PRICKLY PEAR PRODUCTIONS

about
CHANTELLE

Chantelle studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland following an MA in Musical Theatre after having read for a Masters in Creativity & Innovation and graduated from a BA in English & Theatre Studies at the University of Malta. Credits include the Duke in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Matchstick Theatre London), Agave in The Bacchae (The Bread and Roses Theatre London), Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Teatru Astra Gozo), Lucid by Twice Shy Theatre (Latitude Festival), A Tribute to Motherhood (President’s Palace Malta), Etelvina in Angeleta and Etelvina (Little Angel Theatre London), Love Me Tinder Cabaret and Darling Ghost (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and the Wife in Blood Wedding (Teatru Manoel Malta). 

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She is co-founder of Prickly Pear Productions based in London and Edinburgh, which has brought original productions to VAULT Festival, Camden Festival, Theatre Deli Sheffield and Teatru Manoel in Malta. In 2021 they will be taking Immigration Crisis: The Musical to Camden People’s Theatre, as well as Tifkiriet, and Nanna’s Bolognese to Notte Bianca, Malta.

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She also wrote and directed SH-ELF for Studio 18 as part of DriveThru Christmas 2020 and directed Simone Spiteri’s original play WIRES in May. She is currently working on the devised project Baħar for Migration Matters Festival 2021.