Joel Horwood – författare

'Solve this, Sherlock. It may be a game to you; it isn't to me.'London, 1890. Fresh from the success of his first big case, Sherlock Holmes misuses his time, until an unknown woman and a mysterious jewel arrive at 221B Baker Street.As the chase begins, and with lives on the line, can the consulting detective – and his loyal confidant, Dr John Watson – pull back the curtain on the big show and reveal the mastermind behind this deadly conspiracy?A thrilling new adventure based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal characters, Joel Horwood's Sherlock Holmes premiered at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Sean Holmes.With more than forty memorable characters, it offers exciting opportunities for any drama group or theatre company looking for a new case to solve.

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England.Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live in Walberswick, a sleepy Suffolk village known for hosting the British Open Crabbing Championship.Set on a sweltering summer's day on the eve of their last GCSE exam, they are ambushed by Dani, the fittest (and poshest) girl on the beach. So begins a crazy twenty-four hours that will change the lives of the three sixteen-year-olds for ever.Joel Horwood's play I Caught Crabs in Walberswick was first performed at the 2008 HighTide Festival in Suffolk in a co-production with Eastern Angles.The production transferred to the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, as part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and then toured the UK before a sell-out run at The Bush Theatre, London, in November 2008.

‘We can’t change things here, that’s the whole point, no one listens to us or cares, the only way we’re gonna change things is by going somewhere else, starting afresh.’A group of disillusioned young women have disappeared. On a platform out at sea, they have formed The Community – a new type of society and a better way of living. But how can you change the world if you’ve taken yourself out of it?This Changes Everything by Joel Horwood is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.‘Drama is an important tool for building confidence and empowering young people. Platform will give girls opportunity to access these benefits as much as their male counterparts.’ - Moira Buffini

Someone has seen a wolf. Where did it come from? How many are there? Someone must be able to do something about them. Otherwise, how will our children get to school? And how will we all get to line-dancing in the village hall?Set over one extraordinary day in an ordinary village, Wolves Are Coming For You is a play for two actors – or many more – exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.Joel Horwood's play was first performed in a co-production between Pentabus Theatre Company and Everyman Theatre Cheltenham in 2017, on a tour of the UK.

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.The Wild East of England: Charlie sells bull semen for a living, Dim is the oldest paperboy in the village, and Lefty is playing his Last Legs Tour of the pubs. When a dark family secret is unearthed, Charlie and Dim's lives collapse around them and an old fashioned showdown is on the horizon.Joel Horwood's play Stoopud Fucken Animals was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 2007 in a production by loose collective, with music by Arthur Darvill.