In conversation
Rianna Simons in conversation with Luca Newman
The writer of White Girls Gang reflects on the stepping stones of playwriting.
8th April, 2026
White Girls Gang, 2025. Photo: Arden Dickson
'I think there are two things going on in the play that I try to do. One of them is the characters trying to do something as opposed to doing nothing, and then there's the whole thing of being seen to do something.'
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Seven poets celebrated by the T. S. Eliot Prize explore the concepts behind their books.
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