About me

Jackson Used is a writer and dramaturg based in London. Jackson was a lecturer at the National Institute of Dramatic Art teaching Aural Storytelling & Dramaturgy. He has worked internationally as a writer, director, producer and dramaturg, and his work in artistic development has taken him around the world, from independent stages in Sydney to the West End and Broadway. He is a published author (PIT, 2020 & Lilac, 2024) and is currently under commission in London.

My Plays

Lilac


Synopsis:

Diana stood alone at the funeral, watching her friend weep as her mother was buried. George hid in the ladies’ bathroom, clutching a vodka soda, shame sinking into his stomach. This is how she found him. Drawn together, they embark on a passionate and consuming love affair, overcome with great suffering and addiction, bound by their collective gravity. Each knows with cruel certainty that they were made for each other, but is that worth the cost of persistence?

Lilac by Jackson Used, is a powerful, surreal portrait of loss and the aftershocks of trauma. Navigating the interior life of the characters with ambitious, imagistic worlds set free of time, this work interrogates the truth of love, the closeness of our dreams, and the romance of grand gestures.


Number of Characters: 3


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 2


Length (in Pages): 89


Location: Contemporary


Key Words: surreal, destiny, love, tragedy


Has the Play Been Produced? Yes


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? Yes


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Reviews:

★★★★ Audrey Journal

The penultimate production in the Kings Cross Hotel space reminds us what this room does so very well Jason Blake

an insightful and sophisticated piece of work
Sydney Morning Herald


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PIT


Synopsis:

They think they know who took my daughter.
It was on the radio.
They’re saying he’s a serial killer. That he killed other girls. That he killed her.

When a suspect emerges for the alleged abduction and murder of their teenage daughter more than a decade earlier, Brigitte and Serge are violently pulled back together again. With this new information coming to light, Brigitte and Serge are forced to reckon with the heavy pain of their past, and the brutal impact this event has had in shaping who they are.

Pit is a rich, textural exploration of grief, justice and the trauma that comes with waiting.


Number of Characters: 3


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 3


Length (in Pages): 54


Location: Ireland


Key Words: true crime, grief, justice


Has the Play Been Produced? Yes


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? Yes


Award nominations/wins:


Reviews:


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Jackson Used
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London

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