Ariella Como Stoian
writer . theatre-maker . interactive storytelling . queer dramaturgy .
Ariella (they/she) is an emerging writer and interdisciplinary interactive and immersive theatre-maker from Romania, Italy, Australia, and the UK.
Ariella creates playful, speculative stories through a queer, intersectional lens, valuing joy, care, kinship and imaginative possibility. They write plays, films, poetry, lyrical games and immersive stories.
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Ariella was long listed for the BBC Writersroom Popcorn Writing Award 2023 for their play ‘HIVE’ (4* The Scotsman). 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.
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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