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About

Originally from Edinburgh but now based in Cardiff, Hannah is an actor, director and playwright.  In 2013 she co-founded multi-award-winning gig theatre company Gagglebabble with Lucy Rivers. 


Her first full-length play TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM was performed at Sherman Theatre for Christmas 2022.  Recipient of the Radical Creatures Commission from National Theatre Wales, BALLOON GIRL is scheduled for performance in 2025. I AM KEVIN a hybrid theatre/film with Cornish landscape theatre company Wildworks has been short listed for Best Single Drama at the Celtic Media Festival 2024.  


Hannah regularly collaborates with yello brick to create audio experiences and is an Associate Artist of Theatr Iolo.


Hannah's work is often inspired by history or reimagining's of well-known stories, it puts female characters squarely centre stage, usually playful and comic but unafraid to delve into the dark side of life, big-hearted and quietly political. 
Hannah took part in BBC Writers Room Welsh Voices 2023 and is working on her first TV drama pilot.


Hanah is currently performing as Jude in Hamnet RSC, Garrick Theatre.

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