Frances Poet

Dramaturg

Theatre writing credits include: The Prognostications of Mikey Noyce (Oran Mor / The Lemon Tree); Maggie May (Leeds Playhouse/ Leicester Curve /Queens Theatre, Hornchurch); Still (Traverse Theatre); Sophia (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh/ Pitlochry Festival Theatre/ Naked Productions); Fibres (Citizens Theatre/ Stella Quines); Gut (Traverse Theatre/ National Theatre of Scotland); Adam (Traverse Theatre/ MacRobert Arts Centre/ Citizens Theatre); The Macbeths, Dance of Death (Circle Studio/ Citizens Theatre); and What Put The Blood (Abbey Theatre).

Awards: Winner of Writers Guild Best Play Award for Gut, Winner of Fringe First, Herald Angel and Scottish Arts Club Awards for Adam and Susan Smith Blackburn Finalist for Maggie May.

Frances is a Glasgow based writer with over twenty years’ experience working as a dramaturg for leading British theatres.