Writing

Some of the projects in which Fran has been involved as a writer can be found below.

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

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

unionchapel.org.uk

Significant Human Error

Writer and Performer | Solo comedy

Significant Human Error is a show about mistakes and change, told through six hilarious and original characters including Dan Riley, the horndog theologian, Ryan, the base-jumping Aussie legend, Morgana Haught, the celeb correspondent for a liberal broadsheet, and Sarah, the teenager from Bolton who’s just converted to Islam.

Significant Human Error played at venues across London and for one month at Underbelly at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2012. Directed by Adam Brace.

“Moulds will not fail to delight. She is an obnoxiously talented performer whose comedic observations are beautifully precise and ultimately very human. Hers is a must-see show at this year’s Fringe.” ☆☆☆☆ Broadway Baby

“Beautifully intelligent… brings to light Moulds’ incredible talent as a character comic performer.” ☆☆☆☆ The New Current

“A master class in performance, I can’t wait to see what else this gifted actress will produce.” ☆☆☆☆ Three Weeks

Up, up and away

Co-writer and Performer | Punchdrunk Enrichment

up_and_away_dalmain_116_800 — Fran Moulds in Up and Away © Punchdrunk

Up, Up and Away brings to life the tale of Marianne Montgolfier, Vincent Lunardi and Bernard Blanchard. As story balloonists they travel the world, letting the wind carry them from place to place, collecting, gathering and telling stories.

Eager to spread the art of story telling and to find new imaginative storytellers, they decide they can only visit places that they know will provide them with brilliant new stories and storytellers.

“You don’t have to just put normal stuff in your story you can put imposssible stuff in” KS2 pupil

“It can be hard to motivate the pupils, especially as they get older. This was something exciting, and real to inspire them, and the teachers. There were lots of opportunities to motivate the pupils” Year 5/6 teacher

About Punchdrunk Enrichment

In 2008, Punchdrunk began a groundbreaking experiment in reaching out to children, young people and the wider community with activities that focus on the innate creativity and imagination of the individual. Fran has been working with Punchdrunk Enrichment since 2009.

punchdrunk.org.uk/enrichment

The Umbrella Birds

Writer and Performer | Comedy

The Umbrella Birds, stars of BBC Radio 4’s The Ladies.

The Umbrella Birds was a comedy sketch group starring Kate Donmall, Susanna Hislop, Fran Moulds and Emily Watson Howes.

Led by Emily Watson Howes and produced by Avalon, they had three critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Festival: W.C. (Underbelly, 2007), Gym (Pleasance Courtyard, 2008) and Sketches in a Shop Changing Room (Assembly Rooms, 2009).

The shows were made into two radio series, The Ladies, produced by Hat Trick for BBC Radio 4 (2009-2010).

Umbrella Birds: Sketches in a Shop Changing Room

“The Umbrella Birds are a rare and wonderful breed, an all-female sketch group who artfully and hilariously reflect the ups, downs and non-events of modern womanhood in a way that’s totally devoid of Cosmopolitan cliché. All four women are versatile, accomplished actors who prove a worthy match for the quality of the writing.” ★★★★ Nione Meakin, Chortle

Umbrella Birds: Gym

“A fantastic example of how a sketch show should be done.” ★★★★ Three Weeks

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