Awards and residencies

2019   Writer in residence, South Downs National Park/ Applause Rural Touring – Cherry Soup

2017   Recipient of a British Council Artist’s International Development Fund grant to visit     New Zealand- researching local theatre and running Twelve Angry Women at Circa Theatre in Wellington

2015    Selected as member of Artist Development scheme,  Collideoscope, Brighton Festival

2014    Writer in Residence, University of Brighton ( with Clare Best)

2006    Arts Council research grant to work with Saskia Huybrechtse, Pearls before Swine Theatre, Amsterdam

2005      Writer in Residence at Chichester Festival Theatre

2000       Selected to take part in North European screenwriting development course, Moonstone, in Norway.

2000       Portuguese Arts Trust grant to research Vasco Da Gama play, The Cinnamon Veil.

1999         Finalist, Susan Smith Blackburn Award ( A Thousand Days), for women who have written works of outstanding quality  for the English-speaking theatre’