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Molly Windust

MA Acting Classical and Contemporary Text
Class of 2025

About

Molly Windust spent three years as a writer/performer in the Cambridge Footlights from 2019-2021. Since then she has written and performed two comedy plays and sketch shows at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Molly’s strong background in comedy combined with her training at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland makes her a skilled character actor with depth, range, and warmth in both comedic and dramatic roles.

Bio

Pronouns: She/Her

Height: 5’9″

Playing Age Range: 17-28

Nationality: British

Visa Status: UK citizen

Skills

Accents: RP, Australian, General American

Languages: English

Other: Sketch comedy writer and performer, improvisation, playwright, poet, screenwriter

Previous Qualifications: BA Human Social and Political Science, Cambridge University 2021

Theatre Credits

Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, directed by Marc Silberschatz

Clorinda and Grimsditch, Orlando, translated for the stage by Sarah Ruhl, Royal Concervatoire of Scotland, directed by Tal Schatsky

Marc Anthony, Julius Caesar sharing by William Shakespare, Shakespeare’s Globe 2025

Writer / Performer – There’s A Bit Of A Crab In My Flat by Molly Windust, Pleasance Theatre London 2025

Writer – Sandi Toksvig and the QI Elves: One Night Only, Drury Lane Theatre 2024

Writer / Performer – Mudfish: Half Past Midnight, Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe 2023

Writer / Performer – Mudfish Work In Progress, Brighton Fringe 2023

Writer / Performer – Mudfish Work In Progress, Camden Fringe 2023

Writer / Performer – Mudfish: Might as Well Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Writer / Performer – Footlights Presents: Thinktank, ADC Theatre, 2020

Writer / Performer – Footlights Spring Revue 2021: Are You Sitting Comfortably?, ADC Theatre, 2020

Writer / Performer, Footlights Smokers – Weekly 2019-2021

Annie, The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, ACD Theatre 2020

TV/Film Credits

Writer/Performer – The Frog, The Fox, The Fish, The Finch and The Foal, Short Film by Molly Windust