Juley-Ann Smith

She/her

Hi Everyone, I hope I find you all well.


I am a creative writer in development for live performance. I am currently developing a pilot project with a disabilities action organisation to create access to learning a musical instrument for black disabled and disadvantaged women over 50 in my area.

This is as part of my creative practice development as a writer for performance seeking access supported experience as an over 50s disabled and neurodiverse performer. I enjoy creating and trialing my own work even with the challenges. It’s important to inform you that things do take longer for me but I get there in the end and that’s how I roll peeps.
I sing and write poetry too and am developing my writing of lyrics whilst currently learning how to write a musical theatre book for my next project.

Credits

Playwright, Maureen: Sweet Sixteen Mum's the Word in SEXploration (The Writers Corner scratch night event ), Pleasance Theatre, London, performance, 2023, (work in progress)

Playwright, Rhapsody of the Killjoy, a vignette series, performed by 8 actors at the RADA FESTIVAL 2018 , John Gielgud Studio Theatre, RADA, Gower/Malet Street, London, 2018 (work in progress)

Training

Black Writers Collective writers group, Southwark Playhouse, London 2023 (current) Online & Face to face.
Way Wive Wordz Writing to Heal 12 week online writers programme. 2023
Musical Theatre for Beginners; Acting Through Song; Voice Over Acting Introduction (City Academy)
PGCE -Drama Teaching Secondary Education (Goldsmiths)
Birkbeck - MA Text & Performance
(Rose) Bruford - BA Hons Theatre/Acting ( specialism Educative Theatre)