said&done was established in 2012 by Gillian Lemon and Samantha Meisner.

 

We are dedicated to telling extraordinary stories and producing material rarely performed in the North West of England and touring that work internationally. As a company, we are also committed to providing employment and mentoring for young graduates alongside experienced theatre professionals.

 

Our aims are to:

• create powerful theatre that explores challenging themes through the medium of contemporary heightened text;

• to provide sustainable employment for both established and emerging artists including actors, designers, technicians and producers;

• to develop new audiences within the North West

• to develop relationships with similar international companies

 

In June 2012, said&done produced its premier production, bash: latterday plays by Neil LaBute, at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool to a very encouraging response. By marrying minimal design with a similarly minimalistic approach to storytelling we took our first step in establishing our company as one that delivers extraordinary stories that “pull you in and keep you in a state of quiet contemplation long after you’ve made your way home.” (The Public Reviews)

 

The company built upon this success with a production of When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell in 2013.

 

In 2014, said&done co-produced Clybourne Park with Unity Theatre, our most ambitious project to date. Garnering critical acclaim, the company plan to build upon this accomplishment by expanding our audience and exploring the potential for international touring. 

 

Artistic Associate, Judith McSpadden, joined the company in Autumn 2014.

 

said&done are supported by Unity Theatre, LIPA and Arts Council England.

Gillian Lemon 

Gillian Lemon trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts as a director and has worked extensively in the UK as a director and acting teacher at a number of leading Drama Schools. Directing credits include A Streetcar Named Desire; Angels in America, Part 1: Milennium Approaches ; Uncle Vanya and After Mrs Rochester for LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, UK), Speaking in Tongues for Birmingham School of Acting, Hedwig and the Angry Inch for Lodestar Theatre Company and Far Away for Wangled Teb. Her production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch won a Liverpool Daily Post Award. She was the Assistant Director on the Olivier Award winning production of Heroes for Ambassador's Theatre Group and the Assistant Producer for the National Student Theatre Company at the Edinburgh Fringe for a number of years. Gillian is a founder and the Artistic Director of said&done.

 

Samantha Meisner

Australian actor, Samantha Meisner graduated from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in 2011. In training, she performed in numerous productions including Loyal Women,The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Sweeney Todd and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Since graduating, she has performed in Dirt [contained]’s production of new play, The Last Eden, several short films including Khalil the Great and Cut, The Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse's Everyword Festival and said&done’s debut production of bash: latterday plays and subsequent productions of When the Rain Stops Falling and Clybourne Park. Samantha is a founder and Artistic Associate of said&done.

 

Judith McSpadden

Judith is an actor and voice, speech and accent coach. She trained at Webber Douglas Academy and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Theatre credits include: Dreams From a Summer House (Stephen Joseph Theatre In the Round), Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays (The Royal National Theatre), Joyriders, Rough, Playboy of the Western World, Peter Pan (Birmingham Rep), Abigail's Party, Rape of the Fair Country, The Journey of Mary Kelly, A Christmas Carol (Theatr Clwyd), As You Like It, Macbeth, The View Beyond (Shakespeare & Co.), Comedy of Errors (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company). Judith has coached professionally for theatre companies (Shakespeare & Co. Lenox, USA; Lyric Theatre, Belfast; The Shakespeare Theater Company, DC, USA)  and taught at various Drama Schools in the UK and US. She continues to work privately with actors and non-actors on accent reduction, accent acquisition, text, breath and healthy voice production. Judith joined said&done as an Artistic Associate in 2014.

 

 

Gillian Lemon

Artistic Director