The mother of a girl born with IVF, Anna wrote ‘The Infertility Companion’, now in second edition, as a self-help manual for those undergoing or considering fertility treatment.
Anna Furse is an award-winning writer and theatre director of over 40 touring productions which have toured internationally in Europe, Asia and the USA. Her play ‘Augustine (Big Hysteria)’ (Harwood) has received productions in the UK, Denmark, The Czech Republic, Canada and the USA. Recent works include ‘Ultraviolet’ (DooCot), ‘Kaspar’ (Cankarjev Dom, Slovenia) and ‘Gorgeous’ (Theatre Centre). Her work focuses on, although not exclusively, issues of the body, and increasingly she is moving into working with performance and multi media. Her Artistic Directorships include ‘Bloodgroup’ and the new writing company ‘Paines Plough’. In 2002 she is launching her own production company Athletes of the Heart, to produce a major multi media performance work ‘Yerma’s Eggs’ with financial support from the Medicine in Society programme at the Wellcome Trust. This work is an exploration of the interface between reproductive technologies and private emotion.
Besides her writing and production work, Anna is a full-time lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London Drama Department.
There will be a webpage created for Athletes of the Heart in the near future.
