I’m Annie Siddons, a writer, performer and artistic collaborator from South London.
I work mainly in theatre but also in comedy, TV and prose.
I like to embrace the formal possibilities of each medium I work in.
My work is……varied…..
I smoosh the dark and the light together. The itches I have to make work can be things I am furious or curious about, things I am affected by, or things people close to me are affected by. Character and narrative are my deep flexes. Entertainment and provocation are key. Resistance is at the heart of everything.
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
"a dazzling display of unconventional storytelling"
– Stagetalk [Raymondo]
★★★★
"a little like what might happen if you put Tim Burton, Philip Ridley, and Tim Crouch into a blender together with a thesaurus."
– Lane’s List [Raymondo]
★★★★
Impressively original... hovers around the sublime
– Broadway Baby [Raymondo]
★★★★
“A gorgeous contemporary fairytale”
– The Stage [Raymondo]
“70 minutes of utter genius”
– Bristol Prospectus [Raymondo]
“This is The Bacchae remade in gold, sinew, and yes, chicken fat.”
– Exeunt Magazine [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
“This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life.”
– Time Out [Dennis of Penge]
“The best is saved until last: Ant and Hop (adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper) by Annie Siddons is a real crowd-pleaser that shows two girls discovering the importance of teamwork and planning, via the medium of cake.”
– Theo Bonsanquet, The Stage [Ant and Hop]
★★★★
"Enchants children and leaves adults yearning for that lost childish sense of imagination that was able to take us into magical worlds instantly."
– Everything Theatre [Nutcracker and Mouse King]
★★★★
“A rich, wild and precise poetry that breathes a colossal and sometimes angry humanity… Magical and strange…”
– Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman [Raymondo]
★★★★
“a mighty piece of poetic storytelling. By turns ribald and sublime, it’s a cri de coeur for compassion and community”
– The Stage [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
"It is not often that you see a show that makes your heart go ping ping boom boom, but this is one."
– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"Not since Into the Woods has there been a theatrical fairy tale as dark and ingenious as this."
– Theatermania [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
“This marvellously inventive show… Annie Siddons’ script is almost Shakespearian in its mix of the earthy and ethereal, the funny and the frightening”
– Robert Hewison Sunday Times, [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"Wonderfully involving, witty and emotionally potent”
– Paul Taylor, The Independent [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
“Just go. And take some children. If none are available, go anyway.”
– The Times [Rapunzel]
★★★★
"One of those pieces that you leave feeling genuinely moved"
– Broadway World, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★
"brimming with awkward situations and social commentary that are brutally and hilariously close to the bone"
– The Gizzle Review, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★★
“This is something special, mixing compassion for its characters with a primal energy that simmers, then comes roaring into furious life.”
– Time Out [Dennis of Penge]
★★★★
“Untamed, brilliant writing... grotesquely beautiful, tragic and uplifting. A one woman rollercoaster ride”
– Fest [Raymondo]
★★★★
"an accomplished and compelling piece of theatre"
– Theatre Weekly, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]
★★★★★
“Dark and Sublimely Sweet”
– Time Out Critics’ Choice [Rapunzel]
★★★★★
"a compassionate witty performance demonstrating the human need for love"
– The Spy In The Stalls, [How (not) to Live in Suburbia]