Nicky Denovan
@nickydenovan.com
UK writer | Playwright & screenwriter | Edinburgh Fringe, BBC radio, theatre all over (New York to New Zealand) | Plays, scripts, pics, publications & performances at 🔗 www.nickydenovan.com
Delighted to be a finalist for the London Independent Story Prize! My story “Belongings” will be published in their anthology next year 📖📚
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Delighted to be a finalist for the London Independent Story Prize! My story “Belongings” will be published in their anthology next year 📖📚
Like the heat death of the universe, I am ADVANCING
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Like the heat death of the universe, I am ADVANCING
Some recent cheering news from play/screenwriting corner 🎭 🍿
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some recent cheering news from play/screenwriting corner 🎭 🍿
Nick Cave received an Honorary Degree at the RCA tonight. Permission to have this iconic image modelled as a cake topper, to be brought out for special occasions (also whenever I feel like it).
September 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nick Cave received an Honorary Degree at the RCA tonight. Permission to have this iconic image modelled as a cake topper, to be brought out for special occasions (also whenever I feel like it).
Talking of poetry (*drags meaningfully on a Gauloise and adjusts beret*), here’s one of my favourite Roger McGough poems.
September 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Talking of poetry (*drags meaningfully on a Gauloise and adjusts beret*), here’s one of my favourite Roger McGough poems.
Please enjoy my deeply moving ode to the month of September.
September 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Please enjoy my deeply moving ode to the month of September.
Everyone in the UK after an unseasonally warm day.
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Everyone in the UK after an unseasonally warm day.
I’m enormously excited to have been shortlisted for the Wells Festival of Literature international short story prize for my short story "Belongings".
Thank you to the judges for recognising my work! 📚
🔗https://wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/
#shortstories #writing #shortfiction
Thank you to the judges for recognising my work! 📚
🔗https://wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/
#shortstories #writing #shortfiction
September 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I’m enormously excited to have been shortlisted for the Wells Festival of Literature international short story prize for my short story "Belongings".
Thank you to the judges for recognising my work! 📚
🔗https://wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/
#shortstories #writing #shortfiction
Thank you to the judges for recognising my work! 📚
🔗https://wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/
#shortstories #writing #shortfiction
Delighted with this - Semi-Finalist for ALAN HAS LEFT THE CHAT in the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards 2025! 🎥 🍿 🎬
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Delighted with this - Semi-Finalist for ALAN HAS LEFT THE CHAT in the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards 2025! 🎥 🍿 🎬
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen in Costco? I’ll start:
Badly-Carved Bear Trapped Pointlessly in Log
Badly-Carved Bear Trapped Pointlessly in Log
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen in Costco? I’ll start:
Badly-Carved Bear Trapped Pointlessly in Log
Badly-Carved Bear Trapped Pointlessly in Log
📣 Full line-up for the upcoming 10-Minute Play Festival at The BRAVO! Theatre in Chapala, Mexico! 🇲🇽
🎫 $350 pesos | 📧 tickets@thebravo.org | 🌐www.thebravo.org
🎫 $350 pesos | 📧 tickets@thebravo.org | 🌐www.thebravo.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
📣 Full line-up for the upcoming 10-Minute Play Festival at The BRAVO! Theatre in Chapala, Mexico! 🇲🇽
🎫 $350 pesos | 📧 tickets@thebravo.org | 🌐www.thebravo.org
🎫 $350 pesos | 📧 tickets@thebravo.org | 🌐www.thebravo.org
Just entered the Wimbledon ballot 🎾
September 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Just entered the Wimbledon ballot 🎾
🎬 New cover for my short screenplay IN OR OUT that I’m trying to manifest into a brilliant 3D animation. Advice welcome! (DM for script)
🎭 Genre: animation, comedy
⏱️ Runtime: ~10 mins
🌌 Themes: technology, AI
📝 Logline: A wily family cat schemes to oust the flashy new AI pet on the scene 🐱 🤖
🎭 Genre: animation, comedy
⏱️ Runtime: ~10 mins
🌌 Themes: technology, AI
📝 Logline: A wily family cat schemes to oust the flashy new AI pet on the scene 🐱 🤖
August 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🎬 New cover for my short screenplay IN OR OUT that I’m trying to manifest into a brilliant 3D animation. Advice welcome! (DM for script)
🎭 Genre: animation, comedy
⏱️ Runtime: ~10 mins
🌌 Themes: technology, AI
📝 Logline: A wily family cat schemes to oust the flashy new AI pet on the scene 🐱 🤖
🎭 Genre: animation, comedy
⏱️ Runtime: ~10 mins
🌌 Themes: technology, AI
📝 Logline: A wily family cat schemes to oust the flashy new AI pet on the scene 🐱 🤖
Correct opinion. No notes.
August 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Correct opinion. No notes.
The photos of the Chappell Roan Reading set look incredible.
Proper pop star. Sense of theatre. Sense of the occasion. Everything turned up to 11. Adore.
Proper pop star. Sense of theatre. Sense of the occasion. Everything turned up to 11. Adore.
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The photos of the Chappell Roan Reading set look incredible.
Proper pop star. Sense of theatre. Sense of the occasion. Everything turned up to 11. Adore.
Proper pop star. Sense of theatre. Sense of the occasion. Everything turned up to 11. Adore.
The first scent of autumn is in the air and my thoughts inexorably turn to…marketing my Halloween-themed children’s play! 🍂 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun, seasonal play for kids? 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
Looking to stage a short, fun, seasonal play for kids? 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
August 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The first scent of autumn is in the air and my thoughts inexorably turn to…marketing my Halloween-themed children’s play! 🍂 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun, seasonal play for kids? 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
Looking to stage a short, fun, seasonal play for kids? 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
The first scent of autumn is in the air 🍂
That means…Halloween is on its way! 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun seasonal play for kids? Check out my script “Inbetweeny Halloweeny” 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
That means…Halloween is on its way! 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun seasonal play for kids? Check out my script “Inbetweeny Halloweeny” 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The first scent of autumn is in the air 🍂
That means…Halloween is on its way! 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun seasonal play for kids? Check out my script “Inbetweeny Halloweeny” 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
That means…Halloween is on its way! 🎃 🧙 🦇 🕷️
Looking to stage a short, fun seasonal play for kids? Check out my script “Inbetweeny Halloweeny” 🎭
Read online for free & buy a performance license here 👉🔗 scriptsforstage.co.uk/wp/product/i...
Tom Lehrer has gone to the great park in the sky. A gilded thread woven into the cultural fabric of my life since I was a teen. Fiercely clever and cleverly fierce. And, lest we forget, very, very funny.
July 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tom Lehrer has gone to the great park in the sky. A gilded thread woven into the cultural fabric of my life since I was a teen. Fiercely clever and cleverly fierce. And, lest we forget, very, very funny.