Mhairi Ledgerwood- Playwright

Mhairi Ledgerwood is a Scottish playwright based in the North-East of England. 

She has had several short plays performed at venues such as The Traverse, Live Theatre, Alphabetti Theatre, and Jabberwocky Market. Her one-act play White Noise was performed at ARC Stockton in 2015 as a rehearsed reading, following mentoring by Bruntwood Prize winner Vivienne Franzmann.

 Her play Parklife started as a short play at Live Theatre, before being developed for Live Theatre’s Live Lab Elevator Festival in 2017. In 2018, Mhairi's play Paper Tiger was given a rehearsed reading at The Royal Court and Northern Stage, following a development process through The Royal Court Writers Group (North). Paper Tiger was shortlisted for Theatre 503’s International Playwriting Award 2020. 

Mhairi was shortlisted for The Pentabus Writer in Residence award and long-listed for Box Of Tricks and Sky Studios Screen/Play award. 

She is currently developing a play about the first British women to compete at the Olympics for swimming, which is supported by a bursary from Live Theatre.

You can find Mhairi on Twitter @meledgerwood 

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