Mermaid

Mermaid is a short comedy drama film script, currently in development. Written by and starring Louise Breckon – Richards, pre production and filming is hoping to start in summer 2025. It was a quarter finalist in the script to screen category for Kingston International film festival 2024.

Four O’clock flowers

Multi award winning film Four O’clock flowers, co- written by myself and Peter Callow and taken from my play is now streaming on Prime video UK and US Links below

Prime Video UK

Prime Video US

Winner Best Feature Sydney International Women’s Film Festival

Winner Best feature Worcester Film Festival

Best film about women Toronto International women’s FF, best composer

Best drama and best ensemble Worldwide Women’s FF

Winner best feature UK Film Festival

Best produced script LA Women’s indie film festival

Winner Best Feature Lavenham Film festival

Best screenplay Hastings rocks IFF. Best director and performance for both leads.

Best Actress Sophie Cartman British Urban film festival

Best feature Lavenham film festival

Nominations and selections

For best Feature Film British Urban Film Festival.

For best Feature Kingston International Film Festival

Finalist South London Film Festival

Finalist Wales International Film Festival

Finalist Stafford film festival

Finalist World London Film festival

Honourable mention Brighton Rocks Film festival

Selection Imagine this Women’s film festival, New York

Selection International New York Film festival

Follow it’s progress here: https://www.facebook.com/fouroclockflowers/

https://www.instagram.com/fouroclockflowersfilm/

Four O’clock flowers the play opened at The Space Theatre from 28th May till 1st June 2019  as part of the Foreword festival of new playwriting written by Louise Breckon – Richards.

http://www.londontheatrereviews.co.uk/post.cfm?p=1332&fbclid=IwAR02l16hB2scUMuCN9NYHqPQWsCUoIfiGOSPKVg9DYTOPSsMt-Ujly7_4Gs

https://theblogoftheatrethings.com/2019/05/31/review-four-oclock-flowers-at-the-space/

Interview Space arts centre 

https://www.thenewcurrent.co.uk/four-oclock-flowers

The Cloak of visibility

The cloak of visibility ran from June 1st – 5th 2021 at the Space Theatre. Produced by Marie – Elena Nash Productions, written by Louise Breckon – Richards, directed by Charissa Martinkauppi and performed by Sally Vanderpump. It was nominated for an Oncomm award (Off west end award for short runs online).

It is now being developed into a short film with https://georgiecowan-turner.co.uk/

Follow it’s progress here https://www.instagram.com/cloakofvisibilityfilm/?hl=en

‘Breckon-Richards’ writing is full of glorious humour’  Everything theatre

‘A witty and perceptive production’.   London Theatre 1.

 The Cloak of Visibility is as much social parable as it is monologue-driven theatre. It is full of wisdom, but never didactic. This piece of theatre presents an emotive and heartfelt journey into despair, whilst steering welcomingly clear of the ‘fallen woman’ genre.   Broadway Baby

‘This is a very powerful piece of drama about a difficult subject. It treats Amy’s mental instability and personal trauma with sensitivity and strength.’ Lou reviews Blog

The Cloak of Visibility is a wonderfully written piece of theatre, the subtleness of it all, the humour, the slow descent into mental health issues, all creep up rather unexpectedly.

Flyology

Flyology is a large cast play that was commissioned for Mountview Academy  in 2020.

The play explores the online world, and the struggles of finding your place in society from the perspective of a young female gamer. Lenna, 16 who feels trapped and isolated  crosses over and brings to life,  Victorian England meeting Ada Lovelace, who helped create the first ever computer programme.

It is written with lots of female parts.  The play can be done with 17 actors but can also be doubled up with 8 if desired.

In the Mouth of the River

My Short play In the Mouth of the River was performed over five nights as part of The Space’s Two fest programme that ran throughout February. It was directed Charlotte Marie Everest and performed by Caron Kehoe and Sarah Rickman. This is now undergoing further development and is a full length play. The full length version reached the top 20% Verity Bargate award and the top 10% BBC writers room.

In the Mouth of the River by Louise Breckon-Richards 
Opting out, shutting off and hiding away all seem increasingly sensible options in 2020. Why then, are the people who make these choices punished and often aggressively singled out?  

 

Trace.

Trace underwent a nine day research and development period supported by Arts Council England from May the 20th until the 1st of June 2019 at The Old Diorama. Trace explores universal themes of loss and the marks we make in life.

Played out through a fragmented narrative, Trace inter-links characters experiencing the loss or illness of someone close to them. It is about the marks we make in life and those we leave behind. David must cope with the inevitable loss of his father,  suffering from dementia.  A boy must learn to forgive his sick mother and find his way back to her with the help of a Dodo.  John snatches a moment with his daughter before he ‘leaves’ for the other side.

‘Back to the tower‘

 Bunker Theatre/ Wo lab shorts ‘Happy ever after’

As part of a night of short plays for Happy ever after eve ‘Back to the tower’ sees Rapunzel going back to the place that first imprisoned her to get a bit of respite form her daily life alongside other Disney Princess’ and what happened next. March 3rd The Bunker Theatre

FIRE BLIGHT

In July 2017, My play Fire blight (Longlisted for Theatre 503 playwriting award) was selected to be part of Arcola theatre’s PlayWrought#5 festival of rehearsed readings. It had a great response and is now hoping for production . It was directed by Alice Fitzgerald and the cast included Chante Faucher, Mckell David, Sara Pelosi and Andrew Neil.

‘If you don’t let anyone in then you will break, good and proper. No one likes seeing what’s there, inside. We’re pretty ugly fuckers, humans. But when times are like this, we have to look out for each other. We have to’

CAN YOU HEAR ME RUNNING?

In October 2016 I co – created, produced and starred in my one woman show Can you hear me running? written by Jo Harper,  which opened at the Pleasance Theatre London and ran for three weeks receiving 4 and 5 star reviews. This was generously funded by Arts Council England.

Can You Hear Me Running? is beautifully written by Harper and lovingly performed by Breckon Richards. She keeps it real throughout, she has an extraordinary capacity to draw the audience in and gets us to share the downs and the ups, the flat and the bumpy and, of course, the music and the silence of her highly personal experience. And having had to put her body, involuntarily, on the line, Loo bares her soul so that we can all take a little piece of it away with us and either count our blessings or be encouraged to stand up to our privations. Peter yates London Theatre 1.

You can read more about the project on our website below and how the show was created and follow us on facebook and twitter.

Can You Hear Me Running – Website 

Can You Hear Me Running – Facebook page

@canyouhearmerun :     twitter

The production was generously supported by Arts Council England.