Houmi Miura is a Japanese British female writer, theatre-maker and actor. She’s a graduate of the BBC Writersroom’s Northern Voices 2020 scheme. She is also currently developing her solo show, IN THE BEGINNING WOMAN WAS THE SUN, supported by HOME, Eclipse, Unity Theatre and Arts Council England.
She has provided writing development support to Red Production Company, written sketches for CBBC’s THE AMELIA GETHING COMPLEX and has recently written and performed a monologue for New Earth Theatre’s SIGNAL FIRES.
She trained in an MA in Professional Acting at ALRA North and studied her BA in English Literature at The University of Manchester.
Houmi loves to playfully explore themes of identity within the everyday, through a fantastical lens.
As an actor, she has performed for theatres across the North including Royal Exchange, Stephen Joseph Theatre and York Theatre Royal. She has filmed for BBC One, Amazon, Netflix, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. Houmi has provided voiceover for the TOTAL WAR gaming franchise and for the VR short film TO MISS THE END, which has been showcased at Sundance Film Festival.
