What the hell are we doing here?

After meeting on the LCC Screenwriting MA - one of the only postgrad writing courses timetabled so you keep a job while studying on it - we realised the best way to get our work on to stage and screen was to self produce. We are both the breadwinners for our family (and Meg is a single parent) and so many writing opportunities, from far flung residencies, to expensive courses in Europe to competitions with prizes of ‘meeting people in LA’ just weren’t going to be feasible for us. We’re called Roar because Stevie is angry about a lot of things, and Meg thinks it’s all hilarious - despite that, Stevie is the comedy writer and Meg tends a little more towards drama.

That the catalyst for the company was the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage is pretty fitting, we’ve still got a lot to fight for, but we’re not an issues-led company, we work really hard to make sure our audiences have a really good time.

Megan Toogood

Meg writes books, plays and films., creating worlds that audiences can escape into, plots that move along at pace and characters with things to discover about themselves and their place in society.

She’s been shortlisted for awards and schemes including the BBC Writers’ Room and the Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger.

Her six part audio drama The Grove, has been downloaded over 8000 times. YouTube scripts for entertainment company Lunar-X have had tens of thousands of views. You can buy her novel A Company of Roses on Amazon. Work with Roar has been on stage in London at the Southwark Playhouse, Old Red Lion and The King's Head.

She has an MA in Screenwriting and a PGCE in English and is now also a creative writing teacher.

Stevie Cooke

Stevie Cooke is a comedy writer, who has written for Have I Got News For You and the Radio 4 show Sketchtopia. Stevie has previously been shortlisted for the Funny Women Writing Award and been a finalist in the Funny Women Shorts Award. She has also been long-listed for the BBC Comedy Writers’ Room, and has shadowed on the TV show Plebs.

Victoria Morris

Victoria Morris is a writer, script editor, and Roar’s Development Executive. She has been a finalist in several screenplay competitions including the Funny Women Writing Awards and the Edinburgh TV Festival’s New Voice Award. She has written two series of web animation Tiddlytubbies and her radio play was produced on LBC. Victoria is a freelance script reader, who has read for several TV and film companies including ITV and Left Bank Pictures, and she is a judge for the NYC Midnight short screenplay competition.