"All the words and action frame one still, quiet moment where
everything changes."
Anita Sullivan
MODEL VILLAGE
I'm proud to have been commissioned to write New Perspectives Theatre's 50th anniversary show, touring October/ November 2023. Booking now.
Built in 1936 the Model Village encapsulates a safe, beautiful version of England where cricket is fair and the trains run on time. But it’s not as popular as it used to be. Head Model-Maker Bob has commissioned contemporary artist Cutler to reach a new audience. The village rebels. A warm-hearted look at our different versions of England. The audience chooses the ending.
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Read the making-of blog. To check out the trailer, press play >
END OF TRANSMISSION: UPDATE
The story of HIV told from the point of view of the virus. Today is Jude’s 50th birthday. She has lived with HIV for over 20 years and has unresolved questions. Only the virus knows the answers. New Society of Authors video interview.
ROUND THE WORLD
IN 6O PLAYS
I'm an award-winning writer of radio and theatre plays, short-stories, podcasts and video screenplays. All of my 60+ scripts have been staged or broadcast. I'm also a digital storyteller, creating interactive narratives for VR and gamified worlds.
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Writing is exploration. Experience the world as an octopus, a bee, a fox hunter, a musician from Diego Garcia, a companion-robot or a 130 year old woman. Enter a carnivorous beach-hut, swim The English Channel or orbit Earth with Gagarin.
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My Radio 4 plays are often recorded on location, my theatre work site-specific. I like to work collaboratively, blending script, documentary and improvisation.
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I've given MA Creative Writing seminars and run courses at the Bishopsgate Institute.
p.s I love my job!
LATEST PROJECTS
Model Village. Proud to be writing New Perspective's 50th year touring show. A model village rebels! Rehearsals start September.
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Silos. Five episode Limelight serial for Radio 4. Could human hibernation save the world? First draft in progress, broadcast early 2024.
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Radio 4 commission to adapt Peter Benchley's eco-warrior coming-of age, Girl of the Sea of Cortez. With Afonica , broadcast late 2024.
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End of Transmission. Audio drama, history of HIV told from the point of view of the virus. Multi award-winning.
The Composters short story published in horror complication That's So Wrong. Selected from 800 submissions.
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Freewheeler's Do Not Disturb, written in collaboration with the company. Ambitious multimedia project. Film being edited.
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A GRAY SPACE
I'm a core collaborator on a website and creative community inspired by Scottish novelist, playwright and artist Alasdair Gray.
It celebrates his work and ethos by encouraging creative contributions and collaborations, with the aim of making people and things better. An ongoing project with Alasdair's niece Kat Rolley, launched at the International Alasdair Gray Conference in June 2022. To view a trailer for one of our projects, press play >