in collaboration with Raymi Ortuste Quiroga, who attended The William Esper Studio. Their work as Meisner facilitators is very much influenced by the work of Brené Brown. Imogen also teaches the Post 19th Century curriculum, focusing on the works of Brecht, Pinter, and debbie tucker-green. Currently, Imogen is working on their own play ; (pause before continuing), as well as adapting Romeo & Juliet into a contemporary spoken word piece called Star Cross'd alonsgide Tanya Bridgeman.
*Formerly Hudson-Clayton
Criterion New Writing Workshops, led by Greg Mosse. Photography by Benjamin Graham.
Imogen's award winning and Offie Nominated production of Paul Bradshaw's tell me straight was part of the 2021 Queer Season at The King’s Head, and the 2022 revival at Chiswick Playhouse won the Standing Ovation award for Best Black Box Theatre.
Most recent works include; Dogville by Lars Von Trier & Star Cross'd , co-written by Tanya Bridgeman & Imogen Frances (an adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy Romeo & Juliet) at leading drama school; Rose Bruford College.
Director
Star Cross'd by Imogen Frances & Tanya Bridgeman, directed by Imogen Frances. Photography by Felix Mosse.
May I ask Who is Steering? by Imogen Frances (printed as Hudson-Clayton), in Hidden in Chaos by Chris Holmes and Trope. Photography by Trope.
“Powerful, urgent, lyrical and searingly honest, Imogen's poems demand to be heard” - Kate Mosse, international bestselling author.
In 2020 Imogen was published in the photography book and poetry anthology Hidden in Chaos by Chris Holmes and Trope, and in 2022 Imogen's play ; (pause before continuing) was long-listed for The RSC's 27 Plays Award.
Imogen’s work as a playwright, poet and spoken word artist is auto-fictional. Their writing is often female-led or queer-centric, exploring the spaces within gender & sexual identity, resilience & the healing of trauma, and the nature of eros, intimacy & connection.
Writer
Peckham Springs by Imogen Frances (printed as Hudson-Clayton), in Hidden in Chaos by Chris Holmes and Trope. Photography by Trope.
Photography by Sipke.
Photography by Felix Mosse.