una
A duologue for female actors about shame and identity, told through the lens of a contemporary fable.
The action takes place in rural Country Kilkenny between Una, a dogmatic Catholic, and the wolf who has just burst out of her chest. The wolf makes two claims:
1. Una is the descendant of an ancient line of werewolves.
2. That she is the wolfish other half of Una, who she has locked inside her ribcage since childhood.
Una vehemently denies both, and a brutal journey of self-discovery ensues.
A first draft of ‘Una’ was commissioned by Theatre West, an associate theatre company of Bristol Old Vic, for their new writing project ‘Coralations’ in 2025. Dramaturgy by Lucy Catherine.
A ten-minute reading was performed at Bristol Old Vic in May 2025. The script received two read-throughs with local actors during its development.
game for dogs
Posh Gen X’s Grant, Rowan and Jim are on their annual drunken (and illegal) hunting trip on Grant’s dad’s estate.
With them is Jim’s son Rory, a cautiously liberal philosophy student, Rowan’s spineless dog Lana and his uninvited date – a mysterious young woman named Elswyth, who it transpires is orchestrating a hunt of her own.
Folk-horror meets absurdism in this new black-comedy about patriarchy and nationality.
A first draft of ‘Game for Dogs’ was commissioned for The Bank Cohort in 2023. Dramaturgy by Ruby Clarke.
The script received a one day R&D with local actors at The Bank in June 2024. Directed by Natalie Simone.
Madeleine Farnhill 