Urban Trendz Theatre Company is dedicated in bringing fresh innovative writing to the stage. We are a pop up theatre company, using minimalist settings in imaginative ways to bring our work to life, allowing the audience to let their imagination become part of our shows. We tackle uncomfortable subjects that often lie below the surface of society and put them into a spotlight in front of our audiences which spark debate and awareness.
The company was founded in 2016 by Ed Green and Laura Elizabeth. Since starting, the company has toured studio theatre venues across the UK and has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Young and Fresh and Mission: Her.
In 2019/2020, we directed three productions at a local community theatre. All the productions received 21 nominations and 7 Cheshire Theatre Guild awards.
We have been working on our latest piece of new writing Ripper, which has now been postponed due to COVID-19. Instead we challenged ourselves by recreating our first production, Where Do Little Birds Go? for a LIVE streamed performance in July 2020. The performance raised money for the Harlequin Theatre - see behind the scenes rehearsal videos and pictures HERE.
We are looking forward to getting stuck into Ripper rehearsals when it is safe to do so, in the mean time, see our research, writing and rehearsal progress by following us on social media.
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Meet the team
Ed Green, founder and Artistic Director.
Ed has always been an avid theatre goer from a very young age. But he came late to active participation, first as an actor winning multiple nominations and awards and then as a director forming Tin Shed Theatre Company to undertake the contemporary darkly comic drama that he loves. That company was the seed for a number of further award winning exploits that excited audiences between 2001 and 2013 until the name was usurped by a group of South Walean students. Urban Trendz Theatre Company is now Ed’s production base which started its life in 2016 with his new collaborator Laura Elizabeth in Where Do Little Birds Go? by Camilla Whitehill to build on the previous body of work that Ed undertook such as PVT Wars, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (described by the East Anglian Times as “the best piece of drama seen on the Felixstowe stage in 10 years”), When a man knows and Breathing Corpses among many others. Ed has also appeared in a number of short film – A good Slap, The Crab and Castle of the Rock
Ed was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his 5 minute role on stage as Albert Pierrepoint in Hangmen in 2019. He also directed Laura Elizabeth in the 2020 LIVE stream of Where Do Little Birds Go?
Laura Elizabeth, founder and creative director
Laura graduated with a BA Hons in Drama and Theatre Studies. She grew up on the stage performing from an early age and has trained in acting, music and dance. She has recently completed a script writing course with Central School of Speech and Drama. She has adapted a number of scripts for theatre and continues to write her own scripts and workshops which are used in Verbatim Theatre and by Urban Trendz Theatre.
Laura works in the community with youth theatre groups. She works with actors of all abilities and organises relaxed theatre performances within the community. Her focus is to make theatre an inclusive place for all.
Laura has a rare bone condition called Fibrous Dysplasia which can affect mobility. She wants to be an advocate for disabilities in the arts focusing on inclusion and ability, creating more roles within the arts for others.
Shortly after graduation, Laura directed Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, which won Best Production, Best Dramatic Achievement, Best Light and Sound and Best Director at the Cheshire Theatre Guild Awards. In 2020 she received an award for Best Director and a separate award for her support to community theatre in Cheshire. Laura mainly works with Youth Theatres and Applied Arts.
Her more recent acting roles include Lucy Fuller in Where Do Little Birds Go?, Alice in Young and Fresh and Her in Mission: Her.