Shadow Kingdoms by Berri George

Mercury Playwriting Prize 2017 Runner Up, directed by Scott Hurran

Berri George is a writer and a performer, and graduate of both the Belgrade Theatre’s Critical Mass and the Royal Court Theatre local invitation playwriting schemes. She is 2014 alumni for the Orange Tree Theatre’s invitation writers group, and made the Old Vic 12 shortlist for 2016. Her work has been staged by a range of the UK’s leading new writing venues; Manchester Royal Exchange, Bolton Octagon Theatre, Theatre 503, High Tide, The Space, Talawa, Old Red Lion, and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Recent commissions include: short film TITS (BBC Writersroom/BBC 3), development script WALNUT WHIP (Radio 3), and VIRTUALLY BLACKFRIARS (Milowladek). She is currently part of the BBCs 2017 Drama Room & New Talent Hot List.