About

BOLDtext Playwrights are Stephen Jackson, Liz John, Nicola Jones, Sayan Kent, Vanessa Oakes, Tim Stimpson and Julia Wright.

We are a collective of eight professional writers from the West Midlands who came together in 2013 to create new work that celebrates and reflects our regtion. So far this has included partnerships with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, WMP Heritage, Culture Central, Birmingham Museums Trust, JQBID, Birmingham Heritage Week, Ruskin Mill Trust & Birmingham 2022. We’re committed to using talent from our region to tell stories that enable audiences to see their world in a brand new way.

For lots more information about what we do, how we do it, and what people say about it, download our marketing pack below.

What People Say

Thoughtful, sensitive, witty and engaging. My kind of theatre.

Ola Animashawun (Euphoric Ink & NT)

…an arresting production full or realism and injustice.

Steve Orme (British Theatre Guide)

So lively, so evocative, so varied. A real triumph!

Audience member