Sonia is a writer and theatre maker from Manchester.
Her debut solo show, Happy Birthday Without You, toured to Kiln Theatre and Paines Plough’s Roundabout at the Edinburgh Fringe and she has devised and written a number of community theatre shows with companies such as Company Three, Kiln Theatre, Donmar Warehouse and Hull Truck.
Sonia is on attachment with Kiln Theatre as part of ETT’s Nationwide Voices and has recently completed a year on the Royal Court’s Long Form Writer’s Group 2020. She was a member of BBC Writersroom Comedy Room 2018 and has since written for a number of CBBC and CBeebies shows including Class Dismissed, Justin’s House and Biff and Chip. Sonia co-wrote and created an audio comedy-drama for Whistledown Productions and Audible.
Sonia is currently under commission with HighTide and the Royal Exchange Theatre. She co-wrote the Panto for The Lyric, Hammersmith in 2022 – Jack and the Beanstalk – and is writing the Panto for this year as well – Aladdin. Sonia also has TV project in development with DreamWorks.
THEATRE
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (Current, Theatre by The Lake)
ALADDIN 2024 (The Lyric, Hammersmith)
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK 2022 (The Lyric, Hammersmith)
UNTITLED COMMISSION (Kiln/ ETT New Voices)
DEMOLITION MAN (Royal Exchange Commission)
OH WE DO LIKE TO BE (HighTide Commission)
PINK (Royal Court Writers Group)
BITS (In development)
Supported by The Wellcome Trust and Split Infinitive Trust
Bruntwood Prize Longlist 2019
THE BOY WHO GREW A TWISTY TALE (2016)
Commissioned by The Herd Theatre in collaboration with Hull Truck
Presented at Hull City Hall and toured Hull schools
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WITHOUT YOU (2015)
A Tricycle Theatre and PaperMash Theatre co-production
The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival, Tricycle Theatre and Paines Plough’s Roundabout at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015
Winner of The Greater Manchester Fringe Festival Best Newcomer Award 2014
TELEVISION
SWASHBUCKLE (CBeebies) 2020
Writer
JUSTIN’S HOUSE (CBeebies) 2020
Writer
BIFF AND CHIP (CBeebies) 2020
Writer
CATFISH (BBC Taster) 2019
Creator & Writer
THE AMELIA GETHING COMPLEX (CBBC) 2019
Writer
CLASS DISMISSED (CBBC) 2019
Writer
BUNK
6 x 30’ comedy
Creator & Writer
BBC Comedy Room 2018
AUDIO
THE DAY THE EARTH DIDN’T DIE (Audible/ Whistledown) 2022
OAK TREE CLOSE (BBC Radio 4) 2021