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Jennifer Lunn is a writer, director and producer. 

 

TV:

Jennifer was selected for BBC Writers’ Welsh Voices programme 2024 during which she developed a pilot and series outline for an HETV series. She is currently working on the pilot script for this show – supported by an NFTS script developer.

She has worked in TV writers’ rooms for Pulse Films and Mash Pictures on shows currently in development and was shortlisted for the Channel 4/Blacklight 4-Stories project in 2022 and the Channel 4 Screenwriting Scheme in 2019.

Theatre:

She is currently under commission by Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, writing a play for their senior youth theatre for performance in Spring 25.

Her debut play Es & Flo had its premiere at Wales Millennium Centre in April 2023 and then a transfer to the Kiln Theatre. It won the New York award – the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwrighting Prize in 2022 and the Popcorn Group New Writing Award in 2020. It was shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award and longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2017. It is published by Nick Hern Books. 

Her play Core was shortlisted for the RSC 37 Plays project in 2023, the Papatango Prize in 2022 and the Women’s Prize for Playwrighting in 2021.  

Other commissions include Terroir for RWCMD/Sherman Theatre and Stop The Drop for Theatr Clwyd as part of Curtain Up both in 2021. She was Writer in Residence at Theatr Clwyd in 2022.

Credits

THEATRE
Date: 2023
Production (role):
ES & FLO
Company:
Wales Millennium Centre
Project details:
Full length play commissioned by Wales Millennium Centre for production with transfer to the Kiln.
Winner of the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwrighting Award in 2022.
Winner of Popcorn Writing Award 2020.
Shortlisted for Verity Bargate Award 2017 and awarded a special Judges Commendation.
Longlisted for Bruntwood Prize 2017.
Published by Nick Hern Books.
Date: 2021
Production (role):
CORE
Project details:
Bilingual play written to be performed in English and BSL.
Shortlisted for RSC 37 Plays 2023.
Shortlisted for Papatango Prize 2022.
Received a filmed reading produced by The Playwrights Laboratory in 2022.
Shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2021.
Date: 2021
Production (role):
STOP THE DROP
Project details:
Short play commissioned by Theatr Clwyd in 2021 as part of Curtain Up.
Directed by Tamara Harvey.
Date: 2021
Production (role):
TERROIR
Project details:
Full length play commissioned by RWCMD and Sherman Theatre for NEW:21 season of new writing for graduating students. Performed live and filmed/broadcast online.
Date: 2020
Production (role):
THE PRICE OF PARADISE
Project details:
A short play for families written as part of the Theatr Clwyd Together outreach response to Covid19.
Date: 2019
Production (role):
LOCKDOWN
Project details:
A short play written in response to the Violence season at The Other Room. Rehearsed reading.
Date: 2019
Production (role):
BELIEVE
Project details:
Short play commissioned as part of The 12 Plays of Christmas R&D at The Other Room
Date: 2019
Production (role):
DIARIES OF A MISERABLE UNICORN
Project details:
Clapham Omnibus, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Latitude Festival
Co-Writer and Director of interactive show for families exploring self-identification.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
DINING WITH COPERNICUS
Company:
The Lab Collective & The Polish Cultural Institute
Project details:
Co-Writer and Co-Creator of an immersive theatre and dining experience, inspired by the life and work of Copernicus.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
CLASH OF THE COSMOS
Company:
Dirty Protest Theatre Company
Project details:
Rapid response piece to Lightspeed from Pembroke Dock, toured nationally across Wales supporting a development programme for new writers.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
IMAGINE
Company:
Dirty Protest Theatre Company
Project details:
Performed at Volcano Theatre, Swansea and The Other Room, Cardiff.
STUDENT PRODUCTIONS
Date: 2023
Production (role):
VERIFY YOU ARE A HUMAN
Company:
Young Actors Studio, RWCMD
Project details:
Writing and directing full length play for graduating students - Summer 2022
Date: 2022
Production (role):
DISORDER
Company:
Young Actors Studio, RWCMD
Project details:
Writing and directing full length play for graduating students - Summer 2022
OTHER
Date: 2023
Production (role):
SORTER
Company:
Grand Ambition
Project details:
Producer
A new play by Richard Mylan
Theatr Y Grand Abertawe / Swansea Grand Theatre
Date: 2022
Production (role):
WRITER IN RESIDENCE
Project details:
Theatr Clwyd
Date: 2022
Production (role):
4 STORIES
Project details:
Shortlisted for Blacklight/Channel 4
Date: 2022
Production (role):
S4C / MASH PICTURES
Project details:
Writers' Room
Date: 2021
Production (role):
BOOM!
Project details:
A picture book for families exploring emotional tangles during lockdown.
Date: 2020
Production (role):
ATOMIC BAZAAR
Project details:
Writers' Room

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): ES & FLO
    Company: Wales Millennium Centre
    Project details: Full length play commissioned by Wales Millennium Centre for production with transfer to the Kiln.
    Winner of the Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwrighting Award in 2022.
    Winner of Popcorn Writing Award 2020.
    Shortlisted for Verity Bargate Award 2017 and awarded a special Judges Commendation.
    Longlisted for Bruntwood Prize 2017.
    Published by Nick Hern Books.
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): CORE
    Company:
    Project details: Bilingual play written to be performed in English and BSL.
    Shortlisted for RSC 37 Plays 2023.
    Shortlisted for Papatango Prize 2022.
    Received a filmed reading produced by The Playwrights Laboratory in 2022.
    Shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2021.
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): STOP THE DROP
    Company:
    Project details: Short play commissioned by Theatr Clwyd in 2021 as part of Curtain Up.
    Directed by Tamara Harvey.
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): TERROIR
    Company:
    Project details: Full length play commissioned by RWCMD and Sherman Theatre for NEW:21 season of new writing for graduating students. Performed live and filmed/broadcast online.
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): THE PRICE OF PARADISE
    Company:
    Project details: A short play for families written as part of the Theatr Clwyd Together outreach response to Covid19.
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): LOCKDOWN
    Company:
    Project details: A short play written in response to the Violence season at The Other Room. Rehearsed reading.
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): BELIEVE
    Company:
    Project details: Short play commissioned as part of The 12 Plays of Christmas R&D at The Other Room
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): DIARIES OF A MISERABLE UNICORN
    Company:
    Project details: Clapham Omnibus, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Latitude Festival
    Co-Writer and Director of interactive show for families exploring self-identification.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): DINING WITH COPERNICUS
    Company: The Lab Collective & The Polish Cultural Institute
    Project details: Co-Writer and Co-Creator of an immersive theatre and dining experience, inspired by the life and work of Copernicus.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): CLASH OF THE COSMOS
    Company: Dirty Protest Theatre Company
    Project details: Rapid response piece to Lightspeed from Pembroke Dock, toured nationally across Wales supporting a development programme for new writers.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): IMAGINE
    Company: Dirty Protest Theatre Company
    Project details: Performed at Volcano Theatre, Swansea and The Other Room, Cardiff.
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): VERIFY YOU ARE A HUMAN
    Company: Young Actors Studio, RWCMD
    Project details: Writing and directing full length play for graduating students - Summer 2022
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): DISORDER
    Company: Young Actors Studio, RWCMD
    Project details: Writing and directing full length play for graduating students - Summer 2022
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): SORTER
    Company: Grand Ambition
    Project details: Producer
    A new play by Richard Mylan
    Theatr Y Grand Abertawe / Swansea Grand Theatre
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): WRITER IN RESIDENCE
    Company:
    Project details: Theatr Clwyd
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): 4 STORIES
    Company:
    Project details: Shortlisted for Blacklight/Channel 4
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): S4C / MASH PICTURES
    Company:
    Project details: Writers' Room
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): BOOM!
    Company:
    Project details: A picture book for families exploring emotional tangles during lockdown.
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): ATOMIC BAZAAR
    Company:
    Project details: Writers' Room
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