About me
I began writing plays in 2014. My first play was a monologue based on real events set in the Fens of East Anglia. "The Common Land" won the BBC Writersroom 2008, was selected "Pick of the Fringe" at Brighton Fringe and won "Best of the Fest" after running at the Rose Theatre Kingston during the International Youth Arts Festival.
I specialise in adaptation ("God's Own Country," 2014, "Fever Pitch," 2021, "The Fox," Unproduced), Queer theatre ("Divas," 2015, "Sugar Coat," 2023) and political theatre ("Cutting The Tightrope," 2024, "In Another Life," Unproduced).
I am co-Artistic Director of Bet'n Lev Theatre alongside Roann Hassani McCloskey with whom I co-write new work. Our, as yet unproduced play "In Another Life" is a comic tragedy about missed opportunities and the engagement of a gay Muslim and Jew.
Additionally, alongside songwriter Lilly Pollard I write musicals/plays with songs. Our unproduced second musical (following 2023's Pop-punk feminist gig theatre show Sugar Coat) is a book musical about a woman falling in love and ignoring red flags.
My Plays
In Another Life
Synopsis:
Co-Written with Roann Hassani McCloskey
Two students meet in the late 80s. Romance, connection and desire.
Thirty+ years later two families, one Muslim, one Jewish are having dinner to celebrate the engagement of their sons.
What is the connection? What will be revealed? Would things have gone differently in another life?
Number of Characters: 8
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 7
Length (in Pages): 111
Location: Oxford Bar & Wembley Front Room
Key Words: Jewish, Muslim, Queer, Comedy, Drama, Family
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins:
Reviews:
Sugar Coat
Synopsis:
A pop-punk gig theatre feminist tale of dealing with trauma, co-written with lyricist Lilly Pollard.
A woman looks back over eight years of her life, her sexual highs and lows, her trauma and how she carries it all. All set to a live pop-punk soundtrack inspired by Riot Grrll.
Number of Characters: 20
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 5
Length (in Pages): 42
Location: UK Town
Key Words: Gig theatre, queer, feminist, sex, punk
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: Stage Debut Award for Lyrics/Songs (Lilly Pollard, nominated) OffComm 2020 VAULT Festival VAULT 2020 Show of the week (nominated)
Reviews:
https://www.thereviewshub.com/sugar-coat-southwark-playhouse-london/
https://lostintheatreland.co.uk/sugar-coat-review-southwark-playhouse-borough/
https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/sugar-coat-review-at-southwark-playhouse-london
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr/02/sugar-coat-review-southwark-playhouse
The Fox
Synopsis:
Adapted from the novella of the same name by DH Lawrence.
A dystopian queer thriller. Two women are isolating in a farmhouse in a time of war and disease. A man turns up in the middle of the night saying he used to live there. They let him stay.
Number of Characters: 3
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 3
Length (in Pages): 73
Location: A country that looks like a war/disease ravaged Britain
Key Words: Queer, dystopian, thriller
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: N/A
Reviews:
N/A
