Lauryn Redding
Actor/Writer/Composer
Film, TV & Theatre
Acting
Film, TV & Theatre
Lauryn is an writer, composer and actor. In 2022 she was one of eight people selected for the BBC Studios Writers' Academy and was awarded a prestigious Peggy Ramsay/Film 4 Playwrights' Scheme bursary for a year-long attachment at the Royal Exchange Theatre in 2023.
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2022 | BBC Studios |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2025 | Watermill Theatre | Composer |
2025 | New Vic Theatre | Musical Supervisor |
2025 | Watermill Theatre/Reading Rep | Composer |
2023 | Lyric Theatre | West End transfer |
2022 | Traverse Theatre | ★ ★ ★ ★ Guardian, Scotsman, Financial Times, The Stage, |
2021 | Royal Exchange Theatre | Writer, Composer & Performer |
SWIPE 2021 | Mountview | Composer and Musical Director |
HERSTORY 2019 | Mountview | Composer and Musical Director |
DEEDS NOT WORDS 2019 | Karamel Club | Co-Writer and Composer |
MILDRED 2015 | Rich Mix | Writer |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
R 2009 | Bright Pink Music | Album Release |
Acting
Lauryn is currently starring in COVEN at the Kiln
Short Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
SPARE CHANGE | Buisness Lady | Teunkie Van Der Sluijs | |
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A NEWS CLIPPING AND THE GOSSIP PAGES | She | Alan Lane | BBC/Slunglow |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
COVEN | Rose | Miranda Cromwell | Kiln Theatre |
STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE | Nikki | Robert Hastie | National Theatre |
BLOODY ELLE: A GIG MUSICAL | Elle | Bryony Shanahan | Lyric Theatre |
BLOODY ELLE: A GIG MUSICAL | Elle | Bryony Shanahan | Gillian Lynne Theatre |
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ | Doreen/Miss Elf | Douglas Rintoul | Queens Theatre Hornchurch |
17 COLTMAN STREET | Linda | Mark Babych | Hull Truck Theatre |
BLOODY ELLE: A GIG MUSICAL | Elle | Bryony Shanahan | Royal Exchange Theatre |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM | Bottom | Paul Hart / Robert Kirby | Wilton's Music Hall |
MACBETH | Lady MacDuff | Paul Hart / Robert Kirby | Wilton's Music Hall |
SEAGULLS | Masha | Lotte Wakeham | Bolton Octagon |
THE WORST WITCH (WEST END) | Griselda | Theresa Heskins | Vaudeville Theatre |
THE HIRED MAN | Emily | Douglas Rintoul | Queen's Theatre Horchurch & Hull Truck |
OLIVER TWIST | Nancy | Mark Babych | Hull Truck |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Toby Belch | Paul Hart | Wilton's Music Hall |
EDUCATING RITA | Rita | Sarah Punshon | New Vic Theatre & The Dukes |
BREAD AND ROSES | Martha Carter | Amanda Huxtable | Oldham Coliseum |
TREASURE ISLAND | Darby McGraw | Theresa Heskins | New Vic Theatre |
UP N UNDER | Hazel Scott | Chris Lawson | Oldham Coliseum |
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR | Various Roles | Kevin Shaw | Oldham Coliseum |
TWELFTH NIGHT | Toby Belch | Paul Hart | UK and International tour |
ROMEO & JULIET | Nurse | Paul Hart | UK and International tour |
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS | Shirley Holmes | Neal Foster | The Lowry |
FRANKENSTEIN | William/Musician | Craig Edwards | Salisbury Playhouse/Living Spit |
ROMEO & JULIET | Nurse | Paul Hart | The Watermill |
THE WINTER'S TALE | Dorcas | Conrad Nelson | Northern Broadsides |
DREAMERS | Trish/Shelly/Jen/Joyce | Kevin Shaw | Oldham Coliseum |
ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND | Queen of Hearts/Duchess/Caterpillar | Les Enfants Terribles | Waterloo Vaults |
HORRIBLE HISTORIES BARMY BRITAIN | Queenie | Neal Foster | Sydney Opera House and Australian Tour |
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER | Constance Neville | Conrad Nelson | Northern Broadsides |
AN AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY LARK | Susie Hughes | Barrie Rutter | Northern Broadsides |
HORRIBLE HISTORIES BARMY BRITAIN (WEST END) | Esmerelda | Neal Foster | Garrick Theatre - West End |
THE ENOUGH PROJECT | Maisie/Anna | Alan Lane | Slunglow/Dept Arts |
NUMB | Roz | Mary Clare O'Neill | The Arcola Theatre |
SIX | Onstage Live Musician/Musical Director/Composer | Katie Turner | Seven Arts Leeds |
WIND IN THE WILLOWS | Hedgehog Herbert & Stoat Fred | Ian Brown | West Yorkshire Playhouse |
SHHH | Paige | Lisa Cagnacci | Theatre503 |
KING LEAR | Cordelia/Duke of Cornwall | Jo Carrick | Red Rose Chain/Theatre In The Forest |
DIFFERENT BUTTONS | Nora | Jo Carrick | Red Rose Chain |
HORRIBLE HISTORIES - AWFUL EGYPTIONS & RUTHLESS ROMANS | Maisie/Ethel | Phil Clark | No. 1 UK Tour |
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | First Merchant /Servant | Rebecca Gatward | Shakespeare's Globe |
TALL TALES | Ensemble | Tim Baker | Clwyd Theatr Cymru |
ALL IN ALL: FRAGMENTS OF SHAKESPEARE | Sam | Nick Borsack | Het Rozentheater, Amsterdam |
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
EMMERDALE | Nurse Price (5eps) | Tim Dowd/Brett Fallis/Alan Wareing | ITV |
SMOGGIE QUEENS | Mel | Andrew Chaplin | Hat Trick/BBC |
DOCTORS | Jenna Cox | Niall Fraser | BBC |
THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS | Mallory | Borkur Sigthorsson | Sky |
EASTENDERS | Sarah | Michael Owen Morris | BBC |
LEE NELSON'S WELL GOOD SHOW | Sarah | Adam Winpenny | BBC3 |
REGULARS PILOT | Rugby girl | John Wardwick | Channel 4, Silver River |
Workshop
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
THE FORGER | Janey | Lottie Wakeham | National Theatre Studios |
GAY'S THE WORD | Amanda | ||
COVEN | Rose | Miranda Cromwell | Kiln Theatre |
A MIGHTY SHOUT | Various | Barrie Rutter | 615 Productions |
THE WILD PARTY | Bessie/Queenie | John Terry | The Theatre Chipping Norton/New Wolsey, Ipswich/Watermill Theatre. |
RAPUNZEL | Rapunzel | Ellen Havard | |
RED ROSES FOR ME | Chloe France | Watermill Theatre |