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Nicholas Martin
After working as a seaman and journalist, Nicholas graduated from the National Film and Television School in 1992. His screenplay for FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS was shortlisted for the Best First Screenplay - WGGB Awards and received 4 Golden Globe nominations and 2 Academy Award nominations.

Declan Dineen
DECLAN DINEEN is a working class writer originally from South Wales now based in Glasgow. He loves big characters and big ideas and telling propulsive stories filled with emotion.

Laura Dockrill
Laura Dockrill is an award winning author and illustrator. The first in her 'Darcy Burdock' series was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year prize and her most recent young adult novel, Big Bones, was released in 2018.

Martha Geelan
Martha is a director, writer and dramaturg from London.
Her hit musical Babies, written with award-winning composer & lyricist Jack Godfrey, was nominated for Best New Musical at the 2025 WhatsOnStage awards.

Sam Gittins
* OBEY was nominated for Best British Film at The National Film Awards 2019
** RAY & LIZ was nominated for Outstanding Debut Feature at The BAFTA Awards 2019

Samuel Jordan

Ferdy is Co-Artistic Director of Filter Theatre.
Ferdy was previously Associate Artist at The Lyric Hammersmith.