Natasha Higdon
Natasha Higdon was born in Ipswich in 1986, where she first developed her passion for theatre from a young age. Moving to Oxford, she began her degree in Psychology with Performing Arts in the Community - developing her passion for community theatre and site specific programmes. Her degree began the roots and foundation for her evolving practice - to study the lives and artistry of the practitioners she admires and experiments with in her own visceral movement based practice, a physical language on stage. Natasha is the founder and artistic director for ‘The Writer’s Mark’, a company that celebrates the life and works of surrealist writers from our past through art and live theatre. She has directed and produced the following projects in both Brighton and London: The Franz Kafka Series (Fabrica 2024), The Antonin Artaud Series (Camden Proposition Studios/Brighton 2024) and most recently The Leonora Carrington Series (Brighton Fringe Festival 2025). Natasha is a Director, Lecturer, Theatre Reviewer and Practitioner in Performing Arts. Her more recent work – Salome by Oscar Wilde was directed at The New Venture theatre, described as a ‘Must See Show’ – praised for blurring lines between theatre and experience, ‘Higdon tackles this play’s sacramental language head-on, with Brook-like ‘holy theatre.’ Natasha specialises in physical theatre, berkoffian theatre and theatre of the absurd. Her approach is experimental, focusing on music and movement to communicate her narrative. Natasha has published materials on: Antonin Artaud and Steven Berkoff, writing for ‘We Teach Drama.’ She has also worked for ‘Go live Theatre’ as a writer and is presently a reviewer for Fringe Review where she specialises in reviewing physicalised works. Instagram: @beatsofthelaine I @thewritersmark
Recent reviews:
Review: Heading Into Night – a clown ode…(forgetting)
Searching through fragments in a mind that is evaporating - one laugh at a time! Unforgettable!
Review: For Steve and Furtherfield – A Dance Showcase
The resplendent coil of the human condition - fragile, simple, beautiful...
Review: The Rubbish Puppets!
Trash Transformed! Getting out of bed can be uneventful but not for this teenager - prepare to see trash become treasure...Introducing 'The Rubbish Puppets.'
Review: ARI: The Spirit of Korea
Unforgettable - infectiously exceptional - The glorious family story of father and daughter, Shin ki-mok and Ari.
