Writing

Storytelling sits at the heart of One & One Theatre.

My writing work has focused on adapting classic texts for the stage—respecting their original power while reshaping them for contemporary audiences, community casts, and intimate theatrical spaces. Each adaptation is built to be actor-driven, theatrically bold, and emotionally direct.

Selected Adaptations


A Christmas Carol (2010)


A faithful yet theatrical adaptation of Dickens’ classic ghost story, created to foreground character, atmosphere, and moral urgency. Designed for ensemble storytelling and flexible staging, this version emphasised Scrooge’s psychological journey as much as the spectacle of redemption.


Frankenstein (2012)


A dark, concentrated stage adaptation exploring creation, responsibility, and isolation. This version stripped the story back to its moral core, using heightened language and stylised staging to examine the bond—and rupture—between Victor and his Creature.


The Covid Inspector
reimagining  The Government Inspector (2021)


Gogol’s satire relocated to a small town in crisis during the pandemic. Written to be performed online and retaining the farce, pace, and social bite of the original, this adaptation reframed corruption, fear, and self-interest through a sharply contemporary lens.


Dracula (2024)


A psychologically driven adaptation focusing on obsession, power, and moral decay. This version prioritised tension, intimacy, and storytelling economy over spectacle, making it particularly suited to studio and community theatre settings.


The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2024)


A tense, actor-centred reworking of Stevenson’s novella, designed to play with doubling, fractured narration, and moral ambiguity. The adaptation leans into the horror of repression and the cost of respectability. It received a NODA Regional Award, Highly Commended, for Best Drama in the South East Region in 2025.

Pride and Prejuduce (in development)

A lively, theatrical adaptation of Austen’s classic novel, balancing sparkling humour with genuine emotional depth. As balls are danced, fortunes pursued and hearts bruised, Elizabeth Bennet must navigate a world where love, security and social expectation rarely point in the same direction.


Original Work

The House with the Lights Still On


My first fully original piece, The House With The Lights Still On is a one-act family drama set over a single day in the living room of an aging widower, Holden Grey. When his children gather to pack up the house and prepare for his move into residential care, the practical task of sorting belongings becomes an emotional reckoning with memory, responsibility, and choice. It had its first performance at on June 1st 2026 when it was performed by The Compton Players  as their entry into the Oxfordshire Drama Network One Act Piay Festival. It won the Best New Play 2026 Award and GoDA adjudicator Chris Baglin said, “I was taken by the relatable and highly sensitive way this play handled this experience which is shared by so many of us. I believe it to be worthy of consideration for the Derek Jacobi Award.”


Night Shift (in development)

Night Shift is currently in development and planned for premiere in 2027. Set over a single night, the play explores responsibility, moral fatigue, and the quiet moments that define who we are when no one is watching. Further details will be released as the project moves towards production.