Sadie Pearson is a 24-year-old Mancunian playwright, and co-founder of Full Frontal Theatre Ltd.
She is currently developing work on the Criterion New Writing scheme 2026, was shortlisted for BBC Voices 2026, and her first full-length work VENUS: The Body was longlisted for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025, now being developed through their Future Lights Scheme.
Sadie was recently selected as one of the writers for All The Rage, a site-responsive production conceived by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and produced by Deborah Pearson and Anoushka Warden, in co-production with Roxanne Carney and Theatre Deli.
Her critically acclaimed debut play To Watch a Man Eat saw a UK tour, including a five-star showing at The Shakespeare North Playhouse, and was named Backstage Bristol’s top 3 plays of 2024.
Her second play, Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working, was a winner of the Alpine Fellowship Playwriting Prize 2024, winner of Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival’s Best Writing Award 2025, was shortlisted for the Ilfeld Prize 2025, and was shortlisted for The Popcorn Writing Award 2025, where it received a special mention from the panel for “outstanding creativity and sharp wit”. Previous to a five-star Edinburgh Fringe debut at Gilded Balloon, it saw sold out previews at Bristol’s Improv Theatre and Riverside Studios main-space, and gained a London transfer to acclaimed off West End venue Arcola Theatre.
Sadie was the winner of The Wickham Theatre’s 75th Anniversary Playwriting competition, and has gained mentorship under playwright Mike Akers in Tobacco Factory Theatre’s Writer’s Scheme. Her debut short, Man Hater Eater, premiered to sold-out audiences as one of the competitively selected works at Stockroom’s inaugural new writing night with Not Long Stockport. It made its London premiere at Union Theatre’s One Act Festival 2026, where it was awarded Best Comedy.
“Leaves us gobsmacked… a stroke of genius” – The Indiependent for Rodney Black
“Sadie Pearson writes like a demon. She is funny, clever, perceptive and sharp – and it’s an intoxicating combination” – NorthWestEnd for To Watch A Man Eat
“Cerebral, sharp and smart… Sadie Pearson is one of the most exciting new writers currently breaking into the theatre industry” – Backstage Bristol
Sadie Pearson is represented by Rose Arnold