ALI WILLIAMS
ALI WILLIAMS
ACTING
BRIEF BIOG
mandy.com (membership number 84440) as Alison Edmundston
IMPRO: Third Person, Alice's Diner, Jeremy Stockwell and the Conspirators of Pleasure, the Black Sheep, Multi-Story, Melting Pot, Fluxx, Ali and Joe Twoprov.
THEATRE: 'A Christmas Carol' Trafalgar Studios & Wimbledon New Theatre, New writing at the Gate, BAC, Etcetera, Tristan Bates, New End, ‘An Average Angel’, ‘Skirmishes’ Canal Cafe & White Bear, ‘Othello’ Court Theatre. 'Careless Talk' (Rosemary Branch, Camden Fringe)
TIE & STORYTELLING: Bijou TC, Face Front, White Horse Theatre. In 2012 Alison was the first World Book Day Storytelling Superstar. Storyteller: Horniman Museum, Fulham Palace Museum, Nipperbout.com
SCREEN: 'A Suitable Boy' (Mira Nair for BBC), 'A Beautiful Death' (Janis Pugh for Crooked Finger Films), 'The 56 Year Old Boy' (Bertie Gilbert), 'The Unspeakable Freedom Device', 'Animal Condensed >> Animal Expanded’, ‘The Great Curdling’ (Jennet Thomas)
CHARACTER: Mrs Claus - ZSL Grotto, Tessa Wheeler - Verulamium Museum St Albans
CARELESS TALK
A forgotten true story of high treason, espionage, spam fritters. The only British person to be tried for treason in the Second World War takes to the stage for the first time. Was Mabel a collaborator?
A visionary? Or just an outsider? Join Mabel on Sandown Beach with her secateurs, sequinned tassels and heartfelt - if misguided - self-belief. With Ali Williams, a versatile hatstand and one stunning frock. Based on the novel 'Careless Talk' by James Friel which was shortlisted for the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize.
Please click here to link to Kindle version of 'Careless Talk' the novel by James Friel.
RUNNING TIME: 60 MINUTES
'With a fondness and reverence for its subject matter and a versatile actress in the lead, this is a show you won’t want to miss.'
(London Pub Theatres review, Annie Power)
REVIEWS FOR CARELESS TALK
Standing Ovation Award Nominee
**** London Pub Theatres, Annie Power
‘Careless Talk’ tells the fascinating true(ish) tale of Mabel Bancroft, a woman who ran a hotel on the Isle of Wight and was arrested for treason in World War II…
Despite having an indomitable spirit and whimsical wit, Mabel’s tendency to wilfully ignore world issues until they directly affect her cast her as a selfishly apathetic character. However it’s difficult not to admire her resilience and unfailing ability to find humour in any situation, even when facing the death penalty for false accusations of treason, which made her story compelling.
This one-woman show is superbly acted by Ali Williams, who effortlessly embodies all the characters in a tour de force performance, displaying a range of accents and mannerisms at a heady pace with great skill and vitality.
Adapted from a novel by James Friel, the writing is warm, witty and energetic, and can turn startlingly and unexpectedly poetical such as when Mabel expresses her abiding love of the sea and its power to soothe her.
‘Careless Talk is a cross between a wonderfully observed Victoria Wood sketch of everyday life and an episode of ‘Dad’s Army’.'
AN AVERAGE ANGEL
Solo Show (Edinburgh Festival, Didcot Festival, Canal Cafe Theatre, White Bear Theatre)
RUNNING TIME 50 minutes
Family Friendly
Sister Mary Enigma introduces the Average Angel... who longs to travel, meet people and go flying; but, afflicted with wings slightly smaller than average, is stuck on the phones in Heaven. Until she decides to take matters into her own hands... with surprising consequences.
'A kind of female National Theatre of Brent' - The Stage
MRS MOSES
by John Slater, Bijou TC
Solo Show (York International Women's Festival; Beverley; Chorleywood.
RUNNING TIME 90 minutes with interval
Join Moses' wife Zipporah as she packs up their home yet again to follow her husband across the desert. Moses is loved and loathed in equal measure by the people, while Zipporah observes ... with keen eyed clarity and humour.
ARTWORK
I love painting people, places, things... I also illustrate .... and I am always happy to talk about commissions. I usually paint in oil so please allow three weeks drying time from the completion of the painting.
EXHIBITIONS: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Art Week at The Playground; 'Given' Group Show RR Gallery; The American Coffee Traders, Islington; The Coffee Gallery, Bloomsbury; 'Women at Work and in Other Places', The Drill Hall.
ILLUSTRATION: ’Freddie's Privates' by Joanna Volinska, LeleoPekeo Publishing facebook.com/Leleo-Pekeo-short-stories-Tall-Tales, 'Being in the Present' (bigbluestories.co.uk).
Contact Me
CONTACT: info@aliwilliams.net