HELEN BELAY & EMMA HOUGHTON

 
 

BIOGRAPHIES

Helen Belay (she/her) is an actor and storyteller that has been playing with words and obsessed with all things beautiful since she was a wee babe in Bedford, England. Graduate of the University of Alberta's BFA Acting program, recent credits include: The Blue Hour (SkirtsAFire Festival), her Sterling nominated turn in The Society of the Destitute Presents Titus Bouffonius (TheatreNetwork), Cinderella (Globe Theatre), Vidalia (Teatro La Quindicina), Concord Floral (Edmonton Fringe), Middletown, All For Love, Lenin’s Embalmers (Studio Theatre). Part of the Ethiopian diaspora, she strongly believes in the power of storytelling, and is so excited to be part of the Punctuate Partisans, and collaborate with Emma Fowler-Houghton!

 

Emma Fowler Houghton is an actor, emerging theatre director, playwright, and story creator. Select acting credits include Actually, The Virgin Trial(Betty Award Nomination), The Last Wife (Alberta Theatre Projects); A Christmas Carol '19 (Theatre Calgary); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Citadel). She has also assistant directed for Alberta Theatre Projects('19) and Shadow Theatre(18', 19'). She is an Artistic Associate with Punctuate Theatre, who have been empowering her work on the adaptation of her one woman show, and is absolutely thrilled to take this next step and be one of their Partizans! You can find Emma at: emma-houghton.com or on instagram: @emmajeanrose

PLAY DEVELOPMENT

The Gatekeepers

Taking inspiration from the tenets of Commedia dell’arte and bouffon, The Gatekeepers is a darkly comical romp through a version of the world today. In the piece we follow three deranged deities (Health, Wealth, and Safety) who, tasked with maintaining balance in the world, receive some unexpected news. Summoned by THE SOURCE to assemble together for the first time since their creation, it’s a mystery as to why they have been called. Fearing for their skins, the deities chaotically try to defend their own actions through re-visiting their pasts, all while a flaming timer counts down to their much anticipated summit with THE SOURCE.