Piers Black is a writer and director, and Artistic Director of award-winning Ransack Theatre. His play My Dad Hunts Bears was a finalist for the Papatango Prize and developed on attachment at the National Theatre Studio.
His show Catching Comets was nominated for a Fringe First, won an OffComm Award, and toured nationally following its Edinburgh Fringe premiere. He won the BBC Alfred Bradley Bursary Award with his radio play Human Resources, later broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as Drama of the Week. His latest show I’m Not Being Funny will be performed at Bush Theatre from 7th May to 6th June 2026.
Other work has been staged at HighTide, the Royal Exchange, HOME and the Bolton Octagon. He has been invited to the Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab and BBC Northern Voices, shortlisted for the Kudos Writers’ Award, the Alpine Fellowship, and named a finalist in the Shore Script Short Film competition.
As a director, Piers has worked at the National Theatre, Almeida, Royal Exchange, Lyric Hammersmith, HOME, The Yard, Theatre503 and Soho Theatre. He is currently developing new work with the National Theatre Studio and The Lowry.
Piers Black is represented by Frances Arnold and Rose Arnold