SHAMIRA TURNER

Shamira Turner is a theatre-maker based in London, working creatively with live music, gender, audio description, and community projects.

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​As a founding member of Little Bulb, Shamira has co-written and performed in numerous productions, including Wolf Witch Giant Fairy (Royal Ballet & Opera; Olivier Award winner for Best Family Show 2022), The Nutcracker (Polka Theatre and St. Martin’s Theatre; Olivier Award nominee for Best Family Show 2025), Orpheus (Salzburg Festival), Listen Dance (Shoreditch Town Hall), Mountain Music (rural tour), and award-winning Operation Greenfield (Soho Theatre) and Crocosmia (Battersea Arts Centre). 

She is co-director and producer of She Goat, making experimental autobiographical gig theatre: DoppelDänger (Battersea Arts Centre), The Undefinable (Camden People’s Theatre), A Very Serious Performance Lecture (Roundhouse) and Iron Fantasy (Soho Theatre; Neimënster, Luxembourg). 

Shamira works across a range of roles. She is the dramaturg on The Land We Shared (Théâtre des Capucins, Luxembourg). As co-director of Camden Youth Theatre (2024-25) she created a new production with teenagers, Pandora (New Diorama Theatre), and she was a director with Extant Pathways Writers Showcase (Brixton House). Shamira co-runs She Goat Theatre Club, a community drama group for older women in south London and directed their production The Questions (Longfield Hall). Community-focused project highlights include: as music director on Jasmine Johnson’s More Than Two (Barbican), and as deviser-performer on Brian Logan & Camden People’s Theatre's Human Jam working with an onstage community choir. Shamira was the producer on Wild Country by Edith Tankus and Annie Siddons, premiering at CPT with engagement activities centred on maternal mental health.

As an actor, credits include: Golem (1927; Young Vic and international tour), Please Right Back (1927; research and development), Bucket List (Theatre Ad Infinitum; Offies Best Ensemble winner 2018); Brighton Rock (York Theatre Royal), stark bollock naked (Assembly, Edinburgh Fringe 2023), Dead On Time (Private Drama Events), and CBeebies The Nutcracker (BBC).

Committed to creative access, Shamira has developed audio description for productions at London’s Royal Ballet & Opera, Camden People’s Theatre, and Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.

As a facilitator, Shamira is experienced and enthusiastic working with different groups from early years to elders, having led workshops at numerous schools and universities, Mental Fight Club, and SEN groups at Battersea Arts Centre and Chickenshed.

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She was part of Fuel's Creative Freelancers: Shaping London's Recovery six-month research project supported by LEAP (the London Economic Action Partnership) and the Mayor of London, leading to this report in 2022.

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Shamira makes music on accordion, autoharp, guitar, keytar, and sings. She is represented for acting by Mia Thomson Talent Management.