Member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain, Equity, Artistic Director & Founder of Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. one of Wales’ foremost New Writing Companies
EDUCATION
Sept 2021 – August 2022
Postgraduate Certificate in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance Goldsmiths University of London
Jan 2020 – May 2020
Advanced Playwriting Group, National Theatre (tutelage John Donnelly)
PERFORMED / BROADCAST WORKS
November 2024
BETTY CAMPBELL
S4C/Fire Flame (credited, screenwriter in the documentary)
Dir. Rhys Powys
April 2024
WELCOME TO BETTYLAND
London Academy of Dramatic Art
Dir. Tristan Fynn Aiduenu
June 2023
MAD MARGOT Sherman Theatre/Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Dir. Jac Ifan Moore
September 2022
RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT US
Chippy Lane Productions/Chapter
Dir. Chelsey Gillard, published by Methuen Drama
August 2021
LITTLE EMBER
Theatr Clwyd
Dir. Tamara Harvey
February 2019
BLUE
Chapter, Cardiff (credited as creator)
Dir. Chelsey Gillard, published by Methuen Drama
WORK IN DEVELOPMENT / COMMISSION / FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Spring 2025
HOT CHICKS
Sherman Theatre/Grand Ambition
Dir. Hannah Noone
Tbc
TOY MIC TREV
Wales Millennium Centre/Chippy Lane Productions Ltd.
Dir. Hannah Noone
2027
UNTITLED (full commission)
Theatr Clwyd
Dir. Kate Wasserberg
Tbc
FULL OUT (Television Comedy Series)
Created and Written by Rebecca Jade Hammond & Tanya Reynolds
ACHIEVEMENTS
Papatango Playwriting Award (short-listed 2021), Originals Playwriting Award (short-listed 2022), BBC Writersroom (top 9% 2024, 10% 2021), Traverse (long-listed), Royal Shakespeare Company 37 Plays (long-listed), Theatre Uncut & Traverse Theatre (long-listed), Verity Bargate (top 10%), BBC Drama Room (top 10%), Finalist Raindance Festival, Winner of Miami Web Fest
AWARDS
PEGGY RAMSAY FOUNDATION AWARD – Recipient 2020 / 2022 | THEATR CLWYD MICRO BURSARIES – Recipient 2020
CURRENTLY WRITING
FLINCH (TV Drama) | THE NICE LADY (Stage) | SPAARKS (Stage) | THE DARK I SWIM. (Stage)
TEACHING & LECTURING
Rebecca is a fellow of the Higher Educational Academy and has a ‘Certificate in Postgraduate Learning in Higher Education. With over ten years of experience teaching at Universities, Colleges and Drama Schools. She currently guest lectures at LAMDA, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Italia Conti and Mountview.
OTHER LITERARY WORK
Literary Reader – Hampstead Theatre 2019-2022
Writing Facilitator – Welsh Female Writers Group, Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. 2019-2022
Consulting Dramaturg – Young Playwrights Programme, Sherman Theatre 2022-2023