I am a freelance writer and designer, originally from Liverpool now living in East London.
From 1990 I worked as a theatre designer and illustrator with a particular interest in Theatre for Children and Young People. I designed regularly for Polka Theatre in London and for small scale touring companies.
From 2000 I diversified and began writing scripts.
I am represented by Giles Smart at United Agents.
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Writing :: TV
Sept 2006 I won a place on the BBC Continuing Drama Writers Academy.
I have written episodes for Doctors, Eastenders, Casualty and Holby City and blogged about writing for Continuing Drama on the BBC Writersroom website.
Writing :: Theatre
Aug 2011 (Touring Autumn 2011) commissioned by Y Touring Theatre Company to write a play exploring the ethics of Pharmacogentics, ‘Dayglo’.
A young woman is forced to make choices in a world of uncertainty. Stella is desperate to explore what choices are open to her mother Evelyn, who is battling breast cancer - she is eager to fan the flames of hope and have a mother restored to her but the odds are precariously stacked against them.
“When I was a teenager I was running around barefoot, I didn’t have a thought for the future, it was all about the music”
Poly Styrene (Marianne Elliot-Said) of punk band X Ray Spex, who died of breast cancer in April 2011.
March 2011 my neuroscience play ‘Mind The Gap’ originally commissioned by Y Touring Theatre Company is filmed for selected screenings at Picturehouse Cinemas Nationwide. The original play is re-produced for The Royal Albert Hall, Elgar room.
Feb 2004 Polka Theatre produced ‘Hey There Boy With The BeBop…’ directed by Kully Thiarai. The script went on to win the Arts Council Children’s Award that year.
My script ‘Spokey Dokey Vinegar Kiss’ was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award in 2007- a story exploring bereavement, Jackie Chan and the last motorcycle Wall of Death.
I have adapted Prokofiev’s narration of ‘Peter & The Wolf’ currently touring Internationally with In The Wings Theatre Company.
I make things too
Designing :: Stage Design :: Making
1990 I won an Arts Council Bursary Award enabling me to develop my skills as a designer / maker. Polka Theatre in Wimbledon hosted my bursary where I designed regularly for the Under 5’s along with shows for the main auditorium.
I have illustrated two children’s books and numerous Theatre posters / flyers.
I continue to balance the efforts of writing words with the drive to make ‘things’ - I Craft regularly.
bown@me.com
+44(0)7941 479357
I love rock ‘n’ roll and Swing and can Lindy Hop - on a good day.
