Ariella Como Stoian
writer, theatre-maker & interactive stories
Ariella (they/she) is an emerging writer and interdisciplinary interactive and immersive theatre-maker from Romania, Italy, Australia, and now the UK.
Ariella creates playful, speculative stories through a queer, intersectional lens, valuing joy, care, kinship and imaginative possibility. They write plays, films and poetic games.
Ariella was long listed for the BBC Writersroom Popcorn Writing Award 2023 for their play ‘Hive’ (4* The Scotsman, OffFest Nominee). Additionally, their play
‘To be a bat’ was shortlisted for Theatre503’s 2023 International Playwriting Award and long listed for the 2023 Paines Plough Women’s Playwriting Award.
A longer biography of work can be found on the About page.
'The script veers between snappy dialogue and luminous poetry’ Hive, The Scotsman
'Beautiful, clever, nuanced, so intimate and engaging’ A Quest for Rest, Summerhall Surgeries Response