Kat Woods is a writer and director from Co. Fermanagh in N. Ireland. She has a particular interest in staging works that provide a platform for those from the Underclass/Benefit class background. Works that are representative of her community. Works that redefine the discourse surrounding the poverty stereotype. Kat is published by Samuel French. She is an Associate Artist at The Pleasance Theatre London and an Associate Writer at Omnibus Theatre and she is a Royal Court/Kudos TV Writers Group alumnus. Kat is currently under commission with the MAC, Tinderbox Theatre and Abbey Theatre Dublin, and has been selected to take part in both this year’s BBC Writers Room and BBC Belfast Voices. Kat’s work has been performed across the UK, Ireland, Finland and the USA including New York. Select credits include Belfast Boy, Wasted, Mule and Killymuck. She is a three times recipient of the Peggy Ramsey award; an awardee of the Royal Literary Fund and her work has gauged critical acclaim winning The Stage award for Excellence and the Fringe review award for Outstanding Theatre.