Biography
Debs Newbold is a multi-award winning storyteller, director, performer and playwright who creates fresh, playful work that gets deep under the skin.
As a performer, Debs has made work for venues such as the Royal Opera House, the Southbank Centre, Hay Festival and Shakespeare’s Globe as well as many other theatres, festivals and community spaces both in the UK and internationally.
Debs is one of the UK’s foremost performance storytellers and her genre-defying collaborations with renowned director John Wright (Told by an Idiot) have helped re-define contemporary storytelling, resulting in two acclaimed shows: Under Her Skin & Lost In Blue. A third, Outrageous Fortune, which was due to go on National Tour in 2020 before COVID-19 hit, has now been made into a film. Debs tells myths, folk tales, legends and new stories and her celebrated solo adaptations of Shakespeare’s tragedies have toured internationally.
As a director Debs has made work for: Shakespeare’s Globe Education; Creation Theatre; Komola Collective; Mr. Wilson’s Second Liners; Half Moon Young People’s Theatre; Rose Theatre Kingston. She has a particular love of working with live music and often uses clowning and devising techniques as part of her creative process. Her most recent production, a musical adaptation of Bleak House for Creation Theatre, garnered multiple 5 Star reviews.
