Jen Carss © Emily Goldie
Kindertheatermacherin, Queer Artist
Children’s theatre maker, actor – Leeds, England
Participant International Forum 2020/2021/2022
Jen Carss is an actor born in Northumberland, England. After training at drama school in Manchester, her passion for storytelling accidentally steered her toward children’s theatre; co-collaborating from 2015–2019 with various actor-musicians to establish Leeds based company Curly Tales. The collective subverted traditional tales into more open and playful narratives with live original music, puppetry and song for 3–8 year olds.
Her exploration of identity was of great importance in her initial artistic practice. She developed a comedy Drag King character, collaborated with Curious Arts to develop “Spectacular Drag Story Time” and also hosted Queerious Podcast. The work was incredibly rewarding and since disbanding in 2019 she is finding her feet as an individual artist.