About Dolls in Amber
We're a production company founded by a couple of geeky women, excited by the challenge of making sci-fi theatre on a dime. Our mission is to put non straight-white-male narratives front and centre in genres where we're usually relegated to eye-candy or canon fodder, and tell audacious stories that audiences wouldn't expect to see onstage without a tonne of CGI. We stage the 'unstageable' (a genuine note we got on our 5★ debut Villain, Interrupted)
Alternative names included Screaming Harpies and the Anti-rich-straight-men Brigade but we were advised these might be too "caustic" - thus,
Dolls in Amber was born!
Micha is a working class, multi Offie nominated director and dramaturg represented by The Soho Agency. She has worked across screen and stage, including: I,DIDO for St George’s Bloomsbury, since adapted into a short film winning 24 awards internationally; Disney’s immersive THE NUTCRACKER, and two site specific pieces for James Patterson/Penguin - a courtroom drama (in collaboration with James Patterson) and a 12 hour immersive prison experience. She created the NHS commissioned MILIFE program for mental health in schools, since developed into a cartoon starring Jo Brand and Doc Brown. Her fringe shows have been nominated for Off West End awards four times and she has also directed a number of national tours. She was Assistant Director for PUBLIC DOMAIN at the Vaudeville theatre, and directed the Christmas Season of NEWSREVUE 22/23 (world’s longest running sketch show). Her cyber punk piece LETHE previewed at The Pleasance and played at The Kings Head Theatre to 4/5 star reviews and a Standing Ovation Award. She was shortlisted for the Vault 5 and is currently working on radical queer feminist wrestling show SASQUATCH which will commence a national tour early next year.
Micha specialises in edgy, cerebral theatre with an original twist. She has a natural affinity for pushing boundaries, both in theatre and in life, and won an extreme ironing competition when she was 11. Yes, that is as badass as it sounds.
Co-Founder/ Director
MICHA MIRTO
KT ROBERTS
Co-Founder/ Writer
KT is a screen and stage writer obsessed with sci-fi & fantasy, who explores LGBT+ and gender themes in her work. She’s represented by Jethro Thompson at Curtis Brown, and has an improbable Neuroscience degree from Cambridge.
For TV, KT recently helmed a writers room for her YA fairytale murder-mystery project with Windlight Pictures and ZDF, and also finished a six week room on YOUNG SHERLOCK for Motive/Amazon, with Guy Ritchie directing. Her legal dramedy has been picked up by Double Dutch and she’s adapting one of Joann Sfar’s graphic novels for Magical Society. With writing partner and wife, Francesca Forristal, she has a queer YA dystopian series in development with Seesaw, a gothic romance with Legendary TV and Erebus, and a female-led Western with Open Book and Dancing Fox, with Eva Green starring. KT’s a member of BAFTA Connect, and was selected for the WFTV Mentorship scheme ‘22, EIFF Talent Lab ‘22, and Fright-Fest New Blood Scheme ‘21.
For stage, KT wrote VILLAIN, INTERRUPTED and BEARD, which was selected for the Bush Open Submissions Scheme and had an R&D supported by The Arcola and Redbridge Drama Centre. It is now looking for its next home...
