Joanna O'Connor

Joanna is an actress and writer. Last year, she played Christine Ashen in the feature film 'Ashens and the Polybius Heist', directed by Riyad Barmania. She has co-run Summer Light Theatre Company for over 10 years, creating 20 plus shows. She produced, directed, adapted and acted in two low budget feature films - Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Brothers Karamazov', available on Summer Light Theatre's YouTube Channel. Also on YouTube for 2020, 'Lizzy & Darcy in Lockdown' - a re-imagining of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy (James Kingdon) in quarantine, whilst staying the with Collinses and de Bourghs respectively. Joanna's stage credits include Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018), Bea in Much Ado About Salsa (2018), as well as touring in The Bear/The Proposal, The Brothers Karamazov, Far From the Madding Crowd, Our Mutual Friend, Anna Karenina, Little Women, Great Expectations, The Brothers Karamazov, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Crime & Punishment, Pride & Prejudice, A Doll's House & Look Back in Anger. Many of her stage adaptations are available on Amazon.