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Dora Colquhoun

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Dora Colquhoun is a neurodivergent theatre maker and performer based in Liverpool. Dora has a wealth of varied experience as a theatre maker and entertainer she graduated from Dartington College of Arts in 2011 with a first class BA Hons in Contemporary Performance Art Combining Community Practices. She also has a Masters in Applied Theatre at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2019) She is an incredibly versatile performer who is interested in making bold funny brave work. Dora is a storyteller at heart and uses many artistic forms to create performance that moves people to tears whilst also keeping them in fits of laughter.

Dora Colquhoun CPT shows

Dora Colquhoun presents

ADHD the Musical

Tue 17 - Sat 28 Oct at 9pm

A wonderful mix of facts, storytelling and cracking original show tunes. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn and you won’t be afraid to fail baby!

Comedy

Feminist

Music/Musical

Dora Colquhoun presents

The Lodger

Tue 24 - Wed 25 Sep at 9pm

4 humans and 1 hoofed mammal, all on a mission to find home. This hilarious and sometimes tragic tale follows a lodger's journey as she encounters a menagerie of characters.

Comedy

Music/Musical

Solo Performance

Blog Posts by Dora Colquhoun

Dora is sitting on a yellow toy chest on stage. She is wearing a matching yellow unitard with yellow braces and attached skirt over the top. She has black on black socks with blue patches on the toes and heels. Her hair is in two plaits and she is wearing

Posted: 03-10-2023 Tag: artist blogs

How to make a theatre show: beg, borrow, steal!

"As a queer Neurodivergent, working class artist I felt there was room for me as currently working class people make up roughly 8% of the creative industry and this needs to change!"

Dora Colquhoun, creator of ADHD The Musical, shares her advice on how to get a show off the ground when you have a vision but no idea how the hell you're going to pay for it.

"The seed commission has made me feel supported, not just as an artist but also a woman of colour whose story needs to be heard."

CPT Commissioned Artist

Camden People's Theatre
58-60 Hampstead Road
London, NW1 2PY