About Us
Marion Déprez – Artistic Director (she/her)
Marion studied French Literature at La Sorbonne, then ran away to train in London at the School of Physical Theatre (Lecoq method). She worked as assistant director to Kristine Landon-Smith, pioneer of verbatim theatre and founder of Tamasha, where she developed an interest in community engagement. She was a core member of the Karavan Ensemble, and regularly performed with Sabotage Theatre, Voodoo Vaudeville and DreamThinkSpeak, developing a specialism in comedy.
Her solo shows include ‘The Pregnant Princess’ and ‘Gorgeous.’ She has worked as a director on several shows, and also as a voice coach and translator in film and TV, including: Mission: Impossible 7, The Crown and Death on the Nile.
Marion currently lives between England and Normandy, dividing her time between teaching English and French, voice coaching, running Brass Bathtub, and raising her 4-year-old daughter.
“A natural Clown”
“Kept the whole crowd entertained with eccentric charm.”
“A whip smart ability to riff with circumstances as they arise”
A walkabout performance: “The brilliant French performance artist Marion Deprez persuades diners at a restaurant table to help her deliver her baby, quite literally in the middle of their lunch.”
Sarah Delmontè
Sarah Delmontè is a theatre practitioner, writer, celebrant and yoga teacher. She uses her ritual expertise and background as an artist and funeral arranger to facilitate practical planning and emotional healing around mortality through death positivity
Bela Emerson
Bela Emerson is an innovative musician who uses cello to connect with others, support people’s well being, and create responsive sounds and textures.
Nadine Wild-Palmer
Nadine Wild-Palmer is a freelance voice-over actor, children’s author, performer, and presenter. Her debut children’s novel: The Tunnels Below, was published in 2019 by Pushkin Press. She has worked as a continuity announcer for Channel 4, E4, and now UKTV’s Alibi. www.nadinewildpalmer.co.uk or, check out her Instagram @nadinewildpalm
Laura Elliott
Laura Elliott (aka Drawesome Illustration) is a multidisciplinary artist and creative facilitator (illustration, graphic design, comics, and performance) playfully exploring the relationship we have with ourselves and what it means to be on this journey we call ‘life’.
Mary DeLiso
Mary DeLiso is a self-taught, multidisciplinary, participatory artist. She is currently developing textile-based art concerned with themes of grief, death and gentleness.
Nu McAdam
(they/he)
Nu is a autistic trans masculine non-binary fairy-like painter. They are running Brass Bathtub’s project Unspoken Sorrow.