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About Alice

Alice is a director and dramaturg, based in Birmingham; she specialises in new writing. Recent work includes directing & dramaturging a new play 'Community' by Farrah Chaudhry, commissioned by the Birmingham Rep before touring locally; as well as script reading for a midscale commission with Rafia Hussain Productions, and a Midlands-wide script window with In Good Company.                                       

Passionate about community-centric, form-bending stories, deadpan humour, and unhinged characters, Alice has read for leading organisations and awards across the UK, including the Bruntwood Prize, BJT Commission, Sky Comedy Rep, the Royal Court, Papatango Prize,  ETPEP Award and the Victoria Wood Prize. She believes in theatre as a tool for systemic liberation. From 2021-2025, she co-directed the Birmingham Rep's young actor training company, from 2024-2026, she was a Mentor Director for National Theatre Connections, and from 2025-2026, she was a facilitator for the charity Everyone's Invited on their West Mercia programme. She now facilitates for RSVP (Rape and Sexual Violence Project) and for Calico's VR Gendered Violence Empathy training.

In January 2026, she directed an r&d for Clive Judd’s new play ‘Sabrina’, produced by Emmerson & Ward, and a new audio play with Calathea Arts about Street Arts & young people in Birmingham. In May 2026, she directed two WIP - 'Money for Nothing' by Grace Barrington and 'Pretend like it's Calm' by Zakariye - as part of Birmingham Hippodrome's Origin's Festival of New Work. Currently, she is reading for the 2026 Papatango Prize, as well as an r&d for James Trevelyan's new play 'Chase', supported by Lichfield Garrick and Birmingham Hippodrome— a story about conspiracy theories and digital isolation, all set on Cannock Chase, which has a sharing as part of SEE IT FIRST Festival at the Belgrade in July 2026 .

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