Backbone TFC is the award-winning production company currently working with comedian and writer Kate-Lois Elliott. Telling stories is hungry work, and we would love it if you'd be willing to buy us a pizza, so we can keep working...
About the company:
Backbone is a female-led company formed in September 2012. We are a diverse group of theatre and filmmakers who all believe that storytelling can change the world.
Backbone produce our own short films, theatre productions and standup comedy shows. Below The Hills was screened at several festivals in the UK, Europe and US and won Best Experimental at the Lisbon New Cinema Festival 2020. Our first show, The Bistro, was a site-specific piece first shown at the Bush Theatre in November 2012 and at The Roundhouse in May 2013.
We have produced monthly events at Theatre Deli, providing writers with the opportunity to workshop their scripts – at any stage of development – with a group of dedicated actors. We provide that extra push that creatives often need to get their work off the ground: a safe space, with actors and industry professionals, where we can workshop and showcase ideas, with the nights tailored to the needs of the writer and their process. Many of the scripts we develop go on to take shape as full productions, either with Backbone Theatre and Film or independently.
About the writer:
Kate-Lois Elliott is a comedian, actor and writer based in the UK. She tells stories that are self-deprecating and (according to a drunk man at the Fringe) unexpectedly profound. She also makes (same guy) 'really weird' sketches.
**** ‘Funny, clever and sharply observed. With more substance than many comedy shows, Kate is one to watch.' - Voice Magazine
**** ‘A genius approach to breaking down what self-reflection truly means. Brilliant talent for normalising the absurd.’ - Entertainment Focus
**** ‘Thought-provoking & funny… clever, witty & unique’ - Heart London
"With household names like Nina Conti performing in the city all month alongside upcoming young talent like Kate-Lois Elliott, there has been no shortage of belly laughs in Edinburgh this August." Edinburgh News
THE TIMES BEST JOKES OF THE FRINGE 2024
SOLD OUT at Gilded Balloon Ed Fringe 2024
British Writers' Guild Nominee 2022
British Comedy Guide Finalist 2022
EDINBURGH NEWS BEST JOKES OF THE FRINGE 2024
Keep It Fringe Award Winner 2024
Brighton Fringe Bursary Award Winner 2022
Funny Women Content Creator Nominee 2021
Kate has appeared on the BBC, Netflix (as a dead body) and in the West End, and is also one half of Diversify Podcast, whose guests have included Ria Lina, Kai Samra, Maisie Adam and Tez Ilyas.
Her first novel was nominated for Penguin's Merky Books New Writer's Prize 2021.
www.instagram.com/kateloiselliott/
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