Scilla Fernandez
Scilla Fernandez is a founder member of the Bonnington Playwrights.
Her first full length play was "The Gift", based on the life of Joanna
Southcott. An extract from this was performed at the Cockpit Theatre.
Other plays include "Taking Orders", set in a pizza restaurant, and "Cindy",
a modern fairy tale which was performed as part of the Bonnington Garden
Festival.
Her short play "Breaking Glass" had a rehearsed reading at the Arcola
Theatre and was part of "3 by 3" directed by Karen Tomlin at the Hen
and Chickens in Islington. This was followed by a rehearsed reading of "Seachange" at
AWL in Hammersmith.
Her most recent work to be professionally performed is "What of the
Night" about GF Watts' first marriage to the young Ellen Terry. This
was part of the Bonnington Playwrights' collaborative work "The Quite
Peculiar and Irresistible Charm of Ellen Terry", jointly produced by
the National Trust and the Bonnington Playwrights in the Barn Theatre
at Smallhythe.
Scilla also works as a modern languages teacher and tour guide.
Email Scilla: scilla@bonningtonplaywrights.co.uk