Florence Espeut-Nickless

Florence is a writer and actor from Chippenham in Wiltshire. She trained at Guildford School of Acting and Arts Ed.  

Her debut play DESTINY will tour this summer. It is a recipient of the Pleasance’s Edinburgh National Partnerships award (in partnership with Bristol Old Vic Ferment) and was shortlisted for Theatre’s West, Write on Women award.  It has been developed with support from Bristol Old Vic Ferment, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Pound Arts, Wiltshire Creative, Strike a Light, Natural Theatre, Paper Arts and Theatre Bristol.  

She is an Open Session writer at the Bristol Old Vic and an associate artist of Strike a Light as part of their ‘Let Artists Be Artists’ programme. Her second play Blinded by Your Grace is being commissioned / developed with support from MAYK, Strike a Light, Wiltshire Creative and Wild Child. She is currently developing a TV pilot, South West Side with support and mentoring from arts charity Wild Child and Oliver Lansley.  

She’s developed her writing skills on programmes with the National Theatre, Papatango and Wild Child. Mentored by Tim Crouch, Suhayla El Bushra, Oliver Lansley and George Turvey.    

She got into theatre after being excluded from secondary school and it became a much needed creative outlet, this experience inspired her to write with / about rural working class communities in the hope to make the arts more accessible to everyone, regardless of background and geographical location.