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Lovelock is a film and theatre production company founded by Coco Cottam and Lydia Free. As directors, writers and producers they have worked on eight productions together and are bringing their new play 'Thermodrama' to Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026.
Cut from one’s head and attached over another’s heart, the lovelock binds lover to lover. Making collective, connective work is central to Lovelock's mission.
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Coco Cottam (she/her) is a stage and screen writer based in London. She is currently enrolled in the Oxford University Creative Writing Mst. She has produced five staged plays, writing about everything from crossword champions to extreme nut allergies. She won the Oxford University Film Foundation Annual Screenwriting Competition in 2023. Last year, her anarchistic history play 'BLANDY' ran at Assembly, Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to Theatre503 in London. Earlier this year, she was commissioned to adapt 'Swallows & Amazons' for The Watermill Theatre. Her new play 'Thermodrama' is being performed at Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 2026. Website here.
LYdia Free (she/her) is a theatre and film director based in London. She most recently directed ‘BLANDY’ which played at Assembly for the month of Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Her professional debut was assistant directing 'The Silver Cord' at the Finborough Theatre in 2024, described as ‘compelling’ and ‘beautifully staged’ (The Arts Desk). She is a National Youth Theatre member and was President of Oxford University Dramatic Society 2024/25. Lydia is currently on the MFA Theatre Directing at Birkbeck and is AD at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Website here.