Stephanie Ridings
Writer and Performer
Stephanie was born and raised in Blackpool, she gained a First Class degree in Contemporary Arts. Her recent major project, Unknown Male, opened at Birmingham REP, Door in January 2015, as a co-production between the REP and Independent Producer, Pippa Frith. The project won the Peter Brook/Mark Marvin Rent subsidy award.
Her first major script Me, Mum & Dusty Springfield enjoyed a sellout Edinburgh Festival and went on to be supported by The Lowry (Salford) and tour nationally.
She has been Artist in Residence at Contact Theatre (Manchester) during which time she wrote The National Express, which went on to be selected for Re:Play at The Library Theatre (Manchester).
In the past she has been commissioned to write for Women & Theatre, Birmingham REP’s Learning and Participation and for Corby Young Actors at the Core at Corby. More recently she has been commissioned to write a short radio play for Cotesbach Education Trust. She has also developed text for devised performances including, Obstacles to Coming Home, 360 Degrees (and Falling), I’ve never been to the moon (Royal Exchange, Studio).
In 2012 she was part of Writing West Midlands Room 204 scheme, which supports the development of writers in the West Midlands and in 2013 was a writer on Birmingham Rep’s inaugural Foundry Programme. She was selected for Creative England’s inaugural iWrite programme in 2015.
She most recently wrote, Dylan's Parents, for Live Lunch at the Royal Court.
