NIA WILLIAMS
Welcome to my website!
I'm a freelance musician and writer based in Oxford, UK.
NEWS & REVIEWS 2025—2026
We've had such a great time performing my musical EVANGELINE on our summer mini-tour. We started with a sell-out short run at the Burton-Taylor Studio in Oxford; then it was on to Brighton's Lantern Theatre as part of the Brighton Fringe, where we were delighted to win a bronze award from Fringe Theatre Awards. 🏆 At the height of the heatwave we (and our audiences) really appreciated the air conditioning both at The Glitch in London and in the final venue, The Phoenix Theatre in beautiful Ross-on-Wye. Guy Brigg was wonderful as Evangeline and everyone else, and we had lovely reactions from reviewers and audiences (see the Three Chairs and a Hat page for some snippets). Watch this space for news of our 2027 productions!
Apart from bringing Evangeline's rollercoaster story to page and stage, recent highlights for my tiny theatre company THREE CHAIRS & A HAT include:
🎭 semi-final places for our animated musicals LADY M and PETER — Trouble, in the GLASGOW FILM AWARDS
🎭 a semi-final for PETER — Trouble, in the MELBOURNE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
🎭 another semi-final for PETER — Foundations, in the EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL
🎭 the release of a full-length, hour-long animation of PETER
All animations are available to watch on YouTube and Scenesaver)
New images for MRS PACK and EVANGELINE (above) by Hannah Veale Photography and Libby Holcroft of Designerating.
In Other News …
Aside from Three Chairs & A Hat, I've been working in rehearsals, performances, workshops and events.
Workshops
Magic happens every Monday at the Dance for Parkinson's and Dance for Joy workshops I co-lead for MuMo Creative and English National Ballet. After a busy summer term working on Crystal Pite’s contemporary piece Body & Soul, and the iconic musical Cabaret, we go into a new term exploring Prokofiev's stunning Rome & Juliet ballet score.
MuMo is also staging public workshops at the major Oxford museums, inspired by their collections and exhibitions, and will be delivering a session on 13 September based on the Weston Library's exhibition Wonder of Birds. This year our participants filmed a video among the wonders of the Natural History Museum to my song Dance of Life and there are many more exciting projects ahead — see our website for further details.
I'll also be joining the Youth Theatre team at Oxford Opera Company for a workshop on Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which will be staged at The Oxford Playhouse in October.
Accompanying/MDing
My work as a pianist and occasional MD involves a variety of styles and events.
Engagements during the hot summer of 2026 have included productions of Mozart's operas Cosí Fan Tutte and The Magic Flute for Opera Anywhere — culminating in a very magical 'Flute' at beautiful Thorington amphitheatre, with two artists on stage painting canvases inspired by the action. Coming up for autumn/winter will be a recital of art songs by Britten, Mahler, Puccini, Haydn and others; rehearsals of Gershwin's Crazy For You for Musical Youth Company Oxford; a Christmas concert of opera, musical theatre and of course festive music; and Prokofiev's sublime ballet score Romeo & Juliet for ENB's workshops. 😍🎹