About me

Hello! Thanks so much for visiting my web site.

 

I’m an award-winning theatre writer from London. It's difficult to characterise my work, because it's never only one thing, but here I've had a go:

 

My work explores social justice and the glorious, challenging business of being a human being in the world today. It often centres the voices and experiences of people on the sharp end of inequality, especially women and queer people. I like to work closely with the communities I write about as I make, and to discover meaningful and innovative ways of bringing them into the heart of the project. I like to reach for the micro in the macro, in order to bring the macro to the micro. Sometimes it's gentle, sometimes it's f***ing angry. It's really important to me to make work that is accessible to everyone. I've been told I write stories with heart. I always want those stories to open hearts.​ So far my work has explored subjects such as community activism, LGBTQIA+ rights, global causality, the impact of austerity on our capacity for love, the power of creative expression in the face of oppression, rage and vulvas.

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I'm a Judges Award Bruntwood Prize winner and have been shortlisted for the WiT Award and Theatre503's Playwriting Award. My work has gone in front of audiences at the Hampstead Theatre, Theatre503, MK Gallery, National Theatre, Southbank Centre, and VAULT Festival.

 

As well as writing, I also support other writers to develop their work for stage - as a Dramaturg, facilitator and script consultant. My work in this area is informed by a decade working for new writing theatres and companies, such as Graeae and the Royal Court. 

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I've recently established a creative consultancy practice. Click on the creative consultancy link in the menu above to find out more.

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