Kayleigh Hinsley

Playwright Dramaturg Photographer Facilitator Script reader

Kayleigh Mai Hinsley (she/her) is playwright, dramaturg and facilitator of mixed Irish, English and Sri Lankan descent working in Devon and London. She is drawn to stories that balance humour and darkness, and enjoys using metaphor and absurdism in her own work to provoke and entertain. Kayleigh has been a member of Beyond Face’s We Are Here To Write programme since 2021, had scripts shortlisted by Traverse Theatre and the Royal Court and is currently a Mentored Writer with Paines Plough and Landmark Theatres North Devon.

www.kayleighhinsley.com

Credits

DIRECTOR

The Buffalo and the Passenger Pigeon, Clown Funeral Collective, Drayton Arms, 2024

WRITER

Wet Bulb, Clown Funeral Collective, Drayton Arms, 2024

a ghost play for xmas, Honey Theatre, Blue Elephant, 2023

A Boy Called Pickle, 13 Months Theatre, The Other Palace, 2023

To Live Or Not To Live & CPR, Beyond Face Youth Company, The House, 2023

Moth Play, Beyond Face, The House / Exeter Phoenix, 2022-23

Wave Machine, The Writers’ Corner, online, 2021

Walnut, El Gordo Theatre Company, Instagram, 2021

CO-WRITER

I will never be warm again., False Start Productions, digital serial, 2021

SCRIPT READER

ScriptSpace open submissions window, The Space, 2022

Training

CURRENT

Mentored Writer, Paines Plough & Landmark Theatres (2024-25)

Roundhouse Works (2023-24)

We Are Here To Write, Beyond Face (2021-24)

PREVIOUS

NSDF Lab 2023/24, Camden People’s Theatre (2023-24)

Winter Writers Workshop, Honey Theatre (2023)

Creative Facilitation training with Deanna Rodger, Roundhouse (Oct-Nov 2023)

Developing Your Playwriting with Dawn King, City Lit (2021)

Ways Into Playwriting with Dawn King, City Lit (2021)

Virtual Retreat: Writing for Stage, Park Theatre (2021)

Sharp Scratches Lockdown Playwriting Group (2021)

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

Social

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