Amy Bethan Evans
I am a playwright, dramaturg and disability activist. I identify as visually impaired and Neurodivergent (dyspraxic) and fight for better access and validation of the disabled lived experience. I use creative access in my work and have written creative audio description. I am originally from Bristol with Welsh heritage on my dad's side (I am a Welsh learner).
Current projects include Lilypower being Developed with Bristol Ferment following being part of 37 Plays at the RSC, Without Fire (ETT commission following their Nationwide Voices programme) Diary of a soothsayer (Royal Court commission) and an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Katy with the Egg.
My work includes Libby's Eyes (Bunker Theatre 2018) Tinted (Vaults 2020 and Extant 2018) and The Royal Court's Living Newspaper (Edition 6). I am on commission to the Royal Court and on attachment with Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre Studio. I am also a member of Soho Writers' Alumni Group and an alumnus of Graeae's Write to Play, BBC Writers' Access Group and Paines Plough's Re: Assemble programme.
Current projects include Lilypower being Developed with Bristol Ferment following being part of 37 Plays at the RSC, Without Fire (ETT commission following their Nationwide Voices programme) Diary of a soothsayer (Royal Court commission) and an adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Katy with the Egg.
My work includes Libby's Eyes (Bunker Theatre 2018) Tinted (Vaults 2020 and Extant 2018) and The Royal Court's Living Newspaper (Edition 6). I am on commission to the Royal Court and on attachment with Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre Studio. I am also a member of Soho Writers' Alumni Group and an alumnus of Graeae's Write to Play, BBC Writers' Access Group and Paines Plough's Re: Assemble programme.
London (Greater London)
Curtain Up, Theatre Clywd 2021
Living Newspaper. Royal Court 2021 dir. Izzy Rabey
Quest for the Nuance Crystal. Bush Allotment 2021
Old Flesh, New World Royal Court commission 2020-21
Options. April 2020. Come to Where I’m From Rapid Response, Paines Plough
Tinted. Feb 2020. Vault Festival, Scripped Up. Dir. Elske Waite, Prd. Amy Toledano. Oct 2018. Bloomsbury Festival Extant. Dir. Ailin Conant.
LilyPower. NTS attachment 2019, VBA Top 100, 503 Prize Top 30
Buried, Oct 19. Here and Queer, Drayton Arms. Dir. Deirdre McLaughlin
Pink Statements. In development with Bristol Old Vic 2021. Sept 19. Loupe Theatre presents, Wardrobe Theatre, dir. Chloe Masterton. Oct, 18. Arcola (Part of The Minitiaurists), Prd. James Huntrods. April 2018. Gallery Café (IGNITE). Sparkhaus Theatre, dir. Rosalind Brody. Prod. Anna Poole.Libby’s Eyes. June 2018. Bunker Theatre (Breaking Out season). Poke In the Eye Productions, dir. Spencer Charles Noll. Prod. Georgie Morrell. (Written 2017 for Soho Writers’ Lab). Verity Bargate Longlist, Royal Court Kudos Fellowship shortlist
The Phallic Earth Society. August 2018, Plays Rough, Old Red Lion. (Tabloids and Tentacles) Dir. Samantha Robinson. Feb 2017, Where do We Go from Here? Goblin Baby. Dir. Julie Osman.
Living Newspaper. Royal Court 2021 dir. Izzy Rabey
Quest for the Nuance Crystal. Bush Allotment 2021
Old Flesh, New World Royal Court commission 2020-21
Options. April 2020. Come to Where I’m From Rapid Response, Paines Plough
Tinted. Feb 2020. Vault Festival, Scripped Up. Dir. Elske Waite, Prd. Amy Toledano. Oct 2018. Bloomsbury Festival Extant. Dir. Ailin Conant.
LilyPower. NTS attachment 2019, VBA Top 100, 503 Prize Top 30
Buried, Oct 19. Here and Queer, Drayton Arms. Dir. Deirdre McLaughlin
Pink Statements. In development with Bristol Old Vic 2021. Sept 19. Loupe Theatre presents, Wardrobe Theatre, dir. Chloe Masterton. Oct, 18. Arcola (Part of The Minitiaurists), Prd. James Huntrods. April 2018. Gallery Café (IGNITE). Sparkhaus Theatre, dir. Rosalind Brody. Prod. Anna Poole.Libby’s Eyes. June 2018. Bunker Theatre (Breaking Out season). Poke In the Eye Productions, dir. Spencer Charles Noll. Prod. Georgie Morrell. (Written 2017 for Soho Writers’ Lab). Verity Bargate Longlist, Royal Court Kudos Fellowship shortlist
The Phallic Earth Society. August 2018, Plays Rough, Old Red Lion. (Tabloids and Tentacles) Dir. Samantha Robinson. Feb 2017, Where do We Go from Here? Goblin Baby. Dir. Julie Osman.
Childrens writing, Comedy, Film, Online writing, Poetry, Radio, Television, Theatre