Francesca Millican-Slater

I'm an artist working in writing and performance that creates theatre shows, intimate storytelling performances, performative investigations, walks and podcasts. I work in response to histories of place, people, objects and the way stories are collected and told. I find and tells small stories that hint at wider subjects, live to your face, in your ear in audio, on paper and in objects. 

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I create self-led projects and productions with long term producer Pippa Frith, work under commission for projects from partners and organisations and I write, performs and facilitates for other independent theatre companies and artists. I am Dramaturg/ Director of Total Theatre nominated Life is No Laughing Matter by Demi Nandhra  & The Trauma Show. 

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My critically acclaimed theatre show Stories to Tell in the Middle of the Night was part of the prestigious Sir Barry Jackson Tour in 2017 and was turned into a bookwork, series of BSL interpreted videos and an 8 episode podcast in 2018. I also made some episodes of Stories to Tell when you Stay at Home. 

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I'm returning for further research on Me, Myself & Miss Gibbs over 20 years after I started the original investigation and all it became. There's going to be a podcast...

 

I have been commissioned, by The National Trust, Birmingham Rep, Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust, Wiltshire Creative,  Penned in the Margins, and the New Vic in Stoke. I was artist in residence at The National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port and at Warwickshire Archives. I have worked as a performer, workshop leader and facilitator for companies including Woman & Theatre, Kiln, Dens & Signals and Talking Birds.