Stephen M Hornby

Stephen was awarded a PhD in Playwrighting from archive in 2021 and is an Academic Fellow at the University of Salford leading classes on playwriting, scriptwriting, practice as research and directing. He is under commission to Routledge for a full-length book "Writing from Archives for Stage & Screen", due late 2026. He also has a MA in Playwrighting (Salford), a MA in Social Work (UEA, Norwich) and a MSt in Criminology (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge). He runs Inkbrew Productions and is National Playwright in Residence for LGBT History Month.

Award-winning playwright and short-film maker:
Best Community Engagement Initiative Award (2023) for "The Day The World Came To Huddersfield", University of Salford Celebration of Innovation
Queer Lit Best LGBTQ+ Production Award (2022) for "The Day The World Came To Huddersfield"
Best Drama Award (2022) for "The Day The World Came To Huddersfield", Greater Manchester Fringe Festival
Wings Award for Contribution to Queer Culture (2018) International Lesbian & Gay Culture Network
Best Drama Award (2016) "Die Diana", Greater Manchester Fringe Festival

Interest include: LGBT+ representation on stage and screen, playwriting, writing from archive, screenwriting, representations of time and temporality in drama, queer history, British theatre post-1950, directing, producing.