Josephine - Bitch Boxer

Snuff Box Theatre, for the Soho Theatre presents

by Charlotte Josephine

(Title typeface designed by Kay Ogundimu)

First performed as a London preview at Theatre503 in July 2012. Performed at The Underbelly as part of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season 2012, supported by IdeasTap. First performance at the Soho Theatre: Tuesday, 19 February 2013.

Character: Chloe Jackson
21-year-old female boxer from Leytonstone, East London.

The performance lasts approximately one hour.

Writer and Performer Charlotte Josephine
Director Bryony Shanahan
Original Music/Sound Designer Daniel Foxsmith
Lighting Designer Seth Rook Williams
Creative Producer Daniel Foxsmith

Snuff Box Theatre is a bold collective of theatre makers who thrive on creating new work from a blank page. Founded in 2011, after training for three years together on the Contemporary Theatre Course at East 15 Acting School, the company has a rich and diverse background in performance and creative play, which drives us in the creation of our work. We collaborate with multi-skilled actors (actor-musicians, actor-writers, actor-directors and devising specialists) on each new idea, and there is always a strong sense of ensemble within the Snuff Box. Whether large-scale or intimate, political or fantastical, we have one singular aim: to tell great stories on stage.

Snuff Box Theatre is Associate Company at Redbridge Drama Centre; all details can be found on our website: www.snuffboxtheatre.co.uk

Charlotte Josephine

Trained at East 15 Acting School (Acting and Contemporary Theatre Course). Theatre includes Perffection (ZOO Roxy, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011, written by Charlotte Josephine, NSDF Commendation for writing), Bitch Boxer (Theatre503, The Underbelly and Soho Theatre 2012/13, Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season 2012, Soho Theatre Young Writers Award), Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse 2012/13).

Bryony Shanahan

Trained at East 15 Acting School (Acting and Contemporary Theatre Course). Directing includes Bitch Boxer (Snuff Box Theatre, The Underbelly/Soho Theatre/UK National Tour), The Altitude Brothers (Snuff Box Theatre, Redbridge Drama Centre), Chapel Street (Scrawl Theatre, UK National Tour), You and Me (Little Soldier Productions, Greenwich Theatre/The Blue Elephant), Babies (Ben Coren, Southwark Playhouse) and Perffection (Clay Elephant Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011). Assistant director credits include Bound (Bear Trap Theatre, Southwark Playhouse/UK National Tour) and The Gruffalos Child (Tall Stories, UK National Tour).

Daniel foxsmith

Trained at East 15 Acting School (Acting and Contemporary Theatre Course). To date, Daniel has performed across two continents and won several awards, including Best Performer at the 2011 Adelaide Fringe. He has toured the UK extensively with award-winning show Bound (Bear Trap Theatre Company) and more recently, with The Gruffalo (Tall Stories) and The Altitude Brothers (Snuff Box Theatre).

Writing includes The Observatory (The Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011), winner of the NSDF/Methuen Edinburgh Fund award and the CDS/Scottish Daily Mail Edinburgh Award, and The Altitude Brothers (Redbridge Drama Centre, 2012), winner of the IdeasTap Innovators Award.

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Snuff Box Theatre is very grateful to the following for their support over the years: Uri Roodner, East 15 Acting School, IdeasTap, NSDF, Old Vic New Voices, The Pleasance Theatre Islington, Scottish Daily Mail, Soho Theatre, Adrian @StreetCoffee, Islington Boxing Club, GoLocalise and Redbridge Drama Centre.