About
Crossline Theatre
We tell women's stories inspired by our ancestry, our bodies, and our social experiences.
We hope our work inspires discussion, education, and action.
Crossline was created by Kara Chamberlain and Natalia Knowlton as a platform for them to make theatre and tell female-led stories. Kara and Natalia began working together in 2013 after graduating from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Their first production, IMPURITIES, premiered at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival 2013, with the support of a grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Now based in London, UK, they continue to work together in collaboration with other artists to create bold new work about issues close to their hearts. Their first UK production, CREAM PIE, toured to The Warren (Brighton Fringe), Camden People's Theatre (London), Theatre N16 (London), The Bike Shed Theatre (Exeter) and The Acorn (Penzance) in 2015-2016.
Their second UK production,​ FRIDAY NIGHT LOVE POEM, tackled virginity, sexual education, and coming-of-age as a young woman in a social media and tech-fuelled world. It first premiered at the The Warren (Brighton Fringe) and Camden People's Theatre (Calm Down, Dear Feminist Festival) in in 2019, with the support of a grant from the Arts Council of England.​ A new version of FNLP streamed in August 2021 on Zoo TV (Zoo Venues, Edinburgh Fringe) and in January 2022 on The Space (London, UK).
Our Team
Small but mighty
We are a small team, but with skills ranging from performing, producing, marketing, finance, and production management we are the full package.
Kara Chamberlain
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Co-Artistic Director,
Finance & Production
Kara Chamberlain is a multidisciplinary artist from Canada, now based in London. She graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2015 with an MA in Acting.
As an emerging actress, her most notable work includes performances in ‘Cream Pie’ and ‘Friday Night Love Poem’, and her acting work in an upcoming series for the History Channel.
As a writer her work is wholehearted and deeply human with a quirky sense of humour. Currently she is inspired to explore her own lived experiences and what it means to belong.
Natalia Knowlton
Co-Artistic Director,
Marketing & Outreach
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Natalia is a Chilean-Canadian playwright, theatre maker and arts marketer based in London. In her writing she's explored female sexuality, Latinx/mixed-heritage identity and migrant trauma/nostalgia using non-traditional form and experimental dramaturgical structures.
Natalia has an MFA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and a BA (Hons) in Drama from the University of Alberta. She's also an alumna of Oxford Playhouse's Writers’ Attachment Scheme and HighTide Theatre's School of HighTide.