Rachel Causer

Rachel is a writer and performer with Cornish roots, now living in London. She is currently one of eight writers on Dancing Ledge’s Screenwriting Mentorship Scheme 24/25.

She trained as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, where she is now a tutor, before training in playwriting at Theatre 503, The Arcola and The Criterion Theatre’s New Writing Group 2019 & Development Groups.

She is the founder of Scatterjam, often working closely with a team of associate artists to create female-led, darkly comic, work that is socially and politically engaged whilst being physically and structurally explorative.

Her debut multi-media play, LIPPY, was nominated for Best Newcomer at Brighton Fringe 2018. Following this, Rachel had short plays produced and commissioned at The Bunker Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, Theatre 503 and The Criterion.

Her next play, WHEN IT HAPPENS, ran at the Tristan Bates Theatre and was OFFIE-nominated.

Her play PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO SHARE received short runs at The Tristan Bates Theatre, Theatre 503 and a full run at The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. It was an OFFIE-finalist and finalist for the prestigious Popcorn Writing Award, being awarded Special Mention. This play is published with Methuen Drama and is now being developed for TV. The play has been translated and performed internationally, debuting this year in Italian at Teatro Belli, Rome.

The screenplay for PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO SHARE was a finalist for Filmmarket Hub’s Pilot Screenwriting Competition and in 2022, Rachel completed a Filmmaking course at Met Film School, writing and directing her first short film, STALEMATE.

She was one of twelve writers selected for the prestigious Channel 4Screenwriting course in 2023 and is now in development with several ideas across Theatre, Film and TV.