Grace Donaldson @ The Writers Room 2026

Signature Script: 

Pay-Per-View by Grace Donaldson

Directed by Micha Mirto

Following a highly-publicised falling-out, two former best friends try to settle their differences in the most lucrative way possible. It’s the biggest influencer boxing match in history – and you’re all invited.

Short Play:

Embrace the Suck by Grace Donaldson

Directed by Bradley Lomond

A military Sergeant reflects on his glory days - bullets, bombs, and the best blowjob he ever had.

A bit about Grace Donaldson: 

Grace is a writer and director from Scotland. Her work aims to use comedy as a funhouse mirror – reflecting our modern world, but warping it in a humorous manner. Her play Lads of the Flies was nominated for two Scottish Theatre Awards at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.

More about The Writers' Room:

New Stories. New Playwrights. New Worlds.

Welcome to The Writers' Room. Twelve brand new plays by this year's MA Drama Writers, performed as staged readings at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

From Wednesday 1st – Friday 3rd July, our graduates’ scripts will transport you between Cornish mining villages steeped in myth and magic, the beaches of Yorkshire whaling towns centuries apart, women-only gyms empowering members to avenge injustices, and a Friday night dinner with some very unexpected guests.

Exploring environmental collapse, contemporary Jewish identity, motherhood, faith, who claims our narratives, how we fight to win them back and what it means to reshape the world around us, these diverse new plays ask the most urgent questions about what it is to be alive today.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the school for a fantastic celebration of new writing by our talented students.