About me
Best Comedy Play - Greater Manchester Fringe
Second Place Audience Choice Award - GMFringe
Chorts 2023 Finalist - The Comedy Crowd
OffFest Nomination - Off West End
TopWrite Scholarship - Swanwick Writers’ Summer School
I am a trained award-winning freelance writer and script supervisor with a First-Class degree in English and Creative Writing from Warwick University. I specialise in writing commissions for stage and screen.
Reviews:
“A rush of fun, love, and life lessons that promises to be both amusing and uplifting” CANAL STREET MEDIA
“Excellent. A warm and lighthearted play” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ EVERYTHING THEATRE
“Izzy Searle’s writing is warm, witty, and playful” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ UPSTAGED MANCHESTER
My Plays
Baggy Bra
Synopsis:
Did you know eight out of ten women are wearing the wrong size bra? Not on Bra Shop Barb’s watch! She and her daughter Eloise are on a mission to find the best for every breast. But as bills rise and customers wreak havoc in the store, Barb fears she is fighting a losing battle. Will she swap cockups for cocktails as a well-earned retirement beckons, or will she keep the shop afloat for her daughter?
Awarded ‘Best Comedy Play’ (Greater Manchester Fringe)
Second Place Audience Choice Awards (Greater Manchester Fringe)
OffFest Nominated (OffWestEnd)
Chorts Finalist (The Comedy Crowd)
Rated 'EXCELLENT **** STARS' by Everything Theatre
Watch our TIT-illating trailer here: https://youtu.be/qfcFMdOkCrs
Set in rural Wales, Baggy Bra is a female-led body-positive witty show with a warm heart. It is all about normalising bra fittings, taking care of your boobs as well as mother and daughter relationships, small businesses, finding love later in life, and community. With a lot of TIT-ing about!
Audiences are invited to bring their baggy bras to Baggy Bra! Each performance will have a bra recycling bank where audiences can recycle their unwanted and unloved bras to raise money for our charity partner, Against Breast Cancer. https://www.againstbreastcancer.org.uk/recycling/bra-recycling
Number of Characters: 5
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 4
Length (in Pages): 57
Location: Bra shop
Key Words: Comedy, women, female-led, women's health, charity, award-winning, funny, heartwarming, Wales
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: Best Comedy Play - Greater Manchester Fringe Second Place Audience Choice Award - GMFringe Chorts 2023 Finalist - The Comedy Crowd OffFest Nomination - Off West End
Reviews:
“A rush of fun, love, and life lessons that promises to be both amusing and uplifting” CANAL STREET MEDIA
“Excellent. A warm and lighthearted play” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ EVERYTHING THEATRE
“Izzy Searle’s writing is warm, witty, and playful” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ UPSTAGED MANCHESTER