Sophie Woolley Named Associate Artist at Zoo Co

Happy news for the end of 2025. I’m the new Associate Artist at Zoo Co. Here’s the full announcement from this brilliant theatre company.

“We’re excited to announce our Associate Artist for the year – Sophie Woolley!

We’ve worked with Sophie in the past in various capacities but we’re so pleased to have her with us through out the year putting her creativity and expertise into Zoo Co’s rooms and projects.

Simeon Campbell, Lee Simpson, Rebecca Saffir, Sophie Woolley at Zoo Co lab, 2024. Photo by Mika Rosenfield

Sophie said:

“It’s an exciting honor to be asked to contribute as an artist to Zoo Co and support their work as a dramaturg.

I’ve previously worked as a dramaturg on individual shows but this role is a first for me as it enables me to support a theatre company’s entire creative practice and strategy over the course of a year. 

It’s also a great opportunity to build up my producer/ development chops, my own projects and company (Augmented Productions).

Crucially for me as a Deaf theatre maker (and goer), the Zoo Co crew is as curious, dynamic and flexible with creative and integrated access as they are with storytelling. They investigate its potential with open hearts and minds, as well as skills they’ve learnt over years of collaborating with other Deaf and disabled people.””

I’m so glad to share this lovely news going in to 2026. Happy new year!

Interview about Bridgerton

It was a pleasure to be interviewed by Signature’s blog, about my acting and writing – and about working on Bridgerton Season 3. (Part I and II out now on Netflix!😁). Read all about it here.

Kitty and Sophie as the Stowells, mother and daughter in Bridgeton regency costume reading whistledown outdoors in London

Photos: Above, production still of the Stowells reading Whistedown. Below, behind the scene snaps with Kitty Devlin and myself, and Camilla Arnold (The Deaf Set Consultant).

Sophie and Kitty selfie and smile in full Bridgerton regency style costume and makeup
Camilla and Sophie selfie. Camilla is in modern clothes, Sophie in costume as Lady Stowell in a behind the scenes Bridgerton photo, wearing a protective hair net and black privacy cloak.

CITY OF WOMEN: My name on the London tube map

Renni Eddo-Lodge, Emma Watson and Rebecca Solnit led a project in which they replaced the name of every tube map in London with the name of a woman or collective. I’m proud and honoured to be Harlesden, which is where I grew up in London. You can view the interactive tube map here

Reading about all the brilliant women on the map is absolutely fascinating and inspiring.

There was lots of press when it launched (I am very late to update my blog on this!). Here is Renni Eddo Lodge in the Guardian.

A City of Women map of the London Underground with the names of stops replaced with women's names