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Janice Okoh is an award winning playwright. Her first play ‘Egusi Soup’ was produced in 2012 by Menagerie Theatre/Soho Theatre and went on a national tour in 2014 with Menagerie/ Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds as producers. It won a Channel 4 Playwriting Award in 2017.
Her second play “Three Birds” won the Bruntwood Playwriting Prize in 2011 and was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate and Alfred Fagon awards in that same year. It was produced in 2013.
For television, Janice has most recently written on Sanditon for ITV / PBS. She also writes extensively for radio.
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)Company
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Date: 2021Production (role): SANDITON SERIES 2Company: ITV/PBS
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Date: 2019Production (role): HETTY FEATHERCompany: BBC
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Date: 2018Production (role): 4STORIES: A MOTHER'S LOVECompany: Channel 4/Blacklight TV
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Date: 2014-2018Production (role): DOCTORSCompany: BBC Studios
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2021Production (role): THE OFFINGCompany: Stephen Joseph Theatre/ Theatre LiveProject details: Adaptation of Ben Myers' novel (addition material: Paul Robinson)
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Date: 2020Production (role): THE GIFTCompany: Eclipse Theatre / Coventry Belgrade / Theatre Royal Stratford EastProject details:
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Date: 2016Production (role): TOM ROBINSONCompany: Bolton Octagon TheatreProject details: 10 minute short play in response to To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
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Date: 2014Production (role): EGUSI SOUP (National Tour)Company: Menagerie Theatre / Theatre Royal Bury St EdmondsProject details:
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Date: 2014Production (role): LOSSCompany: Unicorn TheatreProject details: Short play
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Date: 2013Production (role): COLLABORATIONCompany: Royal Court TheatreProject details: Short play for Open Court Season led by Anthony Nielson
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Date: 2013Production (role): THREE BIRDSCompany: Manchester Royal Exchange/ The Bush TheatreProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): NEWLANDSCompany: Islington Community TheatreProject details: Short play as part of What Will Survive of Us?
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Date: 2012Production (role): EGUSI SOUPCompany: Soho Theatre/Menagerie Theatre/Colchester MercuryProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): INTRODUCING THE TALENTED MISTERCompany: Menagerie TheatreProject details: Short play
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Date: 2010Production (role): TOP BRASSCompany: Theatre503Project details: Rapid Write Response
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Date: 2007Production (role): BABY JAY'S BEDROOMCompany: Croydon Warehouse TheatreProject details: Short play as part of International Playwriting Festival
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2020Production (role): CANECompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: Adaptation of novel by Jean Toomer for the Saturday play.
Producer: John Norton -
Date: 2020Production (role): HALF OF A YELLOW SUNCompany: BBC RADIO 4Project details: 2 part adaptation of novel by Chimamanda Adichie.
Producer: Nadia Molinari
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Date: 2019Production (role): RED EARTH RED SKYCompany: BBC RADIO 4Project details: Drama of the week, featured in BBC Radio 4 pick of the week
Single Drama, Producer: Pauline Harris -
Date: 2018Production (role): THE HEART OF A WOMANCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: 5 part adaptation of Maya Angelou autobiography
Producer: Pauline Harris -
Date: 2014Production (role): THE AWAKENINGCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: 5 part drama adaptation of novel by Kate Chopin
Producer: Marion Nancarrow -
Date: 2014Production (role): SILK: THE CLERKS ROOMCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: One episode of 3 part series spin-off of the television drama created by Peter Moffat for Afternoon Drama
Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko -
Date: 2012Production (role): BABY POWDER & PERFUMECompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: 5 part series for 15 Minute Drama
Producer: Helen Perry -
Date: 2012Production (role): NOUGHTS AND CROSSESCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: Adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for the Saturday Play. Choice pick in The Radio Times, The Telegraph, previewed in The Financial Times.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow -
Date: 2011Production (role): REUNIONCompany: BBC Radio 4 ExtraProject details: Part of Man in Black series
Producer: Gemma Jenkins -
Date: 2010Production (role): CARNIVALCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: Part of From Fact to Fiction series. Reviewed in the Independent
Producer: David Hunter -
Date: 2010Production (role): SE8Company: BBC Radio 4Project details: The Afternoon Play: choice pick in The Independent, Daily Mail, Independent on Sunday, Time Out and The Times. Featured in BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Week.
Producer: Claire Grove -
Date: 2008Production (role): FROM LAGOS WITH LOVECompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: The Afternoon Play: chosen as The Observer’s and The Daily Mail’s pick of the day
Producer: Claire Grove -
Date: 2007Production (role): A SHORT RIDE TO DÜSSELDORFCompany: BBC Radio 4Project details: The Afternoon Play
Producer: Claire Grove
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2018Production (role): Maya Angelou SeriesCompany: Aardman Productions/BBC Radio 4 OnlineProject details: Script for animation for Maya Angelou series
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Date: 2015Production (role): THE BAKER & THE DRUMMER BOYCompany: CBBC OnlineProject details: Short ghost/horror stories for Hetty Feather online presence
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2021Production (role): Susan Smith Blackburn PrizeCompany:Project details: Finalist: The Gift
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Date: 2021Production (role): The Audio & Radio Industry Awards (The ARIAS)Company: The Radio AcademyProject details: Awarded Silver for Best Fictional Storytelling for Red Earth, Red Sky
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Date: 2020Production (role): BBC Radio and Music AwardsCompany:Project details: Winner best Drama Production: Red Earth, Red Sky
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Date: 2017Production (role): Channel 4 Playwriting AwardCompany: Channel 4Project details:
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Date: 2013Production (role): Peggy Ramsay AwardCompany:Project details:
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Date: 2011Production (role): Bruntwood Playwriting PrizeCompany:Project details: Awarded the prize for Three Birds
Also shortlisted for the Verity Bargate and Alfred Fagon Awards
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DateProduction (role)Project details
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Date: 2021Production (role): Bogliasco Foundation Residency, ItalyProject details:
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Date: 2020Production (role): Women in Film and Television MenteeProject details:
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Date: 2018Production (role): BAFTA Elevate ProgrammeProject details:
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Date: 2014Production (role): Macdowell Colony Fellow, USAProject details:
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Date: 2012Production (role): BBC Continuing Drama’s Writers AcademyProject details:
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Date: 2011Production (role): Channel 4’s Screenwriting CourseProject details:
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Date: 2011Production (role): Royal Court Theatre Invitation Studio GroupProject details:
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Date: 2010Production (role): Jerwood/Arvon Mentoring Scheme for PlaywrightsProject details: Mentored by Rebecca Lenkiewicz