About

Francis is a Dutch playwright based in London. Her plays have been produced both Internationally and in the UK at venues including the Space, Southwark Playhouse, Soho Theatre, The King’s Head, the Arcola Theatre, The Pleasance Theatre, Bold Theatre, Theatre503 and The Other Palace. She was the joint winner of the Bold Playwrights Prize in 2023 and has been long-listed for The Bruntwood Prize, The Women’s Prize for Playwriting and BBC Scriptroom Drama. 

Francis’ writing frequently examines unresolved grief and trauma, their long-term effects, and the possibility of reclaiming agency. Her play, 'Dream School', a thriller about a group of students who find themselves in a cult run by a classmate’s father, received a three-week-run at the Space funded by ACE. ‘Dream School’ was featured in The Stage and long-listed for the 2023 Bruntwood Prize. Her play ‘That Was All’ - examining grief in the pseudo-spiritual age - was produced for limited runs at Theatre503, The OSO Arts Centre and the Space. This play was joint winner of Stagescripts 11@11 ‘championing unsung plays for a further run’. Lloyd Evans referred to ‘That Was All’ as “Art on Stage” in his review in The Spectator. 

Francis is a graduate of Goldsmiths’ Writing for Performance MA and is also an experienced drama facilitator, script-reader and dramaturg. She co-founded the theatre company Mrs C’s Collective, which has launched several Arts Council Funded initiatives including The Writers Collective. She led the inaugural Writers Collective in 2019 alongside director Charlotte Everest. Prior to this, Francis also facilitated The Old Red Lion Writers Group alongside playwright Ben Weatherill and has run workshops at The Arcola and The Central School for Speech and Drama. From 2012 to 2017 Francis worked as the Literary Manager of the Finborough Theatre. She has also read for prestigious playwriting prizes including The Bruntwood Prize, Papatango Prize and Bold Playwrights Prize.