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/ 15
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’