Books by Sarah Rutherford

Sarah Rutherford has a first-class degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, and completed a PhD in English (Black Farce in Jacobean and 1960s Theatre) at Edinburgh University alongside a career as an arts journalist and broadcaster. She then trained as an actor at Guildford School of Acting and worked in television and theatre for over a decade. Sarah's first play, What You Do To People, was showcased at the Hampstead Theatre and led to her current position as Writer in Residence of Park Theatre. For Park, Sarah has written a new play, Allah in Neon, inspired by the 'N4 Stories' project in which Sarah and a team of actors trawled the local area for stories and characters. It is due to be produced at Park in 2014. Sarah's third play, Tonight Is Your Answer, opened the Angelic Tales season at Theatre Royal Stratford East in June 2013, starring Tara Fitzgerald. Her monologue La Barbe was performed at the Equal Writes event at the Tristan Bates Theatre in 2013. She was shortlisted for the Adrienne Benham award in 2012.