Writer

I work as a freelance playwright, poet and arts journalist.

I provide scriptwriting services for individuals, companies and institutions. My plays have received critical acclaim and have been listed by The Guardian, Stagedoor and The Stage, amongst others.

I was recently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting Award 2021.

AWARDS:

FAB Prize Highly Commended Writer – Faber and Faber Children’s & Andlyn Literary Agency (2017)

Winner – TYPT:17 Spoken Word Competition, Talawa Theatre Company (2017)

Winner – Literary Kitchen Festival  Flash Fiction competition (2015)

Shortlisted playwright – Southend International Playwriting Festival (2015)

WRITING CREDITS:

IN OUR IMAGE, commissioned by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2021)

BURNOUT, Shybairn/Live Theatre Newcastle (2021)

i stopped…when, VAULT Festival (2019)

CASTE-ING, The Barbican (2019)

HEROINES, commissioned by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2019)

HEROINES IN LIMBO, commissioned by The Heroine Chronicles Theatre Company (2019)

FOR A BLACK GIRL, VAULT Festival 2018, Camden People’s Theatre, The Curve Slough (2018)

INFOMANIA, commissioned by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2018)

OPHELIA, commissioned by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2017)

THE SPIDER, Royal Holloway University (2016)

As a Playwright/Dramaturg

Space R&D, Bric a Brac Theatre/Pleasance Theatre (2021)

TAME R&D, Leeds Playhouse (2021)

When Words Are Not Enough – Mimbre Theatre (2020)

Please find my CV here >  Nicole Acquah – Playwright CV

I also write my own spoken word, performed at: Tricycle Theatre and Hackney Showrooms.

See below for a variety of work, including writing for Exeunt Magazine, London Box Office and Miro Magazine:

In Conversation With…

In Conversation with Anna Deavere Smith –  Exeunt 

Interviewing Kayla Feldman – Miro Magazine 

Feature – Camden People’s Theatre – Exeunt 

Reviews

Review – Soho Theatre  – London Box Office 

Opinion Pieces

Why Can’t a Black Body Ever Just Be a Black Body Onstage? – Exeunt

Emotional Safety in the Rehearsal Room – Exeunt

Features

The Fall – Royal Court – Exeunt

Between Joy and Anger – Miro Magazine