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Sarah Orrell
story, stage, Presence
humour, Memoir, Scripture, creative Thinking
I write across fiction and non-fiction, poetry, theatre and audio. I'm interested in invisible things that are somehow tangibly real: faith, imagination, suffering, belonging — and the strange, funny, difficult things that happen in between.
Strange, funny, difficult?
Sometimes that's exactly where you find what you're looking for.
My work makes space for questions and encounter, beyond easy answers and superficial certainty. What happens when ordinary lives, with their everyday details, become unexpected treasure troves of the wonderful.
And when the things we cannot measure turn out to matter most.
Like a great conversation.
The joke no one got.
Tea.
fiction
fiction
Novels and stories about technology, bureaucracy, grief, friendship, absurdity, and the things that resist easy explanation.
POETRY
Noah's Raft, An Aerial View
Inspired by ‘The Seating Plan’ (Mixed Media) by Pip Woolf
Newport Gallery February 2006.
Two-by-two the unruly crew go forth to mix and mingle
THEATRE/RADIO PlaYs
Crucifixion, temptation, film set, therapy room. Goalposts keep changing.
Reframing Jesus
Three Scenes in Darkness
A life imagined inside a flotation tank, a deathbed, and a stage where the fourth wall dismantles itself.
Official BBC procedures for Keeping Calm
Emergency guidelines for chaos. Delivered regularly by forklift truck.
Other PROJECTS
Projects, Experiments, and things still in motion
I have previously developed a number of participatory projects exploring how stories, ideas and places can become shared experiences — online, in person, and within the pages of a book.
Several of these are included in my book project, Stay With Me.
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Virtual Camino - everyday pilgrimage right where you are
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Meet the Curator - seven anonymous, imaginative exchanges
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The Broken Shop - where found objects are treasured and made whole
These projects are currently unfolding in fresh ways beyond the Stage Door…
Contact
For agents, publishers and collaborators
For publishing enquiries, creative collaborations, or to stay in touch.
hello@sarahorrell.com