
Hello! I’m Debs and I’m a comedy writer
I’ve been a serious comedy writer (as it were) for several years and have trained with some fantastic script editors to develop my craft.
Having grown up in North Devon where superstition and magic abound, I have a fascination with all things folklore which often seeps into my writing. I also love a bit of sci-fi (I’m a massively geeky Whovian).
Below are a selection of projects I’ve written for TV, radio, and stage. If you would like to discuss any of my existing work or if you’d be interested in collaborating with me on a new project, please get in touch.
Caught Betwixt
Radio Sitcom
A workaholic project manager is ripped away from her neatly structured existence as her micro-management skills are the only thing that can end a magical war in the Fae Realms.
- Performed (as “Changeling”) at Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford, 25th April 2019.
Domesday
TV Sitcom
In 1086, four men travel across Devon gathering information for the Domesday Survey whilst trying not to fall foul of any local witches, ghosts, or pixies.
- Performed at Baron’s Court Theatre, 2nd December 2018
- Extract selected and workshopped at 2018 London Screenwriter’s Festival Actors Table Read.
Rooms
Stage Play
A singer and her PA find themselves trapped in a grotty hotel while a storm rages outside. If that weren’t bad enough, they inadvertently get on the wrong side of the two inept spies in the room next door.
- Performed at Barons Court Theatre, 25th August 2018.
Erf
TV Sitcom
A mild mannered ice-cream man unexpectedly finds himself on a space station in orbit around Earth several millennia in the future.
- Extract selected and workshopped at 2017 London Screenwriter’s Festival Actors Table Read.
Vamps
Stage Play
Problems arise for four female vampires when several boxes of letters come to light and it’s revealed that one of their former lovers is less deceased than he ought to be.
- Extract performed at Page to Stage London, 22nd November 2017
- Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2018/2019
Life After Uni
TV Sitcom
In a confusing world where weekday hangovers are frowned upon and people get pregnant on purpose, three recent graduates are getting to grips with Life After Uni.
Henge
TV Sitcom
Four young people attempt to get to grips with adulthood during the Neolithic answer to Bestival.
Cunning Plans
Radio Sitcom
The year is 1086 and two cunning women are merrily using witchcraft to con unsuspecting travellers in rural North Devon.