Writer for stage and screen
Juliet Gilkes Romero writes for stage and screen. She is the recipient of the 2020 Alfred Fagon award for Best New Play for The Whip, which was performed at the RSC’s Swan Theatre 2020. Her work mainly investigates untold history. The Whip exposes the financial legacy of the 1833 Abolition Bill and how British tax payers had been paying off the multi-billion-pound bailout of slave owners up until 2015.
Her other plays include: The Gift, a retelling of Medea, filmed for Jermyn Street Theatre’s 15 Heroines of Greek tragedy season 2020; Day of the Living as part of RSC’s Mischief Festival 2018; Upper Cut at the Southwark Playhouse 2015; and At the Gates of Gaza for Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Juliet’s screen and audio work include: Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle (BBC TV) and One Hot Summer (BBC Radio 4).
Juliet’s earlier work at the BBC World Service saw her reporting from countries including Ethiopia, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. She enjoys leading creative writing workshops and has been working with ex-prisoners and young people at risk of offending.
