The Writing
Portfolio
Three works. Stage and screen. All rooted in truth.
Hidden Voices
The truth was always in the room.
A debut stage production. An ensemble piece exploring the hidden voices behind closed doors — stories of silence, survival, and what it means to finally be heard. Minimalist staging, trauma-informed throughout, rooted in West Yorkshire.
The Demon Preacher
Thirty years. Hidden in plain sight.
A long-form TV drama in script development. Set in West Yorkshire, it asks how a perpetrator can offend for more than thirty years — hidden in plain sight, within a community that trusted him. A story about institutional failure, the gap between what organisations know and what they choose to see, and the people who tried to speak up.
The Beast of Wombwell
1958 to 2019. The long arc of harm.
A long-form TV drama spanning six decades — from 1958 to 2019. It traces the long arc of hidden offending in South Yorkshire, and the community that lived in its shadow. A story about persistence, justice, and what it means to finally be believed.
How I Write
The Approach
Research-led writing
Every project begins with deep research — case files, community testimony, archive material. The script is built on what actually happened, not what makes a convenient narrative.
Trauma-informed from the first draft
Care for the people whose lives the work touches — survivors, communities, performers — is built into the writing process from the start, not added at the end.
Stage and screen
Writing across both forms. Theatre demands immediacy and presence; television demands patience and structure. Both demand honesty.
Interested in the work?
Whether you're a theatre company, broadcaster, producer, or fellow writer — get in touch.