Current:
ACTING
I am one of two winners of the Norman Beaton Fellowship 2023, joining the BBC Radio Drama Company from January - June 2024.
Recent recordings:
Drama on 4 - Emergency Alert: Ballistic Missile Inbound - BBC Sounds
Drama on 4 - The Blue Lenses and The Little Photographer - BBC Sounds
Drama on 4 - Orwell vs Kafka: Franz and Felice - BBC Sounds
WRITING
I have a TV pilot and film currently in development and the following pieces of theatre…
ZIGAZIG AH: A show celebrating pop music and its power in bringing people together, funded by the Arts Council and directed by Emily Aboud. An R&D of this took place in March 2023 and we are currently looking for partners and venues for production in 2024. Get in touch for footage of our sharing.
THE PROSPER GIRLS: I am currently under commission to Burnt Lemon Theatre to create a new musical for young female audiences.
ITCH + SCRATCH: I am one of the Artistic Directors of Itch + Scratch, an Associate Company of National Youth Theatre, currently making a new show for NYT’s Playing Up company, ‘What Lies Above’.
Past:
THIRSTY
Actor (Rosie)
VAULT Festival, January 2023
"A particular mention to Anna Spearpoint, who presents a showcase of comedic characters... Her earnest and hilarious choices make for a memorable performance... She is definitely one to watch"
Nominated for OffFest award, Nominated for VAULT Audience Choice award
WAGATHA!
Writer/Director
National Youth Theatre, August 2022
A 30-minute WIP production of an epic show about our fascination with, and relationship to, celebrity culture. Featuring a 32-strong cast of National Youth Theatre members, and a particularly unsettling rendition of a Pussycat Dolls song. Created for Itch + Scratch at the NYT.
THE FAIRYTALE REVOLUTION
Co-writer/performer
Theatre503, 2020. Livestreamed globally. Directed by Emily Aboud.
“an all-female take on “Peter Pan,” had a feminist slant while keeping the genre’s building blocks. I enjoyed its shambolic, riot grrrl attitude — very Mickey and Judy, or rather Judy and Judy… I admired their spunk. Surprise! Even feminist panto includes fart jokes.” The New York Times.
Winner of an Offie OnComm award.
OMELETTE
Writer/Performer
VAULT Festival 2020. Produced by Tom Bevan (Long Distance Theatre). Directed by Tash Hyman.
**** “…writer Anna Spearpoint has brought edgy, engaging humour to a subject that, important as it is, often feels like a slog. The dialogue is gloriously awkward and endearing, and pretty relatable: whilst Mia and Mo absolutely lose the plot, you can kind of see how someone might end up feasting on their goldfish in an attempt to do the right thing…” To Be Read
Winner of Arcola Theatre’s Playwrought scheme. Nominated for VAULT Festival Origins Award.
THE FAIRYTALE REVOLUTION
Co-writer/Performer
Theatre503 4th Dec - 31st Dec 2019. Directed by Carla Kingham.
**** The Stage “Entertaining and energetic all-female panto from this exciting new-writing duo.”
**** Everything Theatre “A laugh out loud panto that brings out the kid in all of us and shows you don’t need the boys to lead the way.”
WHEN DOLLY MET DOM
Writer/Performer
Winner of the Les Enfants/Greenwich Theatre Edinburgh Award 2020. Directed and co-created with Carla Kingham for Bleeding Nora.
Other work (as writer/performer):
The Great Size or Extent of Something (short play), The Bunker (for PintSized Octoberfest), Oct 2018, dir. Carla Kingham.
Omelette (extract), Paines Plough Roundabout (for Poleroid Theatre), May 2019, dir. Tash Hyman
Training:
Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab 2017/18
National Youth Theatre Rep Company 2013
Bryony Kimmings’ Autobiographical Theatre Making Workshop 2019
Arvon Screenwriting Course 2021
Theatre503 Advanced Playwrighting Course 2021
ITCH + SCRATCH.
“Best New Theatre. Great Night Out.”
Founder and co-artistic director.
Performances at Hackney Showroom, Old Red Lion and Paines Plough Roundabout.
Images below from The Heist, made for National Youth Theatre 2017.
