Georgia Affonso
Georgia Affonso is a script writer and workshop facilitator based in Manchester. Her work is represented by Eva Bell at Sayle Screen.
Recently, she was a CORE2 Mentor for The Writing Squad, mentoring fellow writers in script writing.
Currently, she has worked featured at Elizabeth Gaskell's House as part of I Have Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell, an exhibition and residency in collaboration with The Writing Squad and Manchester City of Literature.
Her radio drama Wholesome was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in August 2024.
Previously, Georgia was selected for BBC Drama Room 2021/2022, the Waterloo Road Shadow Scheme with Rope Ladder Fiction and her short radio-play ‘Adulting’ was selected and commissioned by Radio 3’s The Verb.
In 2019, Georgia was part of BBC Writersroom's Northern Voices cohort.
Georgia's play RUNWAY was toured by her theatre company No Door Theatre in 2018-19 to Oxford Playhouse (BT Studio) as part of Offbeat Festival, Southwark Playhouse and the Martin Harris Centre (Manchester). It was longlisted for Theatre503 Playwriting Award and the Alfred Bradley Award.
Georgia regularly facilitates workshops for organisations in Manchester including DIY Theatre, The Lowry and Manchester Camerata. Her workshop style is rooted in co-creation, where she supports participants to lead and build their own creative work.
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