Colette Cullen

I am a writer and director. My critically acclaimed play WHEN RACHEL MET FIONA premiered at The Space, London in Sept 2021 with a rehearsed reading in The New Theatre New Writing Week 2020. My award-winning zoom adaptation THEN AND NOW is currently touring the international film festival circuit. My play HEAVEN had a rehearsed reading at The Space in 2021. My Fishamble 2020 Tiny Play EVERYONE'S SORRY has had numerous international productions. I co-wrote the award-winning audio crime drama series DEEP SHADOWS for Eclectic Full ContactTheatre Chicago. I wrote one of the award-winning monologues for 25/The Decriminalisation Monologues. My audio plays BLIND DATE and FINGERS CROSSED will be produced by NearFm in 2022. My play FAMILY TREE was long-listed for Papatango’s 2019 New Writing Prize...

I am a writer and director. My critically acclaimed play WHEN RACHEL MET FIONA premiered at The Space, London in Sept 2021 with a rehearsed reading in The New Theatre New Writing Week 2020. My award-winning zoom adaptation THEN AND NOW is currently touring the international film festival circuit. My play HEAVEN had a rehearsed reading at The Space in 2021. My Fishamble 2020 Tiny Play EVERYONE'S SORRY has had numerous international productions. I co-wrote the award-winning audio crime drama series DEEP SHADOWS for Eclectic Full ContactTheatre Chicago. I wrote one of the award-winning monologues for 25/The Decriminalisation Monologues. My audio plays BLIND DATE and FINGERS CROSSED will be produced by NearFm in 2022. My play FAMILY TREE was long-listed for Papatango’s 2019 New Writing Prize. BLIND DATE was short-listed from RTE’s PJ O’Connor Awards. My plays TENDER MERCIES, BLIND DATE and YES were performed in Smock Alley, Garter Lane and the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. My short plays have been produced in a variety of fringe theatres in the UK and US.

Scripts

Heaven

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Rachel realises too late what she’s lost when she cheats on Fiona.

Rachel and Fiona are married with three children. Rachel cheats on Fiona and they divorce. Devastated Fiona slowly rebuilds her life. Meanwhile Rachel’s life begins to unravel. With Fiona’s help she starts to get it back on track again. She asks Fiona to give their relationship another chance but Fiona is reluctant to make herself that...

Rachel realises too late what she’s lost when she cheats on Fiona.

Rachel and Fiona are married with three children. Rachel cheats on Fiona and they divorce. Devastated Fiona slowly rebuilds her life. Meanwhile Rachel’s life begins to unravel. With Fiona’s help she starts to get it back on track again. She asks Fiona to give their relationship another chance but Fiona is reluctant to make herself that vulnerable again.

An intense play that digs deep into the characters and their relationship posing a number of important questions. What happens when soulmates screw up? Are some things just not fixable? Can love conquer all?

The opening and closing scene can be set at Thanksgiving.

When Rachel Met Fiona

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

An acutely observed portrait of Rachel and Fiona’s relationship told in a series of snapshots. The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their chips en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other...

An acutely observed portrait of Rachel and Fiona’s relationship told in a series of snapshots. The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their chips en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other and then….

There is a zoom version called THEN AND NOW and an audio version.

THEN AND NOW

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

An acutely observed portrait of Rachel and Fiona’s relationship told in a series of snapshots. The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their chips en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other and...

An acutely observed portrait of Rachel and Fiona’s relationship told in a series of snapshots. The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their chips en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other and then….

This is a zoom version of the stage play WHEN RACHEL MET FIONA. There is also an audio version.

Everyone's Sorry

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Soil is how we grow food to feed ourselves. The consequences of not properly tending it are irreparable. Everyone is required to play their part. Those who ignore the warnings and do not follow the rules pay a heavy price.

Can be adapted to zoom and audio.

Soil is how we grow food to feed ourselves. The consequences of not properly tending it are irreparable. Everyone is required to play their part. Those who ignore the warnings and do not follow the rules pay a heavy price.

Can be adapted to zoom and audio.

Everyone's Sorry

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Soil is how we grow food to feed ourselves. The consequences of not properly tending it are irreparable. Everyone is required to play their part. Those who ignore the warnings and do not follow the rules pay a heavy price.

Can be adapted to zoom and audio.

Soil is how we grow food to feed ourselves. The consequences of not properly tending it are irreparable. Everyone is required to play their part. Those who ignore the warnings and do not follow the rules pay a heavy price.

Can be adapted to zoom and audio.

Tender Mercies

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl… me, Mary Fortune and seven for my story that’s going to be told. From the womb to the tomb, through the highs and the lows of a life spiralling out of control, until a broken thing like her is alone. In a searing monologue combining black humour with the raw revelation of pain Mary Fortune tells her story recreating the cast of characters from her life.

This...

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl… me, Mary Fortune and seven for my story that’s going to be told. From the womb to the tomb, through the highs and the lows of a life spiralling out of control, until a broken thing like her is alone. In a searing monologue combining black humour with the raw revelation of pain Mary Fortune tells her story recreating the cast of characters from her life.

This script can be amended to suit wherever or whoever is performing it. Also available in zoom and audio versions.

BLIND DATE (FULL-LENGHT)

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Two couples. Two dates. One gay. One straight. Each recount a radically different version of their blind date. Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends. Mark and Alan meet through facebook friends. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

Adaptable for radio and zoom.

Two couples. Two dates. One gay. One straight. Each recount a radically different version of their blind date. Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends. Mark and Alan meet through facebook friends. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

Adaptable for radio and zoom.

FAMILY TREE

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Successful couple Adam and Sara have everything except a baby. Rachel and Fiona each want a baby. Rachel goes first and has twins using donor sperm. When it’s Fiona’s turn she can’t get pregnant so tries IVF. Both couples attended the same fertility clinic where their fertilised eggs were swapped in error with Sara being implanted with Fiona’s and vice versa. Sara miscarries but Fiona becomes pregnant....

Successful couple Adam and Sara have everything except a baby. Rachel and Fiona each want a baby. Rachel goes first and has twins using donor sperm. When it’s Fiona’s turn she can’t get pregnant so tries IVF. Both couples attended the same fertility clinic where their fertilised eggs were swapped in error with Sara being implanted with Fiona’s and vice versa. Sara miscarries but Fiona becomes pregnant. Adam surreptitiously obtains Rachel and Fiona’s number from the clinic and sets up a meeting. In what’s at times a surreal evening the discussion switches from awkward small talk to comedy to dark revelations as long-buried secrets are divulged.

There is also a radio drama adaptation.

Been There, Done That

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

This is also available as a zoom and audio play.

Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

This is also available as a zoom and audio play.

BLIND DATE

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Mark and Alan are set up on a blind date by mutual friends. Mark is recovering from a bad break up of his eight-year relationship and has never really dated before. Alan is more of a scene bunny but is now looking for something more stable. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

Has also been adapted for audio and zoom.

Mark and Alan are set up on a blind date by mutual friends. Mark is recovering from a bad break up of his eight-year relationship and has never really dated before. Alan is more of a scene bunny but is now looking for something more stable. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love.

Has also been adapted for audio and zoom.

You Pick

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Rachel and Fiona want a baby but how to choose a sperm donor.

Adaptable to zoom or audio

Rachel and Fiona want a baby but how to choose a sperm donor.

Adaptable to zoom or audio

THEN AND NOW (short script)

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their hotdogs en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other and then...

Adaptable to zoom and radio

The course of true love never did run smooth. Rachel and Fiona agree they met at a book group but not on the book they were reading or why Rachel gave Fiona a lift home or where they ate their hotdogs en-route. But Rachel did kiss Fiona and got her number but then never called. A year later they bump into each other and then...

Adaptable to zoom and radio

And Then

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Rachel and Fiona misremember the night they first met

Adaptable to audio and zoom

Rachel and Fiona misremember the night they first met

Adaptable to audio and zoom

Interlude

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Two very different couples meet in the waiting room of a fertility clinic - Adam and Sarah for their fifth IVF cycle, Rachel and Fiona their first. As they pass the time chit chatting there are some surprising revelations.

Adaptable to audio and zoom.

Two very different couples meet in the waiting room of a fertility clinic - Adam and Sarah for their fifth IVF cycle, Rachel and Fiona their first. As they pass the time chit chatting there are some surprising revelations.

Adaptable to audio and zoom.

Fingers Crossed

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Two very different couples meet in a waiting room of a fertility clinic and as pass the time chit chatting.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.

Two very different couples meet in a waiting room of a fertility clinic and as pass the time chit chatting.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.

Dreamer

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

Follow Laura’s journey as she finally dares to dream.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.

Follow Laura’s journey as she finally dares to dream.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.

Pride

by Colette Cullen

Synopsis

What’s it like to wear a badge with pride? Follow Josh from the family farm to the city where he finally gets the courage to stand up for himself.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.

What’s it like to wear a badge with pride? Follow Josh from the family farm to the city where he finally gets the courage to stand up for himself.

Adaptable to zoom and audio.