I work as a freelance playwright, poet and dramaturg. I was recently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting Award 2021.
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.
AWARDS:
Shortlisted – Women’s Prize for Playwriting Award (2021)
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:
SANKOFA, Acquah&co, Bread and Roses Theatre, The Curve Leicester (2022)
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)
I also write my own spoken word, performed at: Union Chapel, Kiln Theatre, Apples & Snakes and Hackney Showrooms.
See below for a variety of work, including writing for Exeunt, 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
Opinion Pieces
Why Can’t a Black Body Ever Just Be a Black Body Onstage? – Exeunt
Emotional Safety in the Rehearsal Room – Exeunt
Nicole Acquah 