Chris Colston, Author at Firetrap creative

Standing in the Shadows of Giants

Little Episodes Productions presents a powerful true story where a woman looks back on her youth as a struggling actress in early ‘00s London. This is a comic retelling of minimum wage jobs and auditions for laxative adverts. Unprepared for the sudden success of her younger brother Carl Barât (traditionally the weed-smoking black sheep of the family), she’s forced to face her own failures. Dodging exes, a lecherous producer and a rehab admission, she finally arrives at the realisation she’s gay.

Playing at Dublin’s iconic Outhouse Theatre from 8th May 2023 until 13 May 2023.

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Rebecca Johnson -

Artistic Director

Represented by: Sean Gascoine at United Agents

“The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.”
-Billy Wilder

Rebecca began making films at art school and then spent over a decade community filmmaking in Brixton, South London, using theatre workshops to create and devise stories with people of all ages.
After huge festival success with her multi-award-winning short TOP GIRL, Rebecca’s feature debut HONEYTRAP premiered at the London Film Festival in 2014, where she was nominated as Best British Newcomer, and had its US premiere at SXSW in 2015. It was released to widespread critical acclaim, including four-star reviews in The Guardian and Total Film and securing UK distribution with Anchor Bay and US distribution with Ava DuVernay’s Array. It remains on NETFLIX in the US and on AMAZON PRIME in the UK and has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rebecca’s TV credits span the US and UK and a broad range of genres. They include THE FLASH and SUPERGIRL for BERLANTI/WARNER BROS, THE MAGICIANS for SYFY, MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM for FREEFORM/DISNEY, IMPULSE for HYPNOTIC/YOUTUBE, RED AND THE ROOK for STARZ and CALL THE MIDWIFE and THE PACT for the BBC.
Rebecca continues to develop her own feature projects and TV shows, as both writer and director. In addition to the Firetrap slate, she is attached to direct six-part WW2 epic MONICA, with SPROUT PRODUCTIONS/ECCHO RIGHTS, with CONNIE NIELSON attached as star and Exec Producer, and the action movie CRASHER with MEYERES MEDIA GROUP/LIONSGATE.
Rebecca was a named one of Hollywood’s top 30 rising female directors on the Alice Initiative list

Lucie Barât-

Artistic Director

Represented by: Rob Kraitt at Casarotto Ramsay

“Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.”
-Patti Smith

As a professional actress, Lucie appeared in numerous theatre productions also
performing on screen TROY/ WARNER BROS. She was co-founder of TENTH PLANET PRODUCTIONS, a theatre and film production company, securing patronage from DAME JUDI DENCH.
In 2009, Lucie founded the award-winning independent press and production company, LITTLE EPISODES, under the mentorship of LITTLE BROWN BOOK GROUP. Together, they published five anthologies and staged numerous plays and events, including contributions and
performances from such established artists as; ADAM ANT, JEN BRISTER, SADIE FROST and MELVIN BURGESS, all for various charitable causes.
Aside from her work published with LITTLE EPISODES, Lucie’s short stories and poetry have also been published in anthologies by the VAGABONDAGE PRESS and various literary magazines. She is also a skilled screenwriter with a unique voice represented by CASAROTTO RAMSEY (HEARTLESS - BFI/BETA/RUBY ROCK, SPOTLESS - CANAL PLUS, ALL THE REBELS - FREEDOM SCRIPTED).
Having always been in bands, Lucie also struck out as a solo recording artist. Uniting her talent for spoken word with her music experience has seen her labelled a ‘punk poet’. Supported by the likes of CLASH, Q MAGAZINE and BBC RADIO 1, Lucie has garnered an impressive list of fans.

‘... Blending the spoken word style of Kae Tempest with a dance influenced live band is a stroke of genius... For a debut, this is stunningly fresh.’ -NME

‘Lyrically dexterous & musically playful, balancing huge potential with her current momentum’ -CLASH MAGAZINE

‘Lucie is the poetic badass singer, songwriter and musical activist that the world needs right now. As alternative pop’s poetic duchess, Lucie’s live presence is engaging, enthralling and delivered with massive panache’ -DIVA

Chris Colston-

Technical Director

“Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.”
-Henri Matisse

Chris has a passion for creative and emerging technologies, constantly seeking out new and innovative ways to solve problems and push the boundaries of what's possible. With years of experience in art and design production, (CHANNEL 4, BBC, DAMIEN HIRST etc.) Software development, Project management, and technical consulting, Chris brings his unique perspective to Firetrap. After meeting Lucie Barât in 2009, they worked together on LITTLE EPISODES, a non-profit aimed at using the arts to tackle stigma surrounding mental health and creativity.
Committed to staying on the cutting edge of technology he loves nothing more than diving into the latest trends and experimenting with new tools and platforms. His aim is to bring this ethos to Firetrap, helping to craft new stories that ignite, and resonate.

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