Tom Proffitt

The student-led theatre production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, written by Martin McDonagh, was phenomenal. The performance presented the disturbing and psychologically baffling relationship between the manipulative 70-year-old Mag (Emma Pallett) and her mentally unstable daughter Maureen (Esther Townsend). The set (designed by Tom Proffitt) remains consistent throughout...

  Impact Arts’ Tom Proffitt spoke to three more of the cast of Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Blue Stockings to find out the behind the scenes gossip. Can you describe which character in Blue Stockings you play and how they are/like differ from your own character and your own university experience?...

Impact Arts interviews Kate O’Gorman, Emma Pallett and Louise Harris, all starring in Lakeside Arts and Nottingham New Theatre’s collaborative production Blue Stockings. Can you describe which character in Blue Stockings you play and how they are like/differ from your own character and your own university experience? Kate: I play Tess...

Impact Arts spoke to director Martin Berry of the Lakeside and New Theatre’s new collaboration, Blue Stockings. Summarise briefly what Blue Stockings is about. Blue Stockings is a story set in 1896, at Cambridge University, at a time where men would graduate as we know today; and the few women...

Guiding the audience throughout the protagonist’s struggles in the process of creating a film, Tom Proffitt’s The Greatest Thing You’ve Ever Seen is a hopeful portrayal of how personal and physical obstacles can be overcome with conviction, perseverance, and a little help from your friends. The play opens with...

This week, Impact Arts spoke to Tom Proffitt, the director of the Nottingham New Theatre’s next production, David Hare’s Skylight, to chat about the pressure of putting on such a beloved play, class differences and complex characters. Can you describe what the play is about? Skylight follows the story of...

Dark Room is a devilishly complex, thrilling piece of theatre that captures the audience’s attention and does not let it go. The piece, written and directed by Tom Proffitt, is a stunning piece of work. In the span of an hour, we are taken on a rollercoaster ride with...