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.
KT is currently lead writing premium grounded sci-fi TV series EYLAND for Anton (director BAFTA-winner Otto Bathurst) and has had a queer YA series picked up by See-Saw. She’s also working with Raindog, the BFI, Greenacre, Erebus Pictures, and SF Studios. Her debut feature, MERMAID X, received BFI early development funding. She’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.
As well as VILLAIN, INTERRUPTED, KT has also written BEARD, about a woman who agrees to be a famous, closeted gay actor’s fake girlfriend, which was selected by the KH Playmill Festival ‘21 and the Bush open submissions scheme. It’s now looking for a debut home :p
