Scott Devon

Scott Devon is a writer and poet who is currently trying to break-in to writing screenplays. He has been writing since 2002, and has over fifty poems published across two continents in five languages and his largest audience for a single piece was for his poem ‘Belief’ which was read on Greek national radio to over a million listeners. His two chapbooks are published through Origami Press, ‘Tightrope’ in 2012 and ‘The Book of Doubt’ in 2014. He wrote in conjunction with the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2013 and his short story Mobled Souls was published in Starburst magazine. He has worked with names like David Amram, Brian Patten, John Hegley, Howie Good, George Szirtes, Mandy Coe, George Wallace, Frank Messina, Lawrence Evans, Darren Jeffries and Sonia Ibrahim. He began writing for the theatre in 2012, and his first full length play ‘When Both Sides Surrender’ was inspired by the UK riots of 2011. Described as Shakespeare meets Clockwork Orange, and performed at 53two theatre in Manchester in November 2016. The play was called a masterpiece and received four and five star reviews as well as being shortlisted for two Northern Soul Awards ‘Fringe Production Of The Year’ and ‘Theatre Production Of The Year’. His second play ‘Blue Sky Children’ is currently in post-production and is due to be performed in 2019.