James Fritz

James is a playwright and screenwriter from London.

His stage plays include: The Flea (Yard Theatre), Lava (Nottingham Playhouse/Fifth Word; revived Soho Theatre), Parliament Square (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Bush Theatre, London - winner of a Bruntwood Prize), Start Swimming (Young Vic Taking Part, Edinburgh Fringe), The Fall (National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London), Ross & Rachel (MOTOR at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 59E59 Theaters, New York), and Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre - winner of Most Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle Awards)  

The third series of his BBC Radio 4 drama anthology series Life & Time will air in 2026. 

Natasha Gordon

Natasha is a British playwright and actress of Jamaican descent. Her debut play, Nine Night, enjoyed a sold-out run at the National Theatre in April 2018 before transferring to Trafalgar Studio in 2019. In 2022 the play received its US premiere at the Round House in Washington DC and a revival was produced by Leeds and Nottingham playhouses in the UK.

In 2018 Natasha won the Charles Wintour Award for most promising playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards as well as the Critics’ Circle Award. Nine Night was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy. She is currently working on commissions for the National Theatre.

As a performer, her stage credits include: Nine Night (Trafalgar Studios), Red Velvet (Tricycle Theatre/St Ann’s Warehouse), The Low Road, Clubland (Royal Court Theatre), Mules (Young Vic) and As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company)  

Film and television includes: Dough, Line of Duty, Class, and Danny and the Human Zoo.

Laura Lomas

Laura was a writer in residence at Shakespeare’s Globe and Clean Break Theatre Company and has been on attachment to Paines Plough and The National Theatre Studio.  

Her recent plays include: The House Party (Chichester Festival Theatre / Headlong), Metamorphoses (Globe), Chaos (National Theatre Connections), Abandon (Hampstead Theatre Youth Company), The Blue Road (Youth companies at Dundee Rep/Derby Theatre/Royal & Derngate/Theatre Royal Plymouth), Joanne (Clean Break/Soho Theatre), Bird (Derby Live/Nottingham Playhouse/UK Tour), Blister (Paines Plough/RWCMD/Gate Theatre), The Island (Nottingham Playhouse/Det Norske Oslo), and Wasteland (New Perspectives Theatre/Derby Live).

Laura wrote the libretto for The Blue Woman, composed by Laura Bowler and directed by Katie Mitchell, for The Royal Opera House and Britten Pears Arts.

Vinay Patel

Vinay is a scriptwriter from South East London.  

His TV debut, Murdered By My Father, won 2 RTS Awards including Best Single Drama and was nominated for three BAFTAs.

Vinay has since written episodes for Good Karma Hospital, Doctor Who and, most recently, the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls’ One Day. He is developing a TV series with Motive Pictures/Fifth Season and a historical sports feature with Film4.

For theatre, he has written a romantic epic (An Adventure) for the Bush, an office satire about language and offence (Sticks & Stones) for Paines Plough, and a South Asian sci-fi adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, for the Yard/HOME.

He is currently an Associate Playwright at the Royal Court Theatre as well as working on several projects for the stage including a play for Empire Street Productions, an adaptation of Cloud Atlas for English Touring Theatre and a musical for ATG.