“So, who do you wanna be?
You can be anyone in the world!

You can be me if you want. 
And I’ll be you.

That would be nice.”

I wrote Ruby, Baby during my time as writer-in-residence at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection. In 2022 I was the recipient of the Kevin Elyot Award, allowing me time in his archive to help develop a new piece of work. I was hugely inspired by Elyot’s ability to find humour and humanity in prickly themes such as sex, grief, and generational longing - particularly in his plays The Day I Stood Still and Forty Winks. My time with Kevin’s generous notebooks, drafts, and scripts has helped me become a better writer, and I am forever indebted to him and the staff at the Theatre Collection.

Ruby, Baby is a work-in-progress script inspired by The Kevin Elyot Award. If you’d like more information, feel free to get in touch via my contact page.