About me

I am an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and producer, as well as the Co-Artistic Director of Divided Culture Co. I’ve had three plays professionally staged with support from Arts Council England and National Lottery Community Fund. I am is also a member of the British Film Institute & Film Hub North 2024 Script Lab Programme. I have both a Masters and Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing: Innovation and Experimentation.

My Plays

The Sacred Disease

Synopsis:

In his quest for an ordinary life, a sixteen-year-old epileptic boy comes face-to-face with his first girlfriend's tyrannical dad and an experiment that promises to cure him of his condition.

The Sacred Disease is a story about sickness and the pursuit of wellness. It is a story about the extent in which we will go to save the ones we love, and the destruction that follows.

Number of Characters: 4

Minimum Number of Actors Required: 4

Length (in Pages): 117

Location: A fictional, forgotten town

Key Words: drama, love, romantic, epilepsy, illness, sickness, wellness, experiment, mothers, dianetics, cure, other wordly

Has the Play Been Produced? No

Are the Rights Available? Yes

Has the Play Been Published? No

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