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Sally MacAlister

MA Drama Writing Student


Biography

Sally is a playwright from Manchester. After graduating with a First class degree from the University of Edinburgh in English Literature, she is now pursuing her Masters in Drama Writing. Sally has worked as both a writer and an editor for other young playwrights. She brought her own monologue show, She Can’t Half Talk, to the Fringe on behalf of Bedlam Theatre in 2019 after sell out previews in London. Her writing focuses on modern moral panics, queerness, and womanhood. Currently she is working with the queer theatre company, the Koi Collective, to develop her new script, Crossing the Void for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022.

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate