Who we are:
Abigail and Emma write are the duo behind award-winning theatre company A&E Comedy. Their first show Enter the Dragons won Broadway Baby Bobby Best Show Brighton Fringe 2018. Their follow up show Witch Hunt was nominated for a second Broadway Baby Bobby and the Infallibles Award for theatrical excellence. They studied Scriptwriting for Film and Television at the University of Sussex and have gone on to write a number of scripts for television and film. Their script Invisible was shortlisted for the Screenshot Competition and their sitcom “What Next?” won the prestigious Sitcom Mission Competition. The clown show, Signor Baffo they created for Oh Productions! is currently touring in Europe, China and Australia and has been translated into Chinese and is soon to be performed in Arabic.
Abigail Dooley
Abigail studied at East 15 drama school, Ecole Philippe Gaulier and ArtHaus Berlin. She also trained with Theatre de Complicite, Monika Pagneux, John Wright, Keith Johnstone and Jos Houben. As a performer/deviser she has created work with many companies including Compagnie Philippe Gaulier, Trestle Theatre Company, Told by an Idiot, Keith Johnstone, The Gate Theatre and Royal & Derngate’s stage adaption of Jacques Tati’s Playtime!, in which she played 30 characters. She directed the magic show “Norvil and Josephine” and “The Magic of Christmas” at the NEC, a live Christmas Event with five performance areas including street theatre, UV puppet show and a promenade pantomime. Specializing in devised theatre, she teaches at drama schools, universities and theatres, including The National Theatre, Rose Bruford, Mountview, ArtHaus Berlin and Middlesex University.
Emma Joy Edwards
Emma has created shows for young audiences encouraging imagination and mischief and devises interactive experiences designed to get people involved and spark joy. As associate director of Get Lost and Found she creates interactive immersive experiences including “Mischief and Mystery in Moominvalley” commissioned by Moomin Characters for The Southbank Imagine Festival. Emma trained in clown at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, She has a Masters with Distinction in Comedy Writing from Falmouth University and specialises in teaching script-writing, story and comedy. She has taught extensively in schools, theatres and universities including The National Theatre, Monash University and the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia. She co-created and delivered a training programme for teachers which has now been delivered to 24,000 participants across Eastern Asia.
Associate artists:
Alison Campbell trained at Bretton Hall and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She has been devising comedy and performing around the world with The Natural Theatre for over ten years, and specialises in interactive and immersive performance alongside more traditional theatre. She is also an award-winning narrator and voice actor who has voiced over 200 audiobooks.
She has been facilitating theatre and performance for over a decade, with a particular interest in building confidence, play, improvisation and developing character. She has worked with all ages from early years to adults; from those who are brand new to performance, to masterclasses. She has delivered programmes of education in schools, youth theatres and universities, collaborated with numerous companies to deliver large-scale community performance projects and delivered standalone workshops in areas covering comedy, theatre-making, street theatre, voice acting and screen acting.
Carolina Valdés is a performer, writer, theatre maker and drama teacher. For 25 years, she has been Co-Artistic Director of award-winning, London-based company theatre O. They have been Associate Artists for 10 years at The Barbican and later at the Young Vic theatre and Shoreditch Town Hall. Carolina also works in theatre, film and television (credits include work with the RSC, Donmar Theatre, National Theatre and Netflix’s Killing Eve and ITV’s Grace). Her work in education spans 20 years of teaching at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Mountview Academy, Guildford School of Acting and LAMDA as well as in schools around the UK. She has worked as a Movement Director and personal Acting Coach, working with Daniel Radcliffe and Bonnie Wright for the Harry Potter films. Carolina was part of the team engaged by Monash University to design and deliver the School Theatre Project for the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia. Currently, she is about to embark on a project with the Royal Shakespeare Company to tour Julius Caesar into UK schools.
