Nelly Weston (she/her) is a queer Playwright & Screenwriter who writes stories fuelled by rage, yet steered by an unyielding, radical need for joy in spite of it.

Her work is introspective, textural, haunting and playful, with an aim to provide voice to the under-represented.

She is based between Bristol and London, and has a First-Class Drama degree from the University of Exeter, graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School with an MA in Drama Writing in 2024, and was part of the BFI South West’s 2024 Queer Storytelling Cohort.

Her debut short film “No Scrumping”, produced alongside Welsh-based production company Uncut Films Wales, received 4 star reviews and was awarded Best Experimental Film at the Brecon Beacons Film Festival (July 2026), and was shortlisted for the Chapter Queer Film Prize (June 2026).

The film was also screened at Theatr Soar (May 2026), Horror Con UK (June 2026), and Rhyller Thriller (July 2026).

Her play “Dregs” has had extracts performed at BOVTS’ New Writing Festival (June 2024), (The Script’s The Thing, Dorchester (May 2025), The Lighthouse Poole’s Pipeline New Writing Festival (June 2025).

Her short radio play “Don’t Leave Me This Way” was aired on Arts & Culture Radio Station Reform Radio Manchester (June 2025).

She has a Bristol-based theatre company “Muddled Muse” which works to create a trans-inclusive sapphic eco-system, platforming joy and radical-hope, through its creative work and community-engagement events; Nelly co-hosts their podcast Sappho Could’ve Yapped Here, and monthly sell-out Sober Sapphic Pub Quiz at Cafe Kino in Bristol.

She is the writer of the company’s debut play “Sappho Could’ve Bathed Here”, which has had a staged-readthrough at Front Room WSM (November 2025) and is currently preparing to be R&D’d funded by Art’s Council England (September 2026).