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Sophie Woolley

If your life isn't like in the adverts - run; until you feel all the pain you deserve

About Me

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow My new play, Fight Face is on at The Lyric Hammersmith 16 September - 4 October. Fight Face is directed by Gemma Fairlie and stars myself and another actor (tbc).Fight Face is my second play, following on from success of When to Run. When tp Run was a one person play in which I played four different characters and switched from one to another in a series of interwoven monologues.When to Run toured the UK with sell out runs Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall,Soho Theatre, and the studio Royal Exchange in Manchester. All shows were captioned for deaf people. **See sophiewoolley.com for more info Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Get Your Own! | View Slideshow I am currently starring in a satirical one person play called When to Run. I play seven different characters and switch from one to another in a series of interwoven monologues.After the sell out success at the Royal Festival Hall on 5 December, When to Run is touring to Lewes, Brimingham and Manchester, for more info and to read my tour diary, check out sophiewoolley.com Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Get Your Own! | View Slideshow .. Click here to get Falling Snow

My Interests

I am an avid reader

I'd like to meet:

kelly and paula

Music:

I prefer darts

Movies:

Happiness

Television:

The Sopranos

Books:

Remainder by Tom McCarthy

Heroes:

Kathy Burke-----------------------------------------When to Run ticket links at: sophiewoolley.com PRAISE FOR WHEN TO RUN ………………………………………"A stunning, electrifying show full of imagination and verve." Irvine Welsh …………………………………….................. ...... "In 'When to Run' Woolley dazzles with her quick-change mastery. In the shadow of a patriarch we never see or hear directly, four women's accounts break into each other with increasing fluency and wit: Greek tragedy meets txt msg culture in a London park.” Tom McCarthy ............................................................ "Like cult British TV show Nighty Night or Chris Morris' trend-destroying series Nathan Barley, Woolley writes dark, hilarious monologues that capture a single idea or person in thrilling, hyper-real detail." Emma Warren, Electronic Beats ......................... “Woolley’s work treads a wholly original verge, somewhere between the universally familiar and the intensely bizarre. Some writers have their fingers on a pulse. Woolley has hers on a trigger. You never know what she's aiming at until it's too late." Nick Barlay ............................ "When you run, you're in your own world – but the women in Sophie Woolley's show are closer to each other than they think. Woolley plays three women and a girl finding more in running than just speed. There's a depressed yuppie wife, a controlling life coach, a needy dog walker and a teenage athlete – a wonderful creation." The Scotsman....................... "Sophie Woolley's cleverly interwoven series of four monologues is packed with delicious observations and clever understanding of how and why people sublimate action with the physical duress of running." The Stage .................... "Her use of different voices is astonishing." Blake Morrison .................................. “Sophie Woolley occupies the gap between the broad caricature comedy of Little Britain or The Catherine Tate Show and the sharp, dark literary satire of Martin Amis and Will Self. ” Joe Muggs......read more press at sophiewoolley.com

My Blog

Fight Face @ Hammersmith Lyric 16 Sept - 4 Oct 2008

Fight Face is a two person comedy play (featuring several characters) about a fight in a kebab shop in West London. I wrote in it and am also acting in it. You can catch the show 16 Sept - 4 Oct...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:05:00 PST

Dog Fight at Fight Face shoot

Yesterday I did a photoshoot for my new play in Best Grill takeaway on Goldhawk Road. (see below for one of the pics). I had chips and chicken kebab. Gemma asked a passing couple with a Staf...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:48:00 PST

Fight Face

I'm performing a new piece about a fight outside a kebab shop on 19-21 June at Hammersmith Lyric. Tickets are just £3. There are several characters played by just two actors, myself and Richard Katz....
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:13:00 PST

Auditioning 12 chaps

I’m developing a new piece for two actors called Fight Face. It starts with an argument in a takeaway between a young woman and the takeaway man, the row escalates and all hell breaks loose. Tha...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:16:00 PST

Radio 4 afternoon play goes out 21st Feb

I've adapted my comedy When to Run for Radio 4's afternoon play slot. It's broadcast on 21st February at 2.15pm on Radio 4. You'll be able to listen to it online as well for seven days afterwards here...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:31:00 PST

on at cargo 17 dec


Posted by Sophie Woolley on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:30:00 PST

afternoon play

Radio 4 have bought When to Run! It will be pretty different from the stage show as I have to rewrite a character and I will only be playing one of the characters on the radio version. Broadcast date...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:31:00 PST

my column on radio 4 Front Row

I wrote and performed a column on Radio 4 Front Row on Friday 3rd August - you can listen again for one week at  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/frontrow.shtmlIt's a daily prog so liste...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:24:00 PST

Soho Theatre shows 12/13/14/15 September

When to Run comes to Soho Theatre 12/13/14/15 September - tickets on sale now...
Posted by Sophie Woolley on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:33:00 PST

port eliot fest pics

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Posted by Sophie Woolley on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:50:00 PST