FRAN MOULDS

THEATRE MAKER

Theatre

Whether she is creating her own work, or directing and writing for other projects, Fran is dedicated to making inventive, provocative theatre.

Fran’s approach is playful and physical. She is interested in the craft of storytelling and the challenge of creating specific worlds that can uncover universal themes.

Some of the theatre projects that Fran has recently been involved in can be found below.

Foreign Body

Director | Foreign Body

Performance of 'Foreign Body' by Imogen Butler-Cole at Rich Mix London on 19 March 2017 © Chantal Guevara
© Chantal Guevara

1 in 3 of our women
have survived sexual violence.
We are all affected.
We are all responsible.

Foreign Body is the beautifully crafted debut solo show by Imogen Butler-Cole about hope, healing and forgiveness after sexual assault. Told from a unique and challenging perspective, using a charged combination of verbatim and physical theatre, Foreign Body is a brave, liberating and life-affirming story.

“Capture[s] the fragility felt by the invaded body, and the courage needed to forgive the man, or men, who invaded… a reminder of how important individual action is in creating political change.” ★★★★ The Stage

 “…a brave and challenging work [that] approaches its emotive subject calmly and with respect, giving a much-needed voice to the voiceless women who experience sexual violence.” Reviews Hub

“Definitely one of the most transformative, healing and cathartic nights ever.” Audience feedback

“Inspiring and brilliant… I felt electrified… an extremely powerful and hugely memorable experience.” Audience feedback

 

About Foreign Body

Fran Moulds has collaborated with theatre maker Imogen Butler-Cole since 2014.

Imogen has performed and devised work across the world. She has produced for Shakespeare’s Globe, cast a TV series for the BBC, and directs at RADA. Favourite roles include Ophelia in The Secret Love Life of Ophelia; Ursula in Ursula and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Foreign Body is touring from March 2017. Funded by Arts Council England.

foreignbodyplay.com

Passion of Christa

Director, Writer, and Performer| Union Chapel

Chrysalis Opening © Janet McKenzie
© Janet McKenzie

A meditative, sensory-based theatrical experience devised by four female performers.

On Good Friday, the story of the Passion is retold and reimagined through the eyes of a female Christ. An evening of performance, ritual and music exploring suffering and grief from a unique perspective, in the atmospheric Union Chapel.

The Passion of Christa is a piece of Sacred Theatre. It’s an inquiry into the possibility of Christ
representing aspects of the Feminine Divine – Christ as darkness, death, descent, chaos, bodily
sensation, emotion, vulnerability, grief, rage, despair. It’s an inquiry into the paradigm of order and
authority that wants to shut that down and ‘crucify it’.

We asked ourselves the question who is the suffering Christ? We asked ourselves who is Christa? We considered our own experiences, as women, growing up within a church tradition.

Our vision of Sacred Theatre is a coming together of artists through heart connection and a
commitment to deep intuition, with the intention of creating a space where ‘the Gods can descend’.

About Union Chapel

Since 1992, Union Chapel has been hosting concerts and events – this has grown over the years and it now has hundreds of events a year. Readers of Time Out have voted it London’s Favourite Venue an amazing three times.

unionchapel.org.uk

Witch

Director, Creator, and Performer | Union Chapel

© Union Chapel

At Halloween, when the veil is thin between the world of the living and the dead, Union Chapel hosts an immersive theatre piece exploring the witch craze that took place across Europe during the 15th to 18th centuries. This is a rare chance for audiences to go behind the scenes at Union Chapel and be taken in small groups on a chilling tour.

The witch trials took place in a widespread moral panic that malevolent Satanic witches were operating as an organized threat to the established church. The Union Chapel is an ideal setting to revisit these harrowing tales of suspicion, torture and intrigue.

Created by Boe Huntress, Fran Moulds, and Julieta Kilgelmann.

Audience Feedback

“Powerful, important, feminist storytelling. I was terrified, moved and engaged. Exceptional acting.”

“Intense, fun and unexpected. I really loved it, it made my Halloween.”

“Truly immersive and interactive, based on a true story. Political and feminist.”

“An atmospherically rich, powerful production.”

About Union Chapel

Since 1992, Union Chapel has been hosting concerts and events – this has grown over the years and it now has hundreds of events a year. Readers of Time Out have voted it London’s Favourite Venue an amazing three times.

unionchapel.org.uk