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The last few years have felt pretty tough but, given that this is a day for taking stock, I can look back on some writing milestones this decade.

• The Interview at the Arcola in 2010
• The Inside Man/The Interview double bill at the Brighton Fringe
• Shortlisted for the Windsor Fringe prize (Inside My Head)
• Four Rapid Write Response plays for Theatre503
• Two Bruntwood Prize final 40 plays (Closed and Dead Yard)
• A Certain Kind of Girl for The Miniaturists
• Development of Dead Yard at the Arcola Lab in 2017
• The Arcola PlayWROUGHT festival, again with Dead Yard

Along the way I’ve worked with many talented and generous actors, directors and writers, inspiring me to make my own way as a playwright.

Eclipsing all the above are my two proudest achievements: marrying Fabia in 2012 and Adam’s arrival in 2014. Maybe the 2010s have been a rather special decade after all!

I’ve been quiet but busy in 2019. Stay tuned for the lowdown on my brand new full-length play in 2020.

A Spoonful is a short play about a man, a woman and a specimen pot.

Written for the Rapid Write Response to Paul Murphy’s award-winning Valhalla, you can see A Spoonful and six other new plays at Theatre503 on Sunday 18 October and Monday 19 October.

A Spoonful is directed by Jennifer Bakst, and features Debbie Korley as Jenny and Robert Bradley as Tom.

Tickets are £8 in advance (£10 on the night) available direct from Theatre503. Do come along to see it if you can.