Anita Sullivan, playwright. Over 30 theatre scripts staged

Theatre plays

All my 30+ theatre plays have been staged some with repeat productions, tours and awards. I've made site-specific shows with Grid Iron and Part Exchange, had commissions from The RSC, The Traverse, Pop-Up children's theatre, and created digital drama with Freewheelers inclusive multimedia company.

I've also directed my own work and other writer's, including 'Bone' by John Donnelly. I've co-created devised/ audience-lead projects, written the book for a musical, and curated a huge digital library installation.

For other works and small-scale productions, explore Archived Plays.

Poster for 'Clearance' theatre play by Anita Sullivan

Brighton cast of 'Just Whores' play by Anita Sullivan

A devil from Dr Faustus, young man eating grapes wearing heretic symbols on his arms and chest,

Show poster for Crashing by Anita Sullivan. Grainy purple image of man dancing in a nightclub

Clearance. Girdiron's inaugural production. Traverse show followed by tour. Political satire meets borderland folktale.

Just Whores. Play about sauna sex industry. Multiple productions across UK. Researched with ScotPEP.

The Last Supper of Dr Faustus. Immersive show with cabaret and dinner, celebrating Faustus' life. Fringe First winner.

Crashing. Club drug and a controlling relationship, and sisterhood. Live with video. Edinburgh Festival show, Tron production.

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Monumental. Gridiron site-specific show around Glasgow Citizens theatre. Statue of revolutionary poet Mayakovsky awakes.

The Owl service adapted for stage by Anita Sullivan

The Owl Service. Alan Garner's haunting YA myth. Co-written with David Prescott. Staged at Plymouth Drum theatre.

Solstice. Judas and Eve in exile. Short play commission for RSC. Companion to Katie Mitchell's Mysteries.

Pricked. A woman's journey with HIV and survival. Wit and love. Ripple production Edinburgh festival.

Show poster for Drive In Deco showing front of deco building in blue graphic

Drive in Deco. Site specific show: in-car audio, video art, live action. Part Exchange at Collin Campbell House Plymouth.

DANGEROUS CURIOSITIES

Dangerous Curiosities. Stage adaption of three M. R. James' supernatural tales. Tour commissioned by Eastern Angles.

Freewheelers disability multimedia company. Many projects including 'Play in a Week'. Workshop, devise script.

A man in a crown and fur jacket stares at an advancing steam train. Dramatic orange light through the steam

Chariot of Light. Site specific: steam rail, nature reserve and oil refinery in Bo'ness. Phaeton myth. Community project.

Model figures stand askew in a workshop, where they are being painted. There's a caption saying 'we are people too.'

Drama in a 1950s Model Village. The model makers build social housing and a windfarm. The little people revolt, the audience chooses the ending.

Model Village was commissioned New Perspectives Nottingham toured across the UK. Read blog.

A cheeky model fox looks at you. He is standing a model village, where huntsman are on horseback in the background