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Hannah Shury-Smith

Playwright Screenwriter Facilitator

I am a writer and facilitator, interested in telling stories that connect communities. I have previously been awarded the 2023 Theatre Royal Haymarket Writer’s Award, 2022 Alfred Fagon Award and 2022 Sky Arts RSL Writers Award for Playwriting. I have facilitated playwriting workshops with the Roundhouse and Bread London, an arts collective I co-founded.

My preferred pronouns are she/her.

Credits

Writer, Islands, Talawa Studio Theatre, 1 night, 2022
Writer, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Theatre503, 1 night, 2021
Writer, CHALK, Corpus Playroom, 1 week, 2020

Training

Royal Court’s 2023 Introduction to Playwriting Group
Talawa Young People’s Theatre 2021-2
4Screenwriting 2021

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Facilitating
  • Writing

Additional Languages

Norwegian

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