Featured Playwright
Iona McTaggart
About Me: Iona McTaggart is a writer, actor, and producer from Kent. Her debut play, When It All Turns to Dust, was Highly Commended for the 2022 Tony Craze Award. She is currently developing her second play, ELEPHANT, a surreal comedy-drama, along with PIGEONS: THE MUSICAL—a comedy musical... about pigeons. Her work has been staged at various venues including the Pleasance Theatre Islington, Theatre503, and The Roundhouse. In addition to playwriting, she is a published poet and an alumna of both the Soho Writers Lab and the Roundhouse Poetry Collective. In 2025 she will be taking part in the Royal Court's Writers Group.
Featured Play
Remarkable Robin's Christmas Adventure
“Magic is for those who wish to see it. That’s what Grandma says.” Meet Robin Armstrong. An adventurous young girl who is obsessed with all things magic. Robin lives in a northern village famous for its fairy tale and folklore. Since the day she was born, Robin’s best friend, Grandma, has told her legendary tales of the fairies, hobs, wizards and trolls that hide in the forest and beneath the surface. When Grandma’s health takes a turn for the worse on Christmas Eve, an extraordinary adventure begins. Robin heads to Elderwood Forest in search of magical creatures that could help her Grandma and if the fairy tales are true, she’ll have to journey into the abandoned mines to find them. What waits in these mines is an undiscovered world beyond Robin’s wildest dreams. Join Robin as she discovers magic, good and bad but more importantly, the power of friendship and kindness. Can she save her Grandma just in time for Christmas?
Playwright: Elijah Young