Katie Overstall

(they/them)

I am a writer, dramaturg, and performer, with extensive experience in collaborative working. Throughout all my work I am interested in theatrical form, and how this can be pushed to create memorable and impactful experiences for audiences. I love work that explores huge and minute scales, mythologies, and abstract spaces.

I am especially interested the intersection of theatre, gaming, technology, and immersive experiences, particularly in how audiences are placed within those experiences and what it means for an audience to have agency.

As a dramaturg I am focused on aiding creatives in making the work they want to make, in the best way that they can.

Credits

Dramaturg & Director, I Met All My Friends on Dating Apps, The Glitch (A Pinch of VAULT), 2 days, 2024 // Rosemary Branch Theatre (Camden Fringe), 3 days, 2024 (Upcoming)

Dramaturg & Director, Maenad, Camden People's Theatre (Camden Fringe) , 3 days, 2023 // The Glitch (A Pinch of VAULT), 2024

Writer & Performer, Around the World with Nellie Bly, The Space @ Surgeons Hall, 2 weeks, 2022 // VAULT Festival 2023

Reader, ScriptSpace, The Space, N/A, 2021-2023

Reader, New Writing Showcases, Front of House Theatre Company, N/A, 2016-2020

Adaptor & Performer, Much Ado About Nothing, The Dell (RSC), 2 performances, 2017

Writer, Performer & Director, Who's There?, London Horror Festival & The King's Head, 2 weeks, 2017

Writer, Performer & Director, Knock Knock, London Horror Festival & The King's Head, 2 weeks, 2016 & 2017

Writer, Performer & Director, Stormy Seas and Starry Skies, Rainham Hall (National Trust), 1 week, 2016

Deviser & Performer, The Little White Bird, The Churchill Theatre, 2 weeks, 2016

Writer & Performer, Love & Rabbits, Tour, Various venues, N/A, 2014-2018

Training

BA Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London (1st Class, 2013)

MA Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance, Goldsmiths, (Distinction, 2021)