Meet The Artist - Lauren Yvonne Townsend
About Lauren Yvonne Townsend
Lauren Yvonne Townsend is a Yorkshire-based freelance creative producer working in theatre, live events, short film and community arts.
After producing for a number of artists and organisations over the last 8 years, Lauren is now ready to tell her own stories and focus on developing her own creative vision as a writer, producer and director of short film and theatre projects with collaborators across the North.
She has worked with organisations such as Leeds 2023, Stage One, BFI Film Hub North, Sheffield Theatres, Cast, Chol Theatre, ThickSkin Theatre, Stage Sight, The Children’s Art School, and is a regular guest speaker at The Arts University Bournemouth.
Twitter: @ItsLaurenYvonne
Web: itslaurenyvonne.com
About Lauren Yvonne Townsend's Work
As part of Developed With Lowry, Lauren will be developing her first self-created piece Obsessed.
About OBSESSED
“7 isn’t just a lucky number. It’s a pure number.
Doing my compulsions in 7s makes me feel safe.
7 is celestial: the 7 wonders, the 7 heavens, I was even born on July 7th… but most importantly there are 7 members in BTS, which just proves 7 is universally perfect."
Obsessed is an exploration of mental health, fandom and millennial burnout in a post-COVID world.
Based on lived experiences, Obsessed aims to shed light on the intricacies and day-to-day impacts of OCD in young women against the backdrop of female fandom with a soundtrack including Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion, BTS, and Britney Spears.
Obsessed is the debut play by Lauren Yvonne who’s earliest memory of living with OCD was at 6 years old. Lauren is a theatre and events producer and Developed With marks a step-change in practice to creating and writing new works and laying the foundations for a studio-model production company where original work is created, ideas are formed and new collaborations are born.
R&D Facilitator Rachel Abbey
Seed funder Stage One
“I am thrilled to be joining the cohort of Developed With The Lowry 2022-24; as a producer I am used to helping other artists develop their work, so to have the opportunity to focus on my own creative vision and develop the stories close to my own heart, based on my own experiences, is incredibly exciting. This is a real opportunity to make a shift in my usual projects and to work on myself as an artist and creator – I’m really grateful to The Lowry’s Artist Development team for giving me the time, space and opportunity to thrive.” – Lauren Yvonne Townsend