Joe Wiltshire Smith

Joe Wiltshire Smith is a Welsh poet, playwright and screenwriter who graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2017 before pursuing an MA in Creative Writing and English at Cambridge. He represented Royal Welsh at the Sam Wanamaker Festival in his second year, received the J.O Francis Memorial Award for his debut play in 2017 and the Gareth Jones Scholarship in 2016.

Joe’s theatre credits include 'One Study for a Figure at the base of Oscar Gooding's Crucifixion' with Red Jay Theatre Company, Cambridge, The History Boys, Ghost About the House, and his own play 'Five Green Bottles' at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 

Joe speaks to Frances about being directed by Anthony Hopkins, working as an Optometrist's Assistant and selling soap out of a briefcase.

He will be playing Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream this August at The Valley of the Rocks Open Air Theatre, Lynton. Buy tickets here

Follow Joe on Instagram here

Visit Joe's Website here

Watch his Dirty Little Portraits series here

Artwork by Yasemin Gava

Music by Dave Golbraich

Additional Editing by Kalle Jurvanen

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