Sam Ward

Sam’s play ‘Everything I’m Thinking, All of the Time’ was been shortlisted for the George Devine Award 2023 and the Verity Bargate Award 2022. His play ‘we were promised honey!’ (performed by the author) received five stars from the Scotsman and the Financial Times in 2022 when it opened at Paines Plough’s Roundabout, Summerhall. It then transferred to Soho Theatre in November 2022 before undertaking a national & international tour across 2023, having its US debut at 59E59 Theaters in New York. His play ‘the accident did not take place’ (‘mesmerising’ The Stage) was shortlisted for the Total Theatre Award in 2019 and his first play ‘Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist’ (‘moving and bittersweet’ The Guardian) won the Total Theatre Award for Best Emerging Artist in 2017. His new plays ‘Nation’ & ‘The Glorious French Revolution’ open at Paines Plough’s Roundabout in August 2024 & New Diorama Theatre in November 2024 respectively. He is currently under commission to Soho Theatre to write a new play as part of their Soho Six programme.