Deborah reviews plays, musicals, operettas and children's theatre and is a regular contributor to both 'The Public Reviews' and 'Remote Goat'. She also spent four years reviewing for the publication 'Three Weeks' at the Edinburgh Festival (both the Fringe & International Festivals).
Additionally, Deborah is a talented writer of stage plays, film scripts, poetry, and childrens stories. Her first play, "Janetarium", won the Traverse Theatre's 'Class Act' Competition in 1994 and was subsequently performed at the Traverse and published in Theatre Scotland Magazine. She went on to be part of the Traverse Theatre's Young Writers Project and has taken writing masterclasses with David Greig and David Harrower. Since then, Deborah has continued to write for a variety of projects, penning poetry & short stories for theatrical productions, a short radio drama, monologues, short film scripts, and song lyrics for Edinburgh band Stigma.
In 2005, Deborah wrote the play Eve & Lilith for the Edinburgh Festival in collaboration with Finnish actress Jessica Martenson. Deborah & Jessica co-founded Absolute Finnloch Theatre and produced & performed the play, receiving positive reviews & playing to sold-out audiences. With the poet's kind permission, Deborah incorporated selected poems from Michelene Wandor's "Garden Of Eden Revisited" into the Eve & Lilith script. Michelene can be contacted through her website: www.mwandor.co.uk.
Deborah is currently working on a project about the incarceration of women with friend and colleague Ali Kemp. She is also an professional actress, singer, musician and voiceover artist.
Additionally, Deborah is a talented writer of stage plays, film scripts, poetry, and childrens stories. Her first play, "Janetarium", won the Traverse Theatre's 'Class Act' Competition in 1994 and was subsequently performed at the Traverse and published in Theatre Scotland Magazine. She went on to be part of the Traverse Theatre's Young Writers Project and has taken writing masterclasses with David Greig and David Harrower. Since then, Deborah has continued to write for a variety of projects, penning poetry & short stories for theatrical productions, a short radio drama, monologues, short film scripts, and song lyrics for Edinburgh band Stigma.
In 2005, Deborah wrote the play Eve & Lilith for the Edinburgh Festival in collaboration with Finnish actress Jessica Martenson. Deborah & Jessica co-founded Absolute Finnloch Theatre and produced & performed the play, receiving positive reviews & playing to sold-out audiences. With the poet's kind permission, Deborah incorporated selected poems from Michelene Wandor's "Garden Of Eden Revisited" into the Eve & Lilith script. Michelene can be contacted through her website: www.mwandor.co.uk.
Deborah is currently working on a project about the incarceration of women with friend and colleague Ali Kemp. She is also an professional actress, singer, musician and voiceover artist.
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