I am a writer and producer.
me by lily monsey
As a writer I mainly write plays. I like to write things that feel daunting, untouchable and weird. I wrote a play called RATTUS RATTUS about a family - where a rat is let loose in their house - while they confront familial alcoholism. I wrote a funny play about abortion called Bump. On Mangrove Field is a play about teenagers, illegal raves and land reclamation. I wrote about a killer whale that suffers domestic violence in Sea Her. I like things with humour; marginal things; bodily things; things that confront in some way. I like settings that feel uncanny.
As an interdisciplinary producer I specialise in community and youth engagement projects; person-led, collaborative, fun, uplifting and inclusive. I work with communities who don’t often receive access to arts. For BBC Radio, I produced Purfleet Radio, a six-part series co-created with people experiencing homelessness, and Tastes of Home, a cooking series co-hosted by refugees from around the world. I currently oversee Collusion’s FUSE programme that supports young creatives at risk of unemployment in King’s Lynn.
Below is a CV style thing with links - because my career has had lots of twists and turns and is hard to summarise. If you’re a potential employer or maybe a HIGH FLYING agent who wants to represent me, I can send you more details and interesting things to read.
Education:
MA Writing for Performance and Dramaturgy, Goldsmiths College
BA Politics and Philosophy, University College Dublin
Currently:
Associate producer (communities), Collusion
Producer/dramaturg, DAKOTA COLLECTIVE
Playwright - Consequences of diving lots in Ghost Stories by Candlelight - National tour (inc. Battersea Arts Centre, Bristol Old Vic, Shakespeare North) - produced by HighTide Theatre and Pentabus Theatre
2025
Dramaturg/Producer - GUN TO YOUR HEAD - Touring production (inc. Mercury Theatre, Horse Hospital and Eastern Angles) - produced by DAKOTA COLLECTIVE
Playwright - On Mangrove Field (rehearsed reading), FENWOMEN- The Holloway, Norwich - Produced by FENWOMEN
Producer - Walking with Pride - Collusion and Historic England
Writer/performer - Goosey Goosey Gander- This is not yet - NorwichVR
2024
Writer - Virgin Fortunes - published by TAR Press
Playwright - HighTide writers group - HighTide Theatre
Playwright - On Mangrove Field (extract reading), HighTide Rising - Eastern Angles - produced by HighTide Theatre
Producer - Kinema of Dreams - Majestic Cinema - Collusion
Artist bursary recipient - The Belonging Project - Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Writer/performer - Your Order Is On The Way - This is not yet - Outpost Studios
Chair/interviewer - Helen Charman on Motherstate - Norwich Book Festival and Penguin Books
2023
Arts features producer - weekly features and radio documentaries on arts and community - BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Suffolk - coproduced with Creative Lives
Playwright/performer - RATTUS RATTUS: the epic tale of man vs rat - rural touring (including Norfolk and Norwich Festival) - commissioned and produced by Inn Crowd and National Centre for Writing
Artist in residence - ‘exploring graphs, charts and language associated with meteorology and weather prediction’ - SPILL THINK TANK - hosted by Spill Festival
Dramaturg/Producer - GUN TO YOUR HEAD - VAULT Festival - produced by DAKOTA COLLECTIVE
Workshop facilitator - Radio Club - Shoebox Community Hub - produced by Creative Lives
Producer - Young Norfolk Arts Festival - Young Norfolk Arts Trust
2022
Writer/producer - Creation Station - BBC Contains Strong Language Festival and First Light Festival - produced by Creative Lives and BBC Radio Suffolk
Arts features producer - weekly features and radio documentaries on arts and community - BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Suffolk - coproduced with Creative Lives
Producer - Community Ambassador Programme: Flowin and Glowin Festival for Bloody Good Period - produced by The Garage Trust and Clarion Futures
2021
Facilitator - Reclaim These Streets (talks, workshop, ritual) - produced by Women’s Voice
Arts features producer - weekly features and radio documentaries on arts and community - BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Suffolk - coproduced with Creative Lives
Podcast host/producer - Art on a Podcast - produced by Art on a Postcard
Film maker - Inside the Artist Studio series - produced by Art on a Postcard
Writer - Sea Beneath - Online reading - MSL Projects
2020
Producer - The Lighthouse Project (creating a human lighthouse on the beach to send light across the channel) - Hastings Community of Sanctuary
Writer - Sea Her - Online performance - Director’s Cut Theatre
Workshop facilitator - Playwriting workshop - produced by Resort Studios
Workshop facilitator - Playwriting workshop - produced by Live Art Local
Podcast host/producer - Art on a Podcast - produced by Art on a Postcard
Film maker - Inside the Artist Studio series - produced by Art on a Postcard
Film maker - klunk party no.02 - Klunk Records
2019
Playwright - Shapes (rehearsed reading) - SOHO Theatre - produced by Goldsmiths University
Playwright/performer - BUMP - TARA Arts, Waterstones (Gower street) - produced by BUMP&GRIND Theatre
Playwright - Garbanzo! - George Wood Theatre - Goldsmiths University
2018
Playwright/performer - BUMP - Smock Alley Theatre - produced by BUMP&GRIND Theatre
Playwright/performer - BUMP - Edinburgh Fringe Festival - produced by BUMP&GRIND Theatre
Playwright/performer - LADS LADS LADS - Scene + Heard Festival, Dublin
2017
Scholarship recipient (Performing Arts) - Ad Astra Academy - University College Dublin