Previous work
The Oracle, 2023
Camden People’s Theatre, London (March 2023)
Peckham Fringe, Theatre Peckham, London (June 2023)
Written and performed by Julia Pilkington
Co-direction and lighting design – Luke Wintour
Sound design – Nathan Geyer
Dramaturg – Alex Rugman
The Oracle is in crisis. Whatever she does – read tea leaves, read entrails, even read the newspaper– the results are the same. Something terrible is coming. And it’s not good for business.
A mystical comedy solo show about the knowing the future, signs of doom and denial in the face of catastrophe.
★ ★ ★ ★ “eerily spectacular” – LondonTheatre1.com
Move Fast and Break Things, 2022
Camden People’s Theatre, London (May 2022)
Edinburgh Fringe, Summerhall, Edinburgh (August 2022)
A Freight Theatre production devised by AK Golding, Julia Pilkington, Alex Rugman and Luke Wintour
Co-direction and lighting design – Luke Wintour and Alex Rugman
Using live video and puppetry, Move Fast and Break Things was a noir docu-theatre investigation, tracing the origins of surveillance capitalism through strange miniature worlds.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★”Move Fast and Break Things offers a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of high tech and the digital self” – The Recs
What they forgot to tell us, 2021
BOLD Elephant, London, 2021
A BOLD Elephant Company production devised by Keeran Blessie, Younis Bouzinab, Sarah Davey-Hull, Phoebe Naughton, Julia Pilkington and Rhys Slade-Jones.
Director – Sarah Davey-Hull
Performers – Keeran Blessie, Phoebe Naughton, Julia Pilkington and Rhys Slade-Jones.
An immersive show in a disused office space. A whimsical ode to the stories we treasure, seek refuge in, and return to.
★★★★ “a highly entertaining immersive promenade experience…we recognise the power of good story-telling” – Ought To Be Clowns
★★★★ “Bold Theatre’s debut show is a must see in the ever-changing face of elephant & castle…immersive promenade at it’s best, the perfect show for audiences returning to theatre after lockdown” – The Reviews Hub
Lights Over Tesco Car Park, 2018
HOME, Manchester
New Diorama, London
North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
A Poltergeist Theatre production devised by Jack Bradfield, Alice Boyd, Callum Coghlan, Rosa Garland, Julia Pilkington and Will Spence
Director – Jack Bradfield
Performers – Alice Boyd, Callum Coghlan, Rosa Garland, Julia Pilkington and Will Spence
Performed to a sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe. Winner of Samuel French New Play Award and Best Ensemble Award at National Student Drama Festival 2018.
Critically acclaimed docu-comedy about collective belief and the unknown, using audience participation to re-enact famous alien abduction stories.
★ ★ ★ ★ “Tremendously creative… wonderfully inventive.” – The Stage