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Rebecca Jade Hammond is an accomplished partially deaf writer whose work has received critical acclaim, including four-star reviews from both The Guardian and The Stage. As Artistic Director of Chippy Lane Productions Ltd, one of Wales’ foremost new writing companies. Her plays have been published by Methuen Drama and long-listed for the prestigious Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
EDUCATION
Curtis Brown Creative
September – December 2025
BBC Voices – Writing For Television
January – June 2025
Faber Academy, London – Writing A Novel
September 2024 – March 2025
Goldsmith University – Postgraduate Certificate in Dramaturgy and Writing for Performance
September 2021 – August 2022
National Theatre – Advanced Playwriting Group
January 2020 – May 2020
PRODUCED WORKS
Stage
HOT CHICKS (2025)
Sherman Theatre/Grand Ambition
Director: Hannah Noone
Published by Methuen Drama
★★★★ The Guardian and The Stage
The Stage’s Top Shows in the UK 2025
WELCOME TO BETTYLAND (2024)
London Academy of Dramatic Art
Director: Tristan Fynn Aiduenu
MAD MARGOT (June 2023)
Sherman Theatre/Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Director: Jac Ifan Moore
RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT US (2022)
Chippy Lane Productions/Chapter
Director: Chelsey Gillard
Published by Methuen Drama
★★★★ Buzz Magazine
LITTLE EMBER (2021)
Theatr Clwyd
Director: Tamara Harvey
BLUE (2019) *credited as ‘created by’
Chippy Lane Productions/Chapter
Director: Chelsey Gillard
Published by Methuen Drama
★★★★ The Guardian
Screen/Broadcast
BETTY CAMPBELL DOCUMENTARY (2024)
S4C/Fire Flame
Director: Rhys Powys
Credited as screenwriter
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT
Work with production dates:
FERAL THREADS (2026)
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama/New Diorama
Director: Patricia Logue
THE DARK I SWIM (2026)
Francesca Moody Productions/ Theatr Clwyd/Shedinburgh/Young Vic
Director: Kate Wasserberg
MACBETH (2027) *Credited as ‘Additional Material & Dramaturgy’
Sherman Theatre/Craidd Cymru
Director: Francesca Goodridge
QUEEN IN ALL BUT NAME (2028)
Theatr Clwyd
Director: Kate Wasserberg
In development:
SECOND STAR MOTEL (Stage)
Chippy Lane Productions Ltd./Theatr Clwyd
Director: Hannah Noone
FULL OUT (Television)
Created and written by Rebecca Jade Hammond & Tanya Reynolds
THE WORLD’S DIFFERENT NOW (Stage)
Chippy Lane Productions
Director: Jac Ifan Moore
DON’T BE CRUEL (Television)
In development with BBC Voices
THESE UNFINISHED THINGS (Debut Fiction Novel)
In development with Faber Academy & Curtis Brown Creative
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize (Short-listed, 2025)
- Bruntwood Writing Prize (Long-listed, 2025)
- Theatre 503 International Playwriting Award (Long-listed, 2024)
- Royal Shakespeare Company 37 Plays (Long-listed 2023)
- Papatango Playwriting Award (Short-listed, 2021)
- Originals Playwriting Award (Short-listed, 2022)
- Verity Bargate (Top 10%, 2022)
- BBC Writersroom (Top 9%, 2024 | Top 10%, 2021)
- Traverse Theatre Writing Award (Long-listed, 2020)
- Theatre Uncut & Traverse Theatre (Long-listed, 2020)
- Finalist, Raindance Festival (2017)
- Winner, Miami Web Fest (2017)
Grants & Bursaries
- Peggy Ramsay Foundation Award (Recipient, 2020 & 2022)
- Theatr Clwyd Micro Bursaries (Recipient, 2020)
- The Carne Trust Funding (2019 – 2025)
LITERARY
- Literary Reader – Hampstead Theatre (2019-2022)
- Writing Facilitator – Welsh Female Writers Group, Chippy Lane Productions Ltd. (2019-Present)
- Consulting Dramaturg – Young Playwright’s Programme, Sherman Theatre (2022-2025)
Access Note: I am partially deaf, wear a hearing aid, and sometimes require additional support.
