Joanna Nicks

My
work

Produced plays, awards and press

And It Rains

Full-length play — Salford Arts Theatre

Winner, Shelagh Delaney New Writing Award

A surprisingly hopeful story of millennial women navigating the collision of world events and personal crises — about connection, friendship, and the noise of the modern world.

Longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2019, the Sky Studios & Box of Tricks Screen/Play Award and the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.

A realistic and punchy picture of life in our times. Number 9
A sensitive and perceptive study of emotionally damaged personalities. British Theatre Guide

Fresh Meat

Short play — Hope Mill Theatre

Commissioned by HER Productions for Vignettes, an evening of six short plays. Currently being adapted into a 30-minute drama-comedy pilot, placed in the top 12% of the BBC Writersroom Open Call 2022.

A sharp, fun story of empowerment packed with punchy dialogue. Opening Night

We, The Undersigned

Short play — DINA, Sheffield

Part of Next Left’s evening of short plays.

Adelaide Road

Poetry — Royal Shakespeare Company

Poem included in the RSC’s interactive promenade performance Adelaide Road, directed by Ola Animashawun.

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