Tamsin Irwin is an award-winning British playwright. Since the pandemic she is regularly commissioned for independent projects as a director, writer or editor for theatre, audio and screen projects.
Outside her roles with building-based producing theatres (Salisbury Playhouse, Theatre 503 and Chickenshed Theatre) she has worked with new writing theatres. Presently she is a trustee of Activate, one of the Arts Council’s National Portfolio Organisations.
Tamsin’s own recent new work has included the theatre production, That Mad Little Planet Called Earth, that was performed as a staged reading at the internationally acclaimed new writing theatre, Theatre 503. This followed on from two successful performances at The British Interplanetary Society, as part of the UN’s World Space Week.
Tamsin’s plays have been on across London at new writing theatres that include the New Diorama, Old Red Lion Theatre, Theatre Technis and The Cockpit – as well as outside the capital. She has led drama workshops for the British Council and created a site-specific co-production at Glastonbury Abbey after working on numerous short-films funded by Southern Arts, London International Film School and independents in London and Hollywood.






No. 21
We are mid August: the first hints of Autumn are exposed in multiple sparkling spider webs at dawn and cool air at dusk. Nature quietly evolves in our adjusting human world. It is, as always, inspiring. We are now thinking ahead to our Autumn audio productions and have started recording That Mad Little Planet Called…
Humanoid
This short audio piece is set in a futuristic post-Humanoid Revolution society when human’s aspiration, to be less emotional, has manifested to an extreme. A humanoid investigates an entirely isolated human living in a screen dominated pod. Faye Maughan plays the seemingly mischievous humanoid, flirting between being human-like to computer-like, with razor-sharp precision. Length: 6…
No. 20
We are delighted to confirm that we have a new short audio drama set in a futuristic post-Humanoid Revolution society. This will be released on the eve of the end of lockdown in England. Faye Maughan plays a highly sophisticated Humanoid desperately needing an emotional response from a human. This is the perfect short for…
One Body
This short monologue imagines the internal dilemma of the human mind when the body is not working as one. Genre: Surreal. Length: 7 minutes. One Body Written by Tamsin Irwin Directed by Jeremy Sheffer Starring Zoe Aronson Above: Zoe Aronson Tamsin Irwin, as sole author ONE BODY, has asserted her moral rights in accordance with…
No. 19
Our next short audio story will be in June. In the meantime actor John Marshall has alerted me to our past outdoor production. It has been a decade since we performed my play, Abelard and Heloise, at Glastonbury Abbey. Have a look at this short promotional film here. I originally adapted the love letters of…
Fox
Fox is our final audio story made during full lockdown in Spring 2020. This story is set during Fireworks Night in the Autumn. An urban fox is considering to trust a human again, or not. Length: 16 minutes Fox Written by Tamsin Irwin Read by Douglas Clarke-Wood Above: Douglas Clarke-Wood Tamsin Irwin, as sole author…
- Listen to Martin Keady’s My Father (or The World’s Worst Case of Catholic Guilt)
- Nature: Earthworm
- Nature: Fox
- Nature: Grass
- Nature: The Leopard Slug
- Short Audio Story: Relationship Rehab.
- Short Audio Story: The Princess & the Sleep Fairy
- Contact
- Listen to Martin Keady’s My Father (or The World’s Worst Case of Catholic Guilt)
- Nature: Earthworm
- Nature: Fox
- Nature: Grass
- Nature: The Leopard Slug
- Short Audio Story: Relationship Rehab.
- Short Audio Story: The Princess & the Sleep Fairy
- Contact