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Sarah Isaac

Playwright Screenwriter Dramaturg Script Reader Script Consultant

Sarah is an award winning playwright and screenwriter.

She studied philosophy at King's College London and completed a course in Film & TV writing at the NFTS.

She was a member of the Royal Court's Writing Group, Kali's Discovery Program, School of High Tide, and a Rifco Theatre Associate 2021-2022.

In 2021, she won the Sky Arts RSL Award in playwriting.

She has also been longlisted for the Sultan Padamsee Award in Playwriting, Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award For New Writing and the Papatango Prize.

Her most recent play was shortlisted for the 2024 Sultan Padamsee Award in Playwriting.

She is a member of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain.

Credits

Playwright, White, (Bulletpoints Theatre) Greenwich Theatre, 2 nights, Jan 2024

Playwright, Good Shepherd (Rifco Monologues), Bush Theatre, 1 night, March 2022

Playwright, The Cherry Blossom (New Normal Theatre), 1 night, 2020

Playwright, Glorious (New Normal Theatre), 1 night 2020

Playwright, The Wastemen Cometh ( New normal Theatre), 1 night 2020

Playwright, The Censor, Script Lab East, 1 night, 2020

Playwright, Two Hearts, Pleasance Theatre, 1 night, 2019

Playwright, Two hearts, Bristol Arnolfini, 2019

Playwright, Two hearts, Script Accelerator, Park theatre, 2019

Dramaturg, The River's Daughter, 1 week, July 2023


Reader

National Theatre New Work Department

Leeds Literary Prize

Script Angel Studio 21 Continuing Drama Series Competition

Outstanding Screenplays TV, Film and Short Competitions.

Coverfly Writers x Writers

UK Film Festival

Big Apple Film Festival

Film Pittsburgh

Golden Script Competition (with script consultation)

Training

(B.A)Hons Philosophy King's College London

Royal Court Theatre Critical Mass Writing Group

High Tide Writers Group

Kali Discovery Program

Rifco Associate Program

Film and TV Writing Course- National School of Film and Television

Location

London

Experience

2-5 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Comedy
  • Film - feature
  • Film - short
  • Literature
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • Radio/Audio
  • Theatre / Live perfomance
  • TV - drama

What I do

  • Dramaturgy
  • Editing
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Workshopping & Development
  • Writing

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