Dianna recently performed in the heartfelt monologue, Plo, written by Esther Harris, about the little known island of St Helena and her journey of 'sibling discovery' as she knots together details from her past and her heritage. Read her article in Stylist Magazine.

Short Plays 2025 consisted of a series of plays from playwrights local to the area and beyond.

Produced by Roger Goldsmith.
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Took place on 11th & 13th April, 2025, at Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre, Portsmouth, UK.

DIANNA HARDY

Actor & Narrator

Bringing stories to life in front of people’s eyes has always been an impulse, whether through imagination and words, or physical, emotive translation. Books and film were my huge loves ever since I can remember, both of them leading to the desire to be every character I connected with and create scenes that expressed whatever emotion bubbled up in me at the time. I spent a large portion of my childhood daydreaming my world into existence. That I could grow a career allowing me to do just that is something I will always be grateful for.

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Audio & Narration

OUT NOW:
Audiobook narration for 'Til Death Do Us Part (an adult retelling of the Little Mermaid). See all links and excerpt above.
VIEW ON AUDIBLE

IN PRODUCTION:
Audiobook narrated and performed by Dianna Hardy: A Silver Kiss (Vampire Poetry), release date pushed back and TBC. There are also future plans to create stage performances and short films using this poetry compilation.

Dianna's podcast ran for 7 episodes then halted. There are plans to restart it, but as one overall podcast covering art as well as TV/film and fiction.

Literary

See the main Author/Books part of this website for all 25 novels, novellas, short stories and poetry, written between 2010 and the present day.
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IN PRODUCTION:
New paperback editions of The Witching Pen series due to be released soon.

Jewels of the Crown (After the Storm), due to be released in eBook format soon.

Once Times Thrice series, book 3, currently writing at a leisurely pace.

TV & Film

Most Recent:
World's Most Evil Killers, season 9, ep. 2 (image: left, or above if on mobile), Woodcut Media (shown on Sky Crime)

• ​Short film: Mirror Girl in Distasteful (Huck Keppler | Creative Syndication Ltd, 1998)
• Short film: Ruby in Vein (Robin Benham | Tree House Films, 1999)

Stage

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Dianna performed in "Plo", a fascinating monologue written by Esther Harris about the little known island of St Helena and her journey of 'sibling discovery' as she knots together details from her past and her heritage.
Event took place on 11th & 13th April, 2025, at Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre.

Liz in Leaving The Stage (part of "Strutting and Fretting...Four Stages of Fright" presented by Camden Artists and New Playwrights, 1999

Dress rehearsal photo: Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, directed by David Whitworth at Studio Theatre, RACC Parkshot, Richmond Drama School, Surrey, 1998

Other

BOOK TRAILER PRODUCTION
Book trailers produced and edited by
​Dianna Hardy / Bitten Fruit Books & Media

​​See more trailers here.

Dianna has performed on stage or for an audience since the age of five or six, whether singing or acting. She graduated from Richmond Drama School, Surrey, in 1998 after playing Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost; was cast in two short, indie films, and made her London Fringe Theatre debut in Leaving the Stage – a horror play – at The Etcetera Theatre in Camden and Bird's Nest Theatre in Deptford in 1999. She then involved herself in the holistic healing arts, became a mother, and went on to become a prolific author of dark fantasy and romance, gaining a small cult following. Her return to acting and performance in 2024 is aligned with her audiobook narration for 'Til Death Do Us Part (an Adult Retelling of The Little Mermaid).