ALISON CARR

Alison Carr is a writer for theatre, audio and screen.

Theatre credits include: A Street Like This (Unfolding Theatre; winner of Performance of the Year at the North East Culture Awards 2023); Until It's Gone (Òran Mór's Play, A Pie and A Pint, Stellar Quines, Traverse Theatre); Tuesday (National Theatre Connections Festival 2020 & 2021); The Last Quiz Night On Earth (Box of Tricks, 2020); Caterpillar (Theatre503, London, 2018; finalist for the Theatre503 Playwriting Award); Iris (Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016; winner of Writer of the Year, North East Culture Awards 2017); Fat Alice (Òran Mór's A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts); and The Soaking of Vera Shrimp (winner of the Live Theatre/The Empty Space Bursary Award).

Audio credits include: We Step Outside And Start To Dance (ACE, National Lottery, Winner – OnComm Award); Stuff (Painkiller Podcast); Dolly Would (BBC Radio 4).

Her play Birdie was a Finalist for the Women's Prize for Playwriting 2022.

Her short film Doppelganger is part of BBC Three's 'Long Story Short' series.