An award winning emergent playwright and performance poet, Karis strives to shine a light on the most crucial and pertinent social issues of our time. Theatre and spoken word are the medium through which she aims to give voices to those who might otherwise be silenced, specifically those existing on the margins of society.

She vehemently believes in theatre as a vehicle for social change. Core to her practice is the belief that theatre can change hearts and open minds by offering new perspectives and provocations to it’s audience.

Formally, her work tends to be multi disciplinary. She is passionate about creating theatre that pushes boundaries and blends the diametric styles of physical theatre and written word, whilst exploring cross art form collaborations.

Her playwriting credits include:

Finelines (Hampstead Theatre Startnight, 2010), The Phantom (Rapid Write Response, Theatre 503, 2010), Terror Tales (Drywrite @ Hampstead Theatre, 2010), Do Us Part (For the Heat and Light Company @ the Hampstead, 2010), Rule Brutannia (Nabokov, Present Tense @ The Southwark Playhouse 2010), The Woman who Stops and Talks to Prostitutes (PLAYList @ Theatre503, 2011) and The Killing Moon (Labfest, Theatre503 2011), Bizarre Bazaar (Brunch Plays – Hightide Festival, 2012), HELP ( REDfest – The Old Red Lion, 2013), Times Up! (Bush Theatre Beano, 2013), Little Stitches (BAREtruth Theatre – The Arcola, The Gate, Theatre 503) 2014, MEGALOPOLITAN (VAULT Festival, 2015).

From 2014 – 2015 Karis was the Literary Associate at new writing powerhouse, Theatre503.