Frances Poet | Playwright

Recent Work

It‘s been a long time since things have been right between best pals Holly and Mikey, who all but disappeared during the pandemic. Holly still hasn‘t forgiven him for being AWOL when her mum was dying, so when Mikey demands she return the Maroon 5 CD he leant her over a decade ago, she‘s not best pleased.

Anger turns into concern though when she finds out why Mikey has been hiding away. He‘s convinced he‘s a modern day Nostradamus. Holly thinks Mikey needs an urgent medical intervention but Mikey hasn‘t got time for that. He‘s seen a vision of a catastrophe worse than anything that‘s come before and he needs Holly‘s help to stop it.

Fruitcake is a romantic comedy for the existentially weary. Can we dare to hope, in the face of daily doomsday scenarios, that we might actually be able to change our world for the better?

'Tender, funny and occasionally disturbing, it's a beautifully constructed play that wrongfoots constantly.' ★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Herald

	Snip Snap
	‘Snip Snap‘ explores the imagination of a little girl when her scissors turn into an enormous crocodile. With her trusty teddy by her side, her flight of fancy takes her to many magical lands, until Mum appears and makes a shocking discovery!
	Visible Fictions, Clubhouse Animation \| Film Festivals \| LINK more info Dir - Dougie Irving \| Animation Director - Eleanor Stewart \| 2025 ROLE(s): 'story, by'

There Is No Room In Our Bathroom For Lewis Capaldi

Seventeen year old Gwen has 8 siblings and a long list of daily tasks to get them ready and out the door each morning for school: until one day she doesn‘t. The wee kids are all still at home eating cereal and no-one knows where she has gone...

Gwen‘s disappearance throws the delicately balanced home life of the Capaldi family into disarray, resulting in a road trip, shock revelations and a whole lot of poorly wrapped birthday presents.

A funny and heartwarming tale about families and the glue that holds them together.

★★★★★ 'a fun and fresh piece of new writing with a brilliant script... a beautifully crafted show with an exceptional young cast- not one to be missed' - Broadway World

Marianne Dashwood, wild and impulsive, falls dangerously in love with the charming but roguish John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor‘s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo.

Whilst Marianne wears her heart on her sleeve, Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.

Will the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love?

"Frances Poet pitches her adaptation perfectly... vibrant, exciting and a classic combination of a really good story told really darn well." British Theatre Guide
'a merry dance of a show' ★★★★ The Herald

'barely a dry eye in the house' ★★★★ The Scotsman

Dr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime.

This gripping drama explores the psychological impact of murder on teenage perpetrators and follows the fortunes of participants in a Long Sentence therapy group.

Has Dr Bridges made a mistake in putting co-offenders together in Group therapy?

☞ New York Festivals Radio Award finalist

Detective Chief Inspector Annika is head of a specialist Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders that take place in and around the waterways of Scotland.

Annika offers a unique perspective on the detective genre. By breaking down the fourth wall, Annika invites the audience in to hear her thoughts, engaging them and enticing them to solve the crimes with her.

Annika reflects on 1984 when the team investigate the death of a man found in a block of ice on the Hebridean islands.

Mikey has been having visions for years now, but it wasn‘t until he predicted the Coronavirus that he started to take note...

While his pals have returned to normality, Mikey remains in isolation, unable to prevent the rigged election in Tuvalu and, arguably, the even bigger disaster of Harry Styles getting a full-face tattoo.

But now Mikey has to act. He has seen Britain‘s bleak future and must force it to change course!

'Frances Poet's script is properly laugh-out-loud funny' - ★★★★ Broadway World

Detective Chief Inspector Annika is head of a specialist Marine Homicide Unit, tasked with solving murders that take place in and around the waterways of Scotland.

Annika and the team are tasked with solving the death of a man ‘everybody loved‘, who was thrown in the river from a party boat.

	Sophia
	Sophia is a new play on the life of Sophia Jex-Blake, who battled for a woman‘s right to a medical education & went on to become Scotland‘s first practising female doctor. "Poet's writing is gripping throughout" - ★★★★ Broadway world
	Pitlochry Theatre & Edinburgh Lyceum \| Soundstage more info Director: Janys Chambers \| 2021 ROLE(s): writer

Gaynor‘s got to leave the house if she wants to meet her newborn grand-daughter. Stillness has been the only way to deal with her chronic pain but now it‘s time to move.

Gilly‘s not sure what her dying dad is feeling but she knows, from experience, that it‘s best not to Google it.

Dougie and Ciara have spent their last NCT class preparing for the labour pains ahead, but now it‘s time for one last night on the dance floor.

And then there‘s Mick, who wakes up on Portobello Beach in the early hours of the morning with two gold rings in his pocket. He can‘t remember what they‘re for but he knows it‘s something important. He‘ll work out what if only his old pal, Pat, will stop buying him drinks...

'A powerful play about the ways in which people confront impending death... sensitively written... a play of great understanding' The Stage
'Presents the complexities of human grief and pain' The Skinny

★★★★★ The Independent

Frances is represented by United Agents