We’re thrilled to announce Georgie Dettmer and Sammy J Glover as the writer and director for OSD’s 2026 New Writing Programme.
This programme brings writers and directors together with OSD’s One Year acting cohort to develop an entirely new play from the ground up. With the actors specifically in mind, the programme prioritises collaboration, experimentation, and bold creative risk-taking.
Over the course of the programme, Georgie and Sammy will lead a series of R&D workshops, working closely with the acting cohort to explore text, character, and form. These workshops will feed directly into the writing process, allowing the play to be shaped in the room before heading into rehearsals in the summer.
The programme reflects OSD’s commitment to nurturing new voices and creating meaningful opportunities for artists at a formative stage in their careers, placing collaboration among writers, directors, and actors at the heart of the process.
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome two artists whose practices are rooted in new writing, rigorous dramaturgy, and generous, actor-centred collaboration to the OSD family.
Georgie Dettmer
Georgie is an award-winning playwright and actor from the East of England, with a particular interest in climate crisis theatre and the intersection between misogyny and tech.
In 2024 her play ATTEMPTS ON A BIRCH TREE won the Bloomsbury Prize for Best New Play. In 2025, her play ORDINARY SEX, a thriller which questions the line between intimacy and violation, was longlisted for the Bruntwood. Also in 2025, she joined the Royal Court Intro Group and Mercury Theatre Writer’s Group, and is currently developing her new political play ARE YOU WATCHING? which will debut at the Royal Court Theatre in May 2026.
Georgie is also an actor, graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and most recently shooting for the upcoming feature film, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (dir. Kristen Stewart).
Sammy J Glover
Sammy is a Director and Dramaturg who focuses on new writing, adaptations, and co-created work with performer-makers.
They are interested in telling queer stories and recent productions include award winning BABY IN THE MIRROR (Edinburgh Fringe), the sell-out devised show THE LAST SHOW BEFORE WE DIE (Roundabout, Edinburgh Festival; The Yard Theatre, London; Bristol Old Vic; the Queer Performance Festival Vienna), and DEAR YOUNG MONSTER, (Bristol, Soho Theatre, Sheffield Theatre). Associate Directing work includes on Alex Zeldin’s THE OTHER PLACE (National Theatre, 2024 and The Shed in New York, 2025), Mike Bartlett’s UNICORN (West End, 2025), and Assistant Director of Rebecca Frecknall’s THE DUCHESS OF MALFI (Almeida Theatre, 2020). They were formerly Associate Director of Targeted Work at the Lyric Hammersmith, Resident Director at The Almeida Theatre, and Associate Director at The Big House.
In 2025 their production BABY IN THE MIRROR was awarded The Brag Award at Edinburgh Fringe for Excellence in Creative Writing and DEAR YOUNG MONSTER was nominated for Best Off-West End Production at the WhatsOnStage Awards and won a Fringe Theatre Award.
Stay tuned for more information on the project Georgie and Sammy are working on with our One Year Course students!