Bea Roberts is a multi-award winning playwright and screenwriter from the west country. Her play And Then Come The Nightjars won the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, made her a Finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was adapted into a feature film with director Paul Robinson. The movie won Best Independent Film at the Chichester International Film Festival and was picked as one of Rolling Stone UK’s Top 23 Films of 2023.

Bea has written for the National Theatre, the Royal Court, the Young Vic and most recently, Ivy Tiller; Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer starring Fleabag’s Jenny Rainsford for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2023, Bea was shortlisted for the George Devine Playwriting Award.

Bea was part of the BBC Writers’ Academy 2022-23 and wrote on BBC 1’s EastEnders. As well as writing a folk horror for the Bristol Old Vic theatre, Bea is developing screen work with Firebird, Hartswood Films and BBC Studios. She is represented by Jessica Cooper at Curtis Brown. For more information please visit www.bearobertswriter.com

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• Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace

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  Issued 5 Oct 2025 · Expires 5 Oct 2027