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Freelance writer specialising in scriptwriting for theatre and screen, theatre director and dramaturg.
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National Theatre Playwright Mentor
Nicole was a Playwright Mentor for the National Theatre’s New Views Playwriting programme for young people. She led writing workshops and offered dramaturgy support to young writers in Yorkshire and the North, and, in partnership with Leeds Playhouse’s community partner Getaway Girls, she was lead facilitator of the 8-week New Views Hub playwriting programme. She contributed to the long-listing process for the New Views Festival at the Olivier Theatre, working from final drafts submitted by her mentees (with 80 drafts received in the first round)".
Overview
As a Theatre-Maker Nicole's practice is based in a holistic and spiritual human-centred community care focused way. She has extensive experience in directing/dramaturgy, facilitation and producing, working with professionals and communities. Nicole directed several short plays for Graeae Theatre’s Crips With Chips new writing showcase presented with Theatre by The Lake and Liverpool Everyman Theatre on their mainstages (2023-24). She is currently a Dramaturg Mentor on Paines Plough's Tour The Writer programme in partnership with Bradford Producing Hub and Bradford 2025. She was a Creative Associate on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s First Encounters production of Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, where she assisted rehearsals in Stratford-Upon-Avon and directed the young ensembles in schools and associate theatres in the northern region of the tour (2024). Nicole has been trained by the Almeida Theatre, as a JMK Trust Mentored Director, through the Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme (2021) and worked as a script-reader for Sheffield Theatres (2022).
Latest Production
Paines Plough Tour The Writer Bradford Dramaturg & Mentor
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Nicole was a Writer Mentor and Dramaturg on Paines Plough's Tour the Writer programme in Bradford in partnership with Bradford 2025 and Bradford Producing Hub. She was mentoring the writers group and providing support in addition to dramaturgy to 5 writers from the group.
Previous Events
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Graeae Theatre & Liverpool Everyman Theatre
Nicole directed 2 new short plays as part of Graeae Theatres Crips With Chips New Writing showcase at Liverpool Everyman Theatres.
Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth by Bobby Brill, performed by Nadia Nadarajah, Faye Donnelan and interpreted by Chandu Gopalakrishnan. The play explored long-distance friendships in the gaming world and insecure housing and disabled experience.
JANUS by Madeleine Farnhill, performed by Nadia Nadarajah, Mark Lockyer and Chandu Gopalakrishnan. A folk-horror exploring rural isolation, brutality and abuse through the appearance of a two-headed lamb.
Graeae Theatre & Theatre by the Lake 2023
Nicole directed 2 new short plays as part of Graeae Theatres Crips With Chips New Writing showcase at Theatre by the Lake.
Let Me Fat in Peace by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns, performed by Beca Barton and Siobhan Athwal. This comedy explored fat-phobia and perceived desirability in mixed-weight relationships.
Ajar by Nell Hardy, performed by Beca Barton, Mariah Loca, Kellan Frankland and Charlie Folorunsho. The drama explored transphobia in women's refuges and unsafety in police handling.
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Royal Shakespeare Company, 2022
Nicole worked as part of a team of Creative Associates employed by the RSC. She supported the large-scale tour of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for young audiences to Associate School groups and Theatre Partners across Yorkshire: Bradford Alhambra, York Theatre Royal and Hull Truck Theatre
Stephen Joseph Theatre (2022)
Nicole assisted the director on Emma Rice’s adaptation of the classic film, Brief Encounter in the round at the Stephen Joseph Theatre working with their Artistic Director. She provided contextual research, ideas and supported and observed the production across movement direction, musical direction and overall directorial vision.
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Graeae – TBC: Photo by Joe Bailey © RSC.
Brief Encounter - Stills: Tony Bartholomew