Featured Playwright
Priya Rose Toberman
About Me: I'm a student playwright, director and actor based in Oxford! I have written and directed two shows, Someone Will Take Your Place (Moser Theatre, 2023) and Headliners (Michael Pilch Studio, 2025), and co-directed About Love (Burton Taylor Studio, 2024) , a new play by Sasha Ivanova. I am also the current Associate Director for the Jesus College Shakespeare Project, currently working on A Midsummer Night's Dream (dir. Peter Sutton) , while preparing to take our production of Romeo and Juliet on tour in South Wales. As co-founder of Coffee Cup Productions, I am always working on new scripts to produce and direct, and we will be taking a piece of new writing to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer.
Featured Play
Chameleon
Embarking on a journey of self-discovery following her autism diagnosis, Chameleon grapples with the complexities of love, identity and - most importantly - soggy chips. Reeled in by Snake’s intoxicating charm and irresistible jawline, she soon learns that conversation is a delicate and sometimes deadly dance. As she gets lost in the disorientating rhythm of the Concrete Jungle, the sound becomes too much and Chameleon wonders… is everything meant to be this complicated? Written and directed by Jess Telling, ‘Chameleon’ reimagines the turbulence of her neurodivergent experience with dry humour, techno beats and the triumph of embracing one’s true colours.
Playwright: Jess Telling