Lauren Coates is a stand up comedian and comic actor. She studied Media Production and graduated in 2008 with a first class degree specialising in script and screen writing. Since then Lauren’s enthusiasm and excitement for comedy writing and performance has seen her through to the semi finals of the ‘Funny Woman Awards’ and the ‘Golden Jester Awards’ performing stand up comedy.

One of Lauren’s favourite on screen comedy acting roles was playing ‘Shaz’ in the award winning web series ‘Quirkology’.

Last year Lauren took her first comedy show, which she co-wrote and performed alongside Cooper at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival which they are returning again this year.

Lauren Cooper is a performer, clown, writer and theatre maker. Lauren trained at Rose Bruford College and the Estonian school of music and Theatre gaining a 2:1 degree in European Theatre Arts. She has performed and produced shows in various venues around the UK such as Edinburgh fringe festival at Space venue and Summer Hall.

She has also had experience as a Screen actor in the award winning web series Quirkology. Lauren is interested in immersive and interactive performance. Clowning, sketch and dark/ physical comedy.

Daniel Coates – Technical Director

Back in 2014, Daniel decided to take his filmmaking hobby andturn it into a career. Since then, he has created and worked on many short films and ambitious community projects including several with BAFTA nominated writer and director John Hales.

Recently, Daniel has branched out into producing tech for live shows, infusing his filmmaking with the live performances of ‘Coates & Copper’ during their run at the theEdinburgh Fringe festival last year.