About me
Beverly Andrews is an African American playwright, director, documentary filmmaker and performer living and working in the United Kingdom. She is the 2022 artist resident for Britten Pears through the European wide ENOA, which seeks to create new ideas for international opera. She is a recipient of the 2017 Roland Rees Award Bursary and shortlisted twice for by the Alfred Fagon award. Writer and producer of film/theatre hybrid Sophia, the film was shot during the UK’s lockdown and was screened commercially at London’s Lexi cinema and by the cultural wing of India’s High Commission at their Nehru Centre. The play version of Sophia was produced in Bhutan, by the Royal Thimpu College. An audio recording of Sophia is available on Spotify as part of the Forgotten Women podcasts. Beverly’s musical The Coloured Valentino which looks at the African American silent screen industry received an Arts Council of England research and development grant and was showcased in 2022 at the Arcola Theate. Her play about Afghanistan called Annawon’s Song, made the shortlist of the Sundance Institute’s theatre lab and premiered at London’s 2019 Vault festival. Her play Love Bites was in New York’s Dream Up festival. Beverly is the director of the documentary “I am Going to Make a Miracle” has won three international awards and was bought by Sky Arts in New Zealand. Beverly is also alumni of two Sundance Institute’s collab film directing courses. Beverly’s work draws on her multifaceted background.