Sally Woodcock is a theatre producer, director, playwright and teacher. Born in Pakistan and raised in Kenya to an Africa-born Anglo-Irish father and Australian mother, her life and work across five continents drives a passion for stories which emerge from cross-cultural identity and the free movement of people.
Hear Sally talk about her cultural heritage in monologue Voices in my Head for Come to Where I'm From (Gate Theatre for Tamasha Theatre Company, Latitude Festival for Paines Plough).
Sally's first full-length play Fanta Orange (Finborough Theatre; developed at NT Studio & RADA) won Little Brother's Big Opportunity II, Exeunt Critic's Pick 2011, nominated for Best New Play by Offwestend and Time Out and co-winner International Playwriting Festival. Other plays include Blue Whales (RADA Festival / Soho Theatre / Luton Hat Factory); Pink Gin (Salisbury Playhouse), Kitchen Sink Drama (for Royal Court Invitation Group & RADA); Shamba (TV commission for Little Brother Productions), Horses For Courses (shortlisted for Papatango); Clever (shortlisted for Menagerie Sparks);The Trouser Department (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh), All the Wrong Reasons (Bridewell Theatre); Wedding Belles (Gilded Balloon & Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh / 78th St Theater Lab, NYC)
In 2005 Sally co-founded HORSESHOE theatre co. with Toby Guy Parsons, producing live theatre productions of GCSE and A Level curriculum plays and running thematic workshops for schools. Sally and Toby together produced and directed more than twenty modern dramas including An Inspector Calls, The Caretaker, Waiting For Godot, A Doll's House, Yerma and Teechers.
In 2016 Sally founded MESH theatre co to stage conflict-related dramas in significant locations and to mark historic anniversaries. MESH's inaugural production was JOURNEY'S END by R C Sheriff in Ypres, Belgium which ran for 3 years over the WW1 centenary.
Sally is a graduate of Tamasha Playwrights (first cohort) and the Royal Court Invitation Group of playwrights. She has an MA in Text and Performance (RADA); MPHIL in Arts Education (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) B Ed Drama (Homerton, Cambridge); Post Graduate Diploma in Acting and Musical Theatre (HTS) and NCTJ Certificate in Newspaper Journalism.
Sally is a proud member of Stop The War Coalition, The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation, Last Post Association, Equity and The Society of Authors. Plays published by Oberon Books.
Hear Sally talk about her cultural heritage in monologue Voices in my Head for Come to Where I'm From (Gate Theatre for Tamasha Theatre Company, Latitude Festival for Paines Plough).
Sally's first full-length play Fanta Orange (Finborough Theatre; developed at NT Studio & RADA) won Little Brother's Big Opportunity II, Exeunt Critic's Pick 2011, nominated for Best New Play by Offwestend and Time Out and co-winner International Playwriting Festival. Other plays include Blue Whales (RADA Festival / Soho Theatre / Luton Hat Factory); Pink Gin (Salisbury Playhouse), Kitchen Sink Drama (for Royal Court Invitation Group & RADA); Shamba (TV commission for Little Brother Productions), Horses For Courses (shortlisted for Papatango); Clever (shortlisted for Menagerie Sparks);The Trouser Department (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh), All the Wrong Reasons (Bridewell Theatre); Wedding Belles (Gilded Balloon & Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh / 78th St Theater Lab, NYC)
In 2005 Sally co-founded HORSESHOE theatre co. with Toby Guy Parsons, producing live theatre productions of GCSE and A Level curriculum plays and running thematic workshops for schools. Sally and Toby together produced and directed more than twenty modern dramas including An Inspector Calls, The Caretaker, Waiting For Godot, A Doll's House, Yerma and Teechers.
In 2016 Sally founded MESH theatre co to stage conflict-related dramas in significant locations and to mark historic anniversaries. MESH's inaugural production was JOURNEY'S END by R C Sheriff in Ypres, Belgium which ran for 3 years over the WW1 centenary.
Sally is a graduate of Tamasha Playwrights (first cohort) and the Royal Court Invitation Group of playwrights. She has an MA in Text and Performance (RADA); MPHIL in Arts Education (Trinity Hall, Cambridge) B Ed Drama (Homerton, Cambridge); Post Graduate Diploma in Acting and Musical Theatre (HTS) and NCTJ Certificate in Newspaper Journalism.
Sally is a proud member of Stop The War Coalition, The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation, Last Post Association, Equity and The Society of Authors. Plays published by Oberon Books.