Renni Eddo-Lodge, Emma Watson and Rebecca Solnit led a project in which they replaced the name of every tube map in London with the name of a woman or collective. I’m proud and honoured to be Harlesden, which is where I grew up in London. You can view the interactive tube map here
Reading about all the brilliant women on the map is absolutely fascinating and inspiring.
There was lots of press when it launched (I am very late to update my blog on this!). Here is Renni Eddo Lodge in the Guardian.
Just had an interesting conversation with actor and storyteller, Renu Arora, for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Podcast. The episode launches on 6th January 2022. Look out for Renu’s audiobook too!
Friday 15 October 2021 Watch Sophie Woolley doing a 10 minute talk at Durham Book Festival (the video goes live on the website after 5pm). Watch here.
You can watch other talks in the series here
I’m excited to announce that I’ve written another episode of EastEnders and it will air on Tuesday 12th October 2021. You can watch again on BBC iPlayer here.
And here is a blog I wrote for the BBC about being a new writer on the show.
I’ve written an episode of EastEnders and it airs at 8.35pm on Wednesday 16 June 2021. Due to the Euros you can also watch on BBC iPlayer from 14 June. I’m very excited about working on the show and grateful to development producer Kieran Grimes and script editor Sophie Peters for supporting me on my first episode.
Filming between lockdowns one and two, I played Gloria in Veneer. Written by and starring Jean St Clair, directed by Louis Neethling of Mutt & Jeff Pictures, Veneer premiered on Film 4 on 5 April. You can watch it online at BSL Zone here
EDIT 18 MARCH 2021: CASUALTY WON THIS AWARD! 🙂
Two episodes of BBC’s Casualty I worked on have been nominated for an RTS award. One episode, includes a storyline I pitched about a wrestler, written by Rachel Aird, directed by Alex Jacob and produced by Rebecca Hedderly.
The other episode included in the nomination, I co wrote with Charlie Swinbourne (directed by John Maidens and produced by Dafydd Llewelyn). Congratulations to everyone on Casualty!
The film of Augmented is streaming at a festival at Southbank Centre 13-15 January 2021. Tickets are FREE. There is a watch party on the first night with a live accessible Q&A with myself director, Rachel Bagshaw.
Check out the rest of the festival for more exciting and accessible work. Thanks for supporting Augmented!
Directed by Rachel Bagshaw,
Co-Design by Laura Hopkins & Khadija Raza ;
Lighting Design by Joshua Pharo ;
Sound Design & Composer: Adrienne Quartly,
Movement Director: Rachel Drazek ;
Assistant Director: Esther Dix ,
Dramaturg: Sarah Dickson,
Audio Description: Michael Achtman,
BSL Creative Consultant with SSE focus: Jean st Clair,
Produced in association with Told By An Idiot,
Manchester Royal Exchange,
Manchester UK ;
6 March 2020 ;
Credit & Copyright: Helen Murray
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Photo by Helen Murray
Delighted to announce that the film of my solo show, Augmented, streams at Dumfries and Galloway Festival on 8th October (available between 5 and 9pm). Save the date and click here to get the viewing link.
AUGMENTED written and performed by Sophie Woolley
Directed by Rachel Bagshaw
Co-Design by Laura Hopkins & Khadija Raza
Lighting Design by Joshua Pharo
Sound Design & Composer: Adrienne Quartly
Movement Director: Rachel Drazek
Assistant Director: Esther Dix
Dramaturg: Sarah Dickson
Audio Description: Michael Achtman
BSL Consultant with SSE focus: Jean st Clair
Produced in association with Told By An Idiot .
