The Earth is plunged into darkness, governments have collapsed, and all digital connection has stopped. Separated by space and time, Teddy, Dylan, and Kit are keeping a grasp on their connection however they can, struggling to keep each other afloat. Teddy takes shelter in their wardrobe, Dylan in the attic of her mother’s abandoned house, and Kit in an enormous bed that has been in his family for generations. As their supplies dwindle, and the connection between them starts to become unreliable, they can no longer justify their choice to stay inside.

[from an online zoom reading]

“Anthem is a touching meditation on human connection – or rather a lack of it. This piece feels incredibly timely, as we dwell in our own minds yearning for the safety of others. This play manages to capture the sense of ephemeral disconnection wonderfully.” – Matthew Xia, Artistic Director of Actors Touring Theatre

“Anthem is an authentically queer exploration of relationships, and is truly groundbreaking in its use of gendered and ungendered roles. Feldman is an exciting talent and I can't wait to see this show fully realised.” – Tabby Lamb, Writer and Performer

“Anthem is an extraordinary study about the camaraderie of hope persevering. Kayla Feldman’s impressive writing taps into the deepest thoughts we face alone and how, collectively, we can bring hope to light.” – Adam Line, Producer and Dramaturg

"Anthem is an elegiac expression of loneliness and solidarity, with characters whose yearning builds bridges across space and time, and burrow their way into your heart. This play is as playful as it is profound, shot through with joy and longing; its characters and atmosphere linger with you." – Holly Williams, Theatre Critic

Ivy’s life is one of routine. She gets up, she drops the dog off at the neighbour’s, teaches for eight hours, picks up the dog from the neighbours, and goes home. She watches Netflix. She sees her boyfriend. She calls her sister. She also has vivid daydreams about having sex with her dad, killing her three-year-old niece, and having her skin sliced open. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t make the thoughts go away, and no matter how much she doesn’t want to, she’s certain she’s going to act on them. As she struggles to negotiate her first Real Adult Job and Serious Relationship and Normal Human Life, these thoughts begin to consume her every waking moment.

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop explores the various lesser-known aspects of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Based on real experiences, this play follows one woman through various struggles in her adult life as she descends further into the endless black hole of her OCD. The show will be presented as a work-in-progress as part of Maiden Speech Festival 2019, which is produced by Lexi Clare Productions.

★★★★ "Excellent, intelligent and absolutely heart wrenching." - Within Her Words

"I remember who made my skin crawl before I remember who made it come alive."

Inspired by pornography, Disney princesses, Hollywood stereotypes, the Leeds club scene, and a conversation with a university housemate, Hear Me Out explores concepts of womanhood from the broadly political to the deeply personal. Written over the course of three years, this spoken-word show traverses a lifelong battle for self-acceptance and autonomy.

"It's essential viewing, for men, women, everyone [...] taxing and outrageously well-written" - Matt Graham

"Feldman has created a piece that is so rare and beautiful that it will give anyone who has ever felt small, ugly or unseen hope that we do have the power to create change in a world that feels completely hopeless." - Within Her Words

"Feldman is brave to share her story and it is both very powerful and well written with moments of light fun followed abruptly with gritty emotional storytelling." - A Younger Theatre

"Feldman tackles controversial topics head-on and without shame, from rape to her breasts to where she comes from. She stands defiantly and proclaims, why are these subjects so taboo? Why shouldn’t we be able to engage in open conversation about them? It’s powerful and forceful" - Miro Magazine

At the end of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, after Petruchio and Katherine wed, several days pass where Katherine is “tamed”, the events of which are somewhat unclear beyond her lack of sleep and food. What happened in that time? How does a woman so widely known as an independent, tempestuous “shrew” come to make a speech advising women to obey their husbands at all costs?

Untaming reimagines several of Shakespeare’s classic tales from a female perspective, beginning with Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew in the days following her wedding, at Petruchio’s country house. Suffering from lack of sleep and food, Katherine is visited by several ghosts from Shakespeare’s other plays: Desdemona (Othello), Rosaline (Romeo and Juliet), Ophelia (Hamlet), Lavinia (Titus Andronicus) and Cordelia (King Lear), intent on teaching her the secrets to wifely survival. As they re-tell these stories from their own perspective, a group of 21st century students studying them begin to protest the injustice faced by women in Shakespeare’s works.

Untaming explores the intersection of past and present, fiction and reality, questions what should be taught in today’s classrooms and sheds light on the voices that have been historically silenced.

NB: Untaming was commissioned by Lady Eleanor Holles School for their Write the Girl programme - I retain all the rights.

Two young women, Lexie and Sam, break into a synagogue late at night to confront Hanna, who is spending the night watching over a member of the synagogue who has passed away. In Judaism, a body cannot be left alone between death and burial, and to watch over someone in this way is considered the best mitzvah (good deed) that one Jewish person can do for another. After ten years of searching for the person who killed their sister in a hit-and-run, Lexie and Sam believe that Hanna is the person they have been looking for. With Sam hiding in the closet with a camera and Lexie posing as a homeless person seeking shelter, the two attempt to get Hanna’s recorded confession. This play explores notions of forgiveness and redemption, and asks what happens when someone is confronted with a person they believe to be beyond forgiveness.