Bea Roberts

Bea Roberts is a the multi-award-winning playwright and screenwriter from the West Country known for her distinctive blend of dark humour, folklore and rural storytelling. 

Her plays include Ivy Tiller: Vicar’s Daughter, Squirrel Killer (RSC) and Infinity Pool. Her 2014 play And Then Come the Nightjars, developed with support from Bristol Old Vic, won the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award. 

Additional credits include adaptations of The Little Mermaid - winner of Best Play for Children and Young People at the 2018 UK Theatre Awards - and The Borrowers (Tobacco Factory Theatres), alongside writing for BBC One’s EastEnders. She is currently developing screen projects with BBC Studios, Firebird Pictures and Hartswood Films.