ABOUT
US
Living the Drama is a not-for-profit theatre company founded in 2015 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 2016.
OUR AIMS
- To encourage creative new writing for people of all ages, ability and heritage, including those with many years experience of life and ‘living the drama’. Drama is a powerful medium making us laugh, cry, rage and reflect. Our normal, everyday lives witness comedic moments, tragic loss, ethical dilemmas and grave injustices. It is through writing memorable plays that we reach out to touch the hearts and minds of others.
- To take the best plays forward to full professional production.
- To explore ways in which we can widen participation in theatre, by connecting to ‘hard to reach’ audiences
- To look for ways in which we can work with actors, crew, creatives and audiences from the global majority to create a truly diverse company.
WE VALUE
Relationships
We treat each individual with respect, offering friendship and encouraging open communication. We deeply appreciate our volunteers who work with us on Community Productions.
Freedom
We cherish artistic freedom; freedom to play, risk and experiment, to express opinions and feelings however controversial.
Professionalism
We follow sound commercial business practice – always striving for quality and efficiency, aiming to bring out the best in what we do and who we are, so the company can thrive as a social enterprise.
Simplicity
We try to cut through unnecessary bureaucracy, adopting a straightforward approach which everyone can understand, keeping promises and always following up.
THE TEAM
Carolyn Lloyd Davies
Founder
Carolyn trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in London and was a Trustee for seven years. As a professional actor, producer, playwright and experienced teacher, she brings a mix of knowledge and experience to all her projects. Working closely with her creative team, her role is to lead, manage and develop the company’s vision and ensure its values are upheld.
Adding to her acting and producing career, she started playwriting in 2013 and her first full length play was performed at The Old Fire Station in 2015. Since then, she has written two short screen plays, two radio plays, and six full length stage plays, two of which have been published (Penetration and Can’t See For Looking), both available on Amazon.
She is currently leading the Oxford Playhouse ‘Playmaker Later’ playwriting initiative and is a member of the Oxfordshire Theatre Makers (OTM) Steering group.
Ambrose Hogan
Artistic Director
Ambrose has a degree in English from Cambridge and a Diploma in Acting from Central School of Speech and Drama. He has extensive experience in drama education, which has included productions of Shakespeare, Timberlake Wertenbaker, musicals, and devised work. He has written three plays, two performed in Westminster Abbey, and one (Flesh, 2007) at the Edinburgh Fringe. As an actor and theatre-maker, he has worked professionally on a wide range of fringe productions.
He is a director of the Oxford Folk Weekend, and a competent folk musician and choral singer. He also writes about teaching and education, and lectures part-time in higher education; he has a PhD in psychosocial studies and education.
