PROM: 'Four friends are reunited to remember when they were seventeen and beautiful. The end of school Prom. As memories are recalled and and secrets laid bare, a terrible truth is brought to light that will effect them for the rest of their lives. A new drama for teenagers about beauty and ugliness, promise and destruction, and about getting away with something you wish you never got away with'.
I am working with director Gareth Nicholls and Imaginate at the Tron in January. We will open in Spring 2014.
THE SPARE ROOM: 'Ali lives in Stephanie's spare room. He doesn't make any noise. He helps clean the flat. He helps find things that she loses. Ali knows everything about Stephanie and listens to all her troubles. But Stephanie doesn't know anything about Ali. She doesn't know that Ali has recently had his last asylum claim refused, been evicted from his flat and lives on handout's from the local church. And she definitely doesn't know that Ali lives in her spare room. Until today'.
This is a 45 minute rapid response Afternoon Drama for BBC Radio 4. I have six weeks to write it. It will be broadcast on February 20th at 2.15pm 2013.
MIKA AND ANNA-BELL GET MARRIED: development at the National Theatre of a new romantic comedy for 5 year olds about having a heart bigger than your boots. Co-written with Lu Kemp.
MY FRIEND SELMA: 'When I was 8 years old, my dad set up a charity to help people in danger escape the war in a place called Bosnia. He brought fifty of them over here on big coaches. We moved into an old boarding school with these refugees, to help them settle in. We lived there for four months. It was brilliant – there was a playground in my front garden, we had lots of visitors, people were always feeding me and I learnt to ride a bike! But the best thing about living there was meeting my friend Selma'.
A site specific piece for children aged 9+ about friendship, hospitality and learning to ride a bike. Written with JC Marshall and Victoria Beesley for Terra Incognita. We are developing it this year and will produce it in 2014.
DRAGON: And lastly and not leastly is my new play about grief, thunderstorms and flying things in a co-production with Vox Motus, the National Theatre of Scotland and the Beijing Childrens' Art Theatre. We open in Scotland in October. I'm so excited that my head might come off.
Phew.
And that's just the stuff I'm telling you about now. Please check the website for more details later in the year.
