Nia Powell trained as an actor at ALRA South, working with directors Emily Aboud (Evening Standard Future Theatre Award Winner, Bush Theatre, Theatre 503) & Paloma Oakenfold (Lyric Hammersmith, Channel 4). She has collaborated in association with Clean Break & The National Portrait Gallery. Nia also has an MA in playwriting & dramaturgy from Goldsmiths where she worked with practitioners from Hesitate and Demonstrate, Hijinx and Unicorn Theatre. Her debut play Parma Violets was performed at the VAULT festival and her most recent play Tears of Joy was performed at Soho Theatre, Landmark Theatres, Drayton Arms & the Lambeth Fringe. She is currently on the Elevate Mid-scale Playwrighting programme and has previously been on the Pentabus and Minack Emerging writer’s scheme.

Rachel Fenn is a secondary school English and Drama teacher, playwright and dramaturg, with an MA in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance. Passionate about young people’s access to and participation in theatre, she has previously been the Learning and Teaching Manager at Shakespeare’s Globe and has worked extensively on writing and creating shows with young people in informal and formal education settings. She is also a playwriting tutor, and has worked for many years on the National Theatre NewViews programme. Recent credits as a dramaturg include We Are All Going To Die (VAULT Festival), Parma Violets (Hope Theatre and VAULT Festival). After (Soho Theatre) and Tears of Joy (Drayton Arms and Lambeth Fringe). She is a regular writer on the Colab Theatre and Hear First’s 24 Hour Play series.