Founded & directed by Ashlie Walker
The Lucid Artists
A female-founded collective pioneering dramatic art with impact: primal, innovative and liberating storytelling that elevates the female narrative.
Actor to creator
The Lucid Artists grew out of a wish to elevate female narratives and to give actors a supportive space to move from actor to creator, nurturing talent into full fruition.
The devising space is one of absolute safety, where untold stories can begin to take shape. Each woman brings her own skills, dedication and nuances to the project: the light and the dark.
“We begin with instinct, curiosity, subconscious drives and conscious offerings… It could be exquisite or nasty, loaded with meaning or superfluous with frivolity. And we're here for all of it. Our creativity is our gold.”
— Ashlie Walker
The One Woman Project
The first round of research and development took place in 2023. A small cohort of three actors and one director created three distinct but interlinked one-woman plays. Each is a psychological drama exploring hard-hitting topics, drawn from lived experience. They feature actors Lauren Cooney, Fernanda Lippi and Emma Saunders, and were co-created and directed by Ashlie Walker.
Landslide
Landslide was shared at Playhouse East's work-in-progress night, featuring Lauren Cooney and directed by Ashlie Walker. A darkly funny piece where no one emerges unscathed, it is in further development.
The collective
Artists
Jemma Amos
A writer, documentary producer, filmmaker and lover of stories, particularly those told through the female lens and the intergenerational tales that live in our bones. With The Lucid Artists she is stepping fully into acting, sharing her voice on stage for the first time.
Valerie Baart
A courageous and dedicated actor and dancer who moved to London from Belgium at 21 to pursue theatre and film. She wants to make theatre people remember five years later because it touched them.
Rehearsal photography by Claire Nathan.
Lucid Artists × The Immersion
A creative incubator for actors and writers exploring original work, authorship and performance creation. Details of the 2027 cohort and the waitlist are on the dedicated site.
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