We are delighted to present our seventh Artist in Residence scheme, designed to support local emerging and professional artists by providing development space across our theatrical programme.

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The recipient of the Spring programme is:

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Florence Carr-Jones photo by Dotty McCormack

 

Florence (she/her) is a London-based theatre director and writer drawn to bold, boundary-pushing work that leaves audiences fizzing. Led by instinct and intentionality, her practice places particular emphasis on movement, musicality, and the rules of a space. Her most recent directing credits include Seating Plan by Izzy Radford (Times ★★★★★, Telegraph ★★★★) at Gilded Balloon and as part of the OSO Best of Fringe Fest 2025, and Ballyturk by Enda Walsh at Bristol Old Vic.

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For her Artist in Residence Showcase Florence will be developing Oat Cakes and Jam​

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Oat Cakes and Jam is an anarchic, darkly comic piece inspired by Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves from The Bloody Chamber. Developed over eleven weeks at the OSO, it will blend movement, text, music, and visual design to explore transformation, desire, and rebellion.

 

Built through a layered, collaborative process, each creative element - from clowning to photography, costume, and lighting - will be developed independently before being woven together into a rich theatrical collage. The process will celebrate chaos, humour, and play, drawing inspiration from radical performance-makers such as In Bed With My Brother and Figs in Wigs.

 

At its heart, Oat Cakes and Jam will embrace Carter’s fairytale world while reimagining it through a contemporary theatrical lens. The result will be a visceral, multimedia gothic fairytale that blurs the boundaries between text, movement, music, and visual design.

 

This work-in-progress sharing will invite audiences to step into a world where the wild and the human blur, offering a glimpse into the collaborative making of a bold and playful theatrical experiment.