CHLOE PALMER
Chloe
Palmer
Represented by Luke Speed at Insight Management
WRITER FOR STAGE AND SCREEN
© Olivia Spencer
ABOUT
Award-winning Neurodivergent writer from Maidstone, Kent.
​Chloe has recently been Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025, selected as the top 41 plays out of 1275 submissions. She is also part of the Future Light Scheme with Women's Prize for Playwriting and Paines Plough.
Chloe is co-artistic director of award-winning disability-led theatre company FlawBored. Their debut play It's a Motherf**king Pleasure, received huge critical and commercial success and has toured the UK and internationally. They were the recipients of the Untapped Award 2023 with New Diorama and Underbelly and were selected by Lyn Gardner as The Stage's Fringe Five, recognising five artists at Edinburgh Fringe who have made an impact.
It's a Motherf**king Pleasure is in series development with Hat Trick. FlawBored are currently developing their second show, What's the F**king Point? with the Royal Court and received an Unlimited UK Open Award Commission.
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Latest
NEWS
Arts Council Funded: If the Sea Should Part
Delighted to announce that If the Sea Should Part, written by Chloe Palmer and directed by Imy Wyatt Corner has received Arts Council for an R&D and community development workshops. If the Sea Should Part is inspired by the turbulent history of Hastings Pier and is a fictional retelling through the lens of a family run arcade. In collaboration with Spun Glass Theatre and White Rock Theatre. With many thanks to Hastings Museum and Art Gallery and Arts Council England for their support.
Debut Documentary Short screened at Rebecca
Lenkiewicz's All the Rage
Chloe's debut documentary short, BLOW UP THE WORLD was screened at Rebecca Lenkiewicz's All The Rage at Theatre Deli. "A guerrilla-art response to the Epstein files... co-producer Anoushka Warden describes it as "art exhibition meets theatre meets activism" Arifa Akbar, The Guardian.
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BLOW UP THE WORLD is an intimate portrait of female identifying people navigating the full spectrum of the female experience; from the rage that makes them want to blow up the world to the quiet forces of hope that keep them going. Entirely directed, shot and edited by Chloe over the span of three weeks.
FlawBored at the Royal Court Theatre
FlawBored's second show, "WHAT'S THE F**KING POINT" was selected for the Royal Court Theatre's Open Submissions Festival 2026. The dark comedy received a rehearsed reading in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs as part of a week long festival showcasing the most exciting new writing in contemporary theatre, directed by Josh Roche. The reading sold out in under 24 hours. ​
Longlisted for the Women's prize for playwriting for 2025
Chloe's play If the Sea Should Part has been longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Playwriting, presented by Paines Plough, Ellie Keel Productions and Sheffield Theatre.
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Selected as the best 41 plays out of 1275 submissions. As part of the longlist, she is also part of the Future Light program; a tripartite initiative offering bespoke artistic feedback, craft-focused training, and meaningful industry connections.
In Development
PROJECTS
THE LOCK - IN
SHORT
Charlie Catmull (Submarine)
Bart Stanislawek (BAFTA British Short animation winner: Crab Day)
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UNTITLED PROJECT
TV - FUNDED DEVELOPMENT
Kate Lewis (A Thousand Blows, Disney +)
The Story Collective
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IT'S A MOTHERF**KING
PLEASURE
SERIES DEVELOPMENT
Hat Trick
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WHAT'S THE F**KING POINT?
STAGE - UNLIMITED UK OPEN AWARDS WINNER 2024
Dir. Josh Roche
Royal Court Theatre, Open Submissions Festival 2026​​
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PROJECTS
My Work
IT'S A MOTHERF**KING PLEASURE
FLAWBORED: SAMUEL BREWER, AARIAN MEHRABANI AND CHLOE PALMER
DIR. JOSH ROCHE
PRODUCED BY HANNAH SMITH FOR FLAWBORED
UK Tour (Southbank Centre London, Soho Theatre London, New Diorama Theatre London, Bristol Old Vic, Leeds Playhouse, Northern Stage Newcastle, Brighton Dome. US Tour (Soho Playhouse NYC, Arts Emerson Boston, Woolly Mammoth Washington DC) ​​​​
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Winner of the Untapped Award 2023
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★★★★★ - The Times "A stunningly Inventive Satire" ​
IF THE SEA SHOULD PART
DIR. IMY WYATT-CORNER
​Hastings is a ghost town, beloved Stacey's Arcade sits on top a rotting pier and the council refuse to do anything about it. A reflection on grief, gentrification and belonging.​
CONTACT
Get in touch
REPRESENTATION
Luke Speed at Insight Management
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FLAWBORED
Represented by Dan Usztan at United Agents