Writer
Georgina’s first play, Small Vessels, was long-listed for both BOLD Theatre's and the Theatre Royal Haymarket's playwriting competitions, and reached the top 2% of submissions for the Papatango New Writing Prize. Her second play, Sapling (Formerly known as In Memoriam), was shortlisted for BOLD Theatre’s and Druid’s playwriting competitions. It was also highly commended by both The National Theatre’s and The Royal Court Theatre’s readers’ teams. Georgina fundraised to hold a rehearsed reading of the play at The Bush Theatre in 2024.
She has been a member of The Soho Theatre’s Writers’ Lab and Theatre503’s Wandsworth Writes groups. In 2024 she was commissioned to write a new play, Penalty for Improper Use, for LAMDA’s MishMash Festival. The play was subsequently selected to have a rehearsed reading at Theatre503.
Georgina debuted and performed her one woman show ASBO BOZO at Riverside Studios with her theatre company Crafted by Fools earlier this year. The show received a number of reviews that were 4, 4.5 and 5 stars. It was described as “Brilliantly witty, emotionally impactful and chillingly thought-provoking… simply stunning.” (Reviews Hub, 5 Stars) and “Unsettling, electric, and impossible to ignore” (Squirrp, 4 Stars).
Georgina is currently a finalist for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025 with her play Sapling
Projects
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ASBO BOZO
In a forgotten northern town, an Antisocial Behaviour Officer listens to the complaints of local residents. She’s very good at her job. And she cares. She cares so much. Which is why it’s such a pisstake when everyone forgets her 30th birthday…
ASBO BOZO is a play about isolation, responsibility, and the emotional toll of supporting people at society’s forgotten fringes. A day in the life of someone who gives her all to others - and gets nowt back.
★★★★½“An insanely effective one woman performance that had me fully locked in. Hilarious one minute, devastating the next, 70 minutes, one person on stage and not a second of my attention lost” - She Reviews Theatre LDN
★★★★Duncan’s performance alone is worth the price of admission – unsettling, electric, and impossible to ignore." - Squirrp
★★★★"In a brilliant 70-minute monologue, the highly impressive and very talented Georgina Duncan takes a deep dive into this world." - London Theatre1
"A tour-de-force performance, capturing the nuances of a character teetering between lucidity and chaos." - Yub Voted
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Sapling (Formerly called In Memoriam)
Currently a finalist for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
Belfast, 1990. 16 year old Gerry Flynn strives for normality during the last gasps of The Troubles but the events of one day shatter everything. His brother’s memorial garden is destroyed, his killer released from prison, and the arrival of an enigmatic stranger, Ryan, forces Gerry to confront the haunting dilemma: is Ryan the solution to his problems or the reason they exist in the first place?
R&D November 2023 (self funded)
Rehearsed Reading at Bush Theatre April 2024 (self funded)
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Penalty for Improper Use
Meeting over a cigarette at a wedding, Heather and Alexander quickly figure out they’re not star-crossed lovers. But as circumstance keeps throwing them together, and with talk of an ‘obsoletion date’ hinting at a dystopian backdrop, the two find themselves drifting closer to affection.
This might be true love - but if you’re not allowed to choose, would you even know if it was?
Commissioned by LAMDA MishMash Festival April 2024
+ Theatre503 Rehearsed Sharing September 2024
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Small Vessels
In Development
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Six Quilters inside Her Majesty's Prison, Strangeways
In development
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Blackridge
In development
