Writing
I write a lot of things, mostly for performance. I've written original stories, adapted classics, and created interactive narratives. I've written for live and digital audiences.
I also write opinion pieces, essays, reviews and more.
My portfolio is available upon request.
Young Harts Writer, Apr 2018
Shortlisted for the West Yorkshire Playhouse BBC Airplays, 2018
Shortlisted for A Pleasance Scratch, Apr 2020
Longlisted for Box of Tricks/Sky Arts Screen/Play Award 2020
Part of Squashed Mango Theatre Company
Freelance producer assisting with Brunch Bunch Theatre Company's TAPPUCCINO at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Freelance script reader and dramaturg
current and previous projects
chlorophyll
An interactive story about growing plants in the apocalypse, and focussing on climate action over climate despair. Using narrative design tool Twine, incorporating live and digital elements.
Part of Barrel Organ's LIVE Holbeck in Jan 2022.
sugar-coated
Sharing stories of contraception and reproductive health through lyrical script, funny anecdotes, and space.
ACE-funded R&D and showcase with Omnibus Theatre's Engine Room in May 2021
Digital version part of Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham and The Gala Theatre's Onstage: Online festival in July 2020
Extract performed at S0L02020 at the Katzpace in London, Jan 2020
Frankenstein (radio adaptation)
Using found recordings of Frankenstein and the monster's journey, turning a classic into a digital performance.
Commissioned by Castle Theatre Company in Feb 2021.
queerbaiting; or jess and jules should've kissed in bend it like beckham
A two-hander bisexual dissection of queerness, visibility and validity through the lens of Thai food and flatmates on film night.
R&D and performance with Squashed Mango Productions in June 2019.
Northanger Abbey (theatre adaptation)
A promenade adaptation of Austen's teen ghost hunting romance.
Commissioned by Castle Theatre Company in Feb 2019, performed in Durham Castle.
hiraeth
A lyrical heartfelt exploration of the idea of 'home'.
Performed Young Harts Writers Fest at the Lyric Hammersmith, London in Apr 2018