Chrys Salt

Chrys trained at the Birmingham Theatre School and The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and developed her skills through the repertory system. Periods in The Archers and many radio performances and TV series followed, along with continuing stage performances, touring and work in the West End. Chrys Salt writes poetry, plays, books, features and directs in the theatre. She has written and edited many books and magazines and held residencies and performed her work in the UK, American, France, Canada, Germany and Finland. Work has been broadcast on both Radio 3 and 4, read by Chrys and by others, and has appeared in many anthologies, magazines and journals. Chrys is a trained performer and worked as an actress for many years before focussing on directing and writing. She is Artistic Director of the Bakehouse, a flourishing arts venue in South West Scotland and runs performance and skills development workshops for professional actors at the London Actors Centre, and in writing and performance countrywide.