Shaun is a playwright and screenwriter.
He has participated in the Royal Court’s New Writers’ Group and has been a writer on attachment at the Soho Theatre. His first play, Positive, received its debut professional production at the Park Theatre to critical acclaim, with the Times describing him as ‘a playwright to watch’ and The Stage comparing his ‘water-tight script’ to an ‘exceptional sitcom’. The play is published by Playdead Press. More recently a production of his play All That was nominated for Best Play and Performance Ensemble Offie awards and was praised by London Pub Theatres as ‘exactly what theatre needs today’.
For television, Shaun is a core writer for popular Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks. Other TV work includes writing on Queerpiphany for Comedy Central and developing original comedies and comedy-dramas. In 2016, Shaun was a winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe Competition for TV Comedy.
Shaun also works as a journalist and writes regularly about pop culture, with his articles appearing in a variety of publications including The Telegraph, Metro and Daily Mirror.