Writer | Jessica Norman

I'm an award-winning writer for stage and screen.

My debut play This Little Earth opened at Arcola Theatre in 2025 (“Norman is one to watch”, The Guardian; "An absolute gem of a play", Everything Theatre; “A staggering debut”, West End Best Friend), and was long-listed for the Women's Prize for Playwriting/shortlisted for the Originals Playwriting Award.

My other plays have been short and longlisted for prizes including the Papatango Prize, The Women's Prize, BBC Drama Writers Academy and Theatre 503 International Playwriting Award. I'm an alumnus of Hampstead Theatre’s 2022/23 INSPIRE Writers Group, Oxford Playhouse Playmakers 23/24, and Soho Theatre Writers Lab.

I am developing a slate of projects for screen, including with James Norton’s Rabbit Track Pictures, an original series with Pulse Films, and Carlisle House with co-writer Rebecca Crookshank — selected for MIA Market pitching forum, Rome in October 2022. In 2020, my short film Embraceable You, written and filmed during lockdown, won Best Isolation Short at the LA Motion Picture Festival.

Contact me via my agents Florence Hyde and Grace Baxter at United Agents.

Fanta Barrie and Ross O'Donnellan in This Little Earth

I'm also a Creative Producer & Consultant.

I have over ten years' experience creating innovative artistic programmes for some of the UK's leading Arts organisation & production companies.

I was Creative Development Associate at The Old Vic where I developed new plays & performances, including: the ONE VOICE monologue series, working closely with Maxine Peake & Adrian Lester among others; creating programmes that reached over 30,000 people.

Since then I have worked with the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust to create and produce their acclaimed podcast A Voyage To Antarctica (Guardian 'Pick of the Week') and create digital public programmes that have had over 100,000 downloads.

I now use my storytelling skills to create bespoke content, arts programmes & fundraising strategies for clients across the public, charity, arts & private sectors.

Creative Consultancy.

Services

Storytelling

Storytelling is at the heart of everything I do.

Working with you to understand the story you want to tell, I create world-class, storytelling-led content, in formats your audience will want to consume.

Listen to the acclaimed A VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA podcast I created and produce for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust here. Featuring guests including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Dan Snow, Mya-Rose Craig (aka Bird Girl) & Dwayne Fields, and presented by Alok Jha (The Economist).

Content Strategy & Creation

Building a creative programme or content strategy that’s right for you.

Whether that's podcasts, live events, films, blogs, webinars, or something completely new.

I think outside the box, to create and produce content that's innovative, engaging and always of the highest standard.

Fundraising

And helping you fund it, too.

Since 2022, I've written over £300,000 in successful bids to Arts Council England, National Lottery, as well as Trusts and Foundations.

I've worked as fundraising consultant and grant writer across Arts and Charity sectors with organisations including Complicité and The Old Vic to create and execute tailored fundraising strategies.

I also work as an Access Support bid writer for Arts Council Applications. If you have a project you'd like support with, I'd love to hear from you!

Some people I've worked with

Get in Touch.

If you have a project, an idea, or collaboration in mind, I'd love to hear from you.