Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool
Hot on the heels of last year’s sell out shows, comes an exciting new production of Finger Food Shorts and another exclusive, unmissable night of theatre and entertainment in Liverpool.
For this our second year, Finger Food Shorts explores the theme of Boundaries through a diverse and exciting collection of monologues penned by a thrilling line up of fabulous Northern writers.
Six writers, emerging and/or established in their own fields:
A local performer of dance, poetry & music. A storyteller who is most definitely NOT a poet. An actor who sings. An activist & trouble-causer. An award winning journalist & author and a screenwriter for TV & film.
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With huge thanks to the Everyman & Playhouse Theatres, Arts Council England & with support from National Lottery Project Grants
Finger Food Shorts '22
Writers 2023
Dorcas Sebuyange
Dorcas is a Christian Congolese performer and writer who specialises in drama, music, poetry and dance. Her recent writing credits include Vice Versa commissioned by Eclipse Theatre & HOME Manchester with development support from Unity Theatre, Liverpool. Also Buttercup (for BBC Arts/20 Stories High/Tigerlily Productions), Big Up (Theatre-Rites &
20 Stories High) and Black Men Walking (Eclipse). Dorcas has supported urban music artists such as Akala, Lady Leshurr, Yasmin, Sway, Bashy, Lowkey and Cherri V Mz. Bratt amongst others. As a poet she has worked with Sky Arts, BBC North West, Africa Oye, Netball World Cup and more.
Felix Mufti
Felix is a scouse activist, performer, writer and chaos-causer who loves to tell his unhinged life stories through rhythm n’ rap inspired spoken word. He co-founded Transcend Theatre where he writes and performs authentic, usually unexplored stories of trans experience. His sell-out shows: ACE funded play and debut How to Kill a Rose was rated 4.5 stars by North West End and his following
project Be Gay, Do Crime, blew the roof off at the Shakespeare North Playhouse. Felix’s professional credits include: Sex Education (Netflix); When All Is Said (Fuel) & Transpose: Joy (Barbican). Felix is an organiser for Trans Pride Liverpool, Transgender Day of Remembrance and is the Trans Rep for Socialist LGBT+ Network.
Soulla Tantouri Eriksen
Soulla is a busy (knackered!) mum. Also a writer for radio, film and television - having left her day job as a secondary school teacher of English to pursue her dream of writing for the screen. She is currently developing two original projects for TV.
PJ Smith
PJ (aka Roy) is a storyteller. For stage, page and screen. No matter how hard he tries, he seems to always end up writing about insecure men responding to imaginary threats. The characters in his stories are in no way, shape or form based on himself. Definitely not. PJ is not a poet.
Isobel Campbell
Izzy is an actor, singer and aspiring writer from Liverpool. She trained in theatre at Salford Uni and has contributed creatively to various Liverpool & Manchester based theatre including LIPA, Contact & Unity. Izzy made her screen debut with 20 Stories High in their short film series Touchy (2021). More recently Izzy is pursuing her love of writing and her first play
You Are My Sunshine has been selected to be a part of Unity Theatre’s Up Next 2023 Spring programme. Izzy is inspired to make theatre for positive change, creating work that platforms those who are underrepresented and giving other artists opportunities to collaborate.
Terri White
Terri is a journalist, author and screenwriter based in the northwest. Her book, Coming Undone: A Memoir was published by Canongate in 2020 and she is developing it for the screen – as writer and Exec Producer with Netflix and Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, I Hate Suzie). Terri is a columnist for The Sunday Times and her journalism (for the likes of New Statesman, The Observer, British Vogue,
The Guardian, ELLE UK and The Big Issue ) is focused at the intersection of life-writing and culture, class, VAWG and society. She most recently made the BBC radio documentary and podcast series, Terri White: Finding Britain's Ghost Children. Terri worked in publishing for two decades, editing magazines including EMPIRE and Time Out New York. She was a three-times Editor of the Year (British Society of Magazine Editors); one of the 150 Female Leaders redefining the creative industries; and a Folio Top Woman in US Media. She received the BSME’s lifetime achievement award, the Mark Boxer, in 2022 and was made a Fellow of the RSA in recognition of her work in journalism. Terri was recently named the incoming Chair of the Gordon Burn Prize and is currently working on a short film, her second non-fiction book and first novel.
Actors 2023
Casting calls to be announced shortly!
Plays 2023
Details coming soon!
Producer & Director
Soulla Tantouri Eriksen
Soulla's vision for Finger Food Shorts began with a desire to connect local artists, explore unheard voices and showcase working class stories brought to life on stage by fabulous local talent. This year she will be joined by an assistant director who will take responsibility for directing at least two of the six monologues. Details to TBC shortly.
Soulla would like to thank The Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse for their incredible and continued support. This would not have been possible without them.