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Industry Praise
“Dana who? I’m kidding, she genuinely cracks me up.”
– Jessica Gunning
(Baby Reindeer, The Christophers)
“Uniquely hilarious and deeply beautiful.”
– Martin Starr
(Silicon Valley, Freaks and Geeks)
“Do NOT miss her show. She is delightful(which is British for mind blowing).”
– Gina Murray
(What’s On Stage Awards, Call The Midwife, Baldur’s Gate)
“Devastatingly funny and wildly original — Gartland finds laughter in places most writers wouldn’t dare to look. “
– Carri Zoberbier
(Comedian and President of the PTO)
“Can’t believe she’s still going on about her dead dad. There’s funny, then there’s f*@king funny.”
- Jo Dockery
(Casualty, Happless)
“If you’ve got money to burn, this could be the show for you.” – Dana’s mum
MEET THE TEAM
DANA GARTLAND
Dana is a writer/comedian. She began her training at Dupont Dance Sage School and went on to Rose Bruford Drama school. As an actor her credits include, for Shakespeare’s Globe - The Comedy of Errors, The King James Bible, UK and European tours include Grease, A Slice of Saturday Night, Dennis The Menace, Spirit of the Dance, A Night with the Stars, Rabbit Punching, Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome. Off Broadway/Regional Theatre includes The 39 Steps, Amadeus, and The Liar. She was also a regular on the New York Stand up circuit. Film and TV include: Dean, Super Model, Dead Body, Lightwalkers and Contranatura. As a writer she works with studios, brands, and creative agencies providing strategic marketing and concepts for campaigns.
Writer/Performer
Rebecca reaney
Rebecca is a British/American director specialising in movement, embodiment, and intimacy. She graduated from Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in London with a Master’s in Movement Directing. Selected credits as intimacy coordinator include, Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages NYC and the 2026 UK tour, Legally Blonde UK Tour, 13 Going on 30 UK Production, Exorcistic: The Rock Musical at The Asylum NYC, Ghost: The Musical UK Tour, and Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical at The Other Palace and UK Tour. For film, Rebecca has worked as movement director on True Story: God Tells Bad Jokes (Best Narrative at the Pan African Film Festival), Don’t Touch My Hair (Life in Motion), Moved (screened at the LA Shorts International Film Festival and Phoenix Dance Film Festival), and Christina’s World (Cascadia Dance & Cinema Festival)
Director
Meg is a Texas-born, Los Angeles-based, award-winning (and losing) screenwriter and producer with nearly two decades in film and television production. A graduate of the American Film Institute’s MFA Screenwriting program, she is a recipient of both Screenwriting and Development awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and is a Humanitas New Voices Fellow currently mentored by writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich). Meg specializes in character driven, female-led stories that blend dark comedy with emotional depth, often exploring the messiness of coming of age whether at thirteen, thirty, or sixty-three. She lives with her two cats Harold (8) and Maude (8), and currently writes romantic microdramas (aka “verticals”) because who better to create compelling love stories than someone whose longest relationships involve cats? (see above)
ProducerMeg dudley
Peter Bramley is a theatre maker, director and dramaturg, and the Artistic Director of Pants on Fire Theatre. Trained at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, he has created and directed work internationally, with productions presented Off Broadway, Off West End and across Europe. His acclaimed staging of Ovid’s Metamorphoses received the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award before transferring to New York. Alongside his directing work, he collaborates with performers on the development of new writing and solo performance, often through intensive, process-led residencies at his studio in the south of France. A former Head of Movement at Rose Bruford College, he continues to teach and direct at leading institutions worldwide.
Creative ConsultantPeter bramley
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