I am a playwright, theatre director, teacher and community theatre maker. I’ve been lucky enough to work with many wonderful companies such as Paines Plough, New Diorama, Rabble Theatre Company, The Watermill, and Eastern Angles.

I’m currently under commission for two new plays, and working on a new musical with Amies and Clements. My play Henry I was in The Telegraph’s top 5 shows of 2023, and Spy in the Stalls’ Best Regional Show of the Year.

In 2022 The Newcomers, co-written with Pragna Hay, was broadcast on BBC Sounds, and my adaptation of A Christmas Carol ran at Reading Rep.

My play The Ballad of Maria Marten had its third UK tour in 2022 and is published by Nick Hern Books. It is available to licence for amateur performances and scheduled to be performed many times this year in different parts of the world.

I am an Associate Artist at Rabble Theatre Company in Reading, who have commissioned me to write several historical plays about the history of Reading Abbey.

My play The True History of Susanna Shakespeare reached the Bruntwood Prize Longlist in 2019, the Papatango Prize Longlist in 2017, the Hope Mill Prize shortlist in 2021, was shortlisted for Bristol Old Vic Open Sessions and selected for the Nuffield Theatre Southampton Tenancy scheme, where it had an R&D directed by Justin Audibert.

The Incident Room, which I co-directed with David Byrne for New Diorama Theatre, was selected as the best of Edinburgh Fringe 2019 by The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Stage. It ran at New Diorama for a sell-out five weeks in 2020, before a planned run at 59E59 Theatre in New York was postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

I originally trained and worked as an actress, while founding the new writing ensemble Debut Theatre Company, and was the Outreach Director at The Watermill Theatre in Berkshire, where I worked for seven years.

Awards & Schemes

Winner of an MGCfutures Bursary for theatre-makers of the future, 2021.

Selected for the Sphinx Lab for British female playwrights 2020 - 2021.

Bruntwood Prize Longlist (2019) the Hope Mill Playwriting Prize Shortlist (2021) and Papatango Prize Longlist (2017), for The True History of Susanna Shakespeare

Off West End Award Nomination for Most Promising New Playwright 2018 (The Rebellious Women of Wimbledon)

Off West End Award Nomination for Best Director 2016 (Hardboiled)

Upcoming Productions

I have three projects scheduled for 2024, please watch this space!

Previous Projects

Henry I, commissioned by Rabble Theatre and performed in the ruins of Reading Abbey, June - July 2023

The Newcomers, co-written with Pragna Hay, produced by Rabble & BBC Berkshire, on BBC Sounds, October 2022

A Christmas Carol (Adaptor) at Reading Rep, December 2022

The Ballad of Maria Marten (Writer) on national tour 8th Feb - 2nd April 2022.

Who Killed Alfred Oliver? (Writer) Rabble Theatre, Reading, November 2021

Milady - commission for St Albans High School for Girls, as part of the Write the Girl Project, for 2021/2022

The Last Abbot of Reading (Writer) - for Rabble Theatre Company, performed in the ruins of Reading Abbey, June 11th - July 3rd 2021

Rise Up - a series of 5 short films for the charity Reboot the Future inspired by the work of Jonathon Porritt on creating a sustainable planet following the pandemic, highlighting the actions of young people in creating change.

Who Killed Alfred Oliver - commission by Rabble Theatre Company & the BBC, 60 minute radio play aired September 2020 on local radio and BBC Sounds.

The Incident Room (Co-Director & Dramaturg) with New Diorama Theatre, London, February - March, and New York in April 2020 (postponed due to Covid)

The Ballad of Maria Marten (Writer) with Eastern Angles, toured February - March 2020

Come to Where I’m From (Writer) for Paines Plough / The Watermill Theatre, November 2019.

The World We Made (Writer) - adaptation of the book by Jonathon Porritt, for the Change Festival at Warwick Arts Centre, and then touring in 2020 - 2021 (postponed due to Covid)

Genomes (Working Title - Writer) - R&D of a new play about the future of medical research, with Reading Between the Lines and the Big Data Institute, Oxford University. Workshopped at Oxford Playhouse in 2018.