https://www.mayawillcocks.com/about daily 1.0 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/4cae9993-1142-4ce5-8989-1dd277b96950/0283d671-42bd-412b-bfb6-ccc406ae6e26.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/e44370fc-19ae-4bd7-b2f4-871442218b5f/Screenshot+2025-08-08+at+13.12.59.png https://www.mayawillcocks.com/acting daily 0.75 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/be7e2680-2da4-406f-bdd0-c9cbf1521338/Screenshot+2025-08-08+at+13.15.13.png Acting - People Show 148: SNEEZE I appeared in and produced People Show’s short film SNEEZE. Shot on an iPhone on a limited budget, SNEEZE has appeared and won awards at multiple festivals, including BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT Independent Horror Movie Awards, BEST PERFORMANCES Feedback Under 5 Minute Film Festival, Toronto and BEST FANTASY FILM WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival, Toronto. It is now available to watch online! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/4cca6ffd-5807-4b90-a547-1e477cbfdbd3/Screenshot+2024-07-08+at+14.24.55.png Acting - People Show 145: The Diviners I appeared as a secret guest performer in People Show’s 145th production: The Diviners. An epic, bizarre and strangely moving exploration of AI and apocalypse” The Stage ★★★★ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/927aa4e9-4164-4ebc-90d6-a3f633c44286/Screenshot+2022-09-01+at+16.38.45.png Acting - Zip It I starred in the ★★★★★ play ZIP IT at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Leeds, where I was described as "hilarious and versatile" Ed Fringe Review. ZIP IT is an immersive play, that explores the lives of two young women and their experience of gender identity, sexual harassment and domestic violence. https://www.mayawillcocks.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-08-08 https://www.mayawillcocks.com/voiceover daily 0.75 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/5141bc46-70f6-4170-b713-39dcaa2a2a06/WhatsApp+Image+2025-07-07+at+2.31.27+PM.jpg Voiceover - National Gallery Audio Tour I recently provided voiceover for the National Gallery audio guide. Created for their 200th anniversary by Smartify, the guide is available to buy online and at the gallery. Go visit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/f118903f-ca6e-4581-828d-98ac72b12722/Screenshot+2022-09-01+at+16.45.06.png Voiceover - Bournbrook History Trail I provided voiceover for Windswept Workshops’ Bournbrook History Trail. You are able to hear the audio tour via QR codes placed around the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/99a8f73d-0295-4ee8-9d5a-fc2d375c07fc/Screenshot+2022-02-21+at+17.55.38.png Voiceover - Herstory of Birmingham Zine I provided the narration for the Herstory of Birmingham zine. Created by curators by the Beatfreek’s Don’t Settle project, it was made in collaboration with Roundhouse Birmingham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/cd3bde0e-3c5f-447a-bd3e-ff886b45c83d/Screenshot+2022-05-02+at+14.54.56.png Voiceover - Sample Magic I have provided vocals and voiceover for a number of Splice sample packs, including: 90's Deep House and Garage, Classic Detroit Techno and Classic Chicago House. https://www.mayawillcocks.com/production daily 0.75 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/fed774c3-81be-40d1-94c6-941a912c2b20/WhatsApp+Image+2025-08-08+at+12.41.41+PM+%282%29.jpeg Production - People Show Short Films I have recently produced 2 short films for People Show, SNEEZE and BENCH. Both were made on a small budget with an iPhone and limited equipment. They have been successful at film festivals including BEST FANTASY Wildsound Film Festival, Toronto (SNEEZE), BEST ROMANCE Assurdo Film Festival, Milan (BENCH) and BEST SHORT FILM New York Movie Awards (BENCH). SNEEZE is now available to watch and BENCH will be released soon. Pictured SNEEZE at Wildsound Film Festival, Toronto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/2c5ee809-08a5-4cc4-b6fb-a2ad35c8a547/Screenshot+2024-07-08+at+14.41.33.png Production - People Show I have been company producer at People Show for 7 years, working on shows, tours, community/student projects and film. Some highlights include the multi-award winning short film LAST DAY, PS145: The Diviners and PS142: WE ARE HERE (a collaboration with Bush Theatre’s Neighbourhood Community). People Show are the UK’s longest-running alternative theatre company, starting in 1966. Photo from 138: LAST DAY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/85178320-d181-4903-80dc-f589deedd4fe/Screenshot+2024-07-08+at+14.50.20.png Production - NYT Misogyny and Leadership R&D I co-led an R&D for the National Youth Theatre on the topic of misogyny and leadership. We ran a week of workshops with a group of actors and creatives who had experienced misogyny. This culminated in a sharing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/620b8b0d87e3f63b12d87f21/475a8df2-36de-40b4-a19d-a21cd29b6c2c/Screenshot+2024-07-08+at+15.01.48.png Production - Théâtre Volière I produced two ‘Marchland Seasons’ which included multidisciplinary events, i.e. theatre, music, poetry etc. from the borderlands of Europe. Marchland 2018 took place at The Bridewell Theatre and ‘The Marchland Arms’ in 2019 at Ye Olde Mitre.