About
Diana is a Romanian-born, London-based writer working across theatre, audio, film, and television. After ten years running her own Online Marketing business and a year studying Psychology, she made a major career shift, relocating to London to train in Acting.
She later completed an MA in Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, where she developed projects ranging from politically engaged drama to absurdist comedy.
Her work blends surreal humour with emotional depth, often exploring themes of identity, connection, addiction, truth versus performance, belonging, grief, and moral ambiguity.
She writes fuelled by deadlines, snacks, and a worrying number of open tabs. When she's not writing or thinking about writing, she can usually be found at the theatre, travelling, or going down the rabbit hole of her latest obsession.
Writing Credits & Commissions
You Matched With...
Spiralling over a guy who ghosted her, Em turns to ChatGPT. She just wants to feel better (and maybe get a text back?), but the AI has other plans when it generates a series of ‘Romantic Accountability Avatars’ to help her confront her dating patterns.
‘You Matched With...’ is a surreal romcom about AI, the commodification of emotion and the blurred line between genuine and performative connection in the age of online dating.
How to Hold a Parent
A coming-of-age story about a young woman who spends her life trying to reach a mother who’s physically present but emotionally absent.
Blending puppetry and monologue, ‘How to Hold a Parent’ explores the complexities of parent–child relationships, addiction, and the quiet work of learning to hold both love and grief.
A Fox's Guide To Deurbanisation
After his father dies in a traumatic London taxi accident, Rusty, a naïve London fox, sets out on an arduous journey to the Forest of Dean to find his long-lost family and prove himself a true feral fox - all while recording his increasingly chaotic adventure in a podcast for other foxes (that's you) to hear.
Mixing the offbeat energy of The Mighty Boosh and BoJack Horseman with the intimacy of a mockumentary-style format, this is your chance to get to know the skulk like never before.
Episode 2 - Deurbanise Me (Slowly, Gently) - Out Jan '26
ECHOES
A short film about remembrance, love, national identity, and the resilience of human dignity in the face of war, spanning the lives of three Polish soldiers across a century.
One of the top 5 scripts personally selected by screenwriter Rob Yescombe (Amazon Studios, Netflix) at the Centerframe Selects competition and semi-finalist at Sunday Shorts Film Festival 2025.
The Authenticity Game
A 20-minute audio drama for a cast of eight, produced for broadcast on Morley Radio in Spring 2026.
Framed through a reality TV series that claims to be ‘the antidote to trash TV’, it blends comedy and critique to explore the male loneliness epidemic, trauma as performance, and the consequences of turning crisis into primetime entertainment.
Audio drama, commissioned by Morley College - Out March '26
The Beginner's Mind
Book adaptation for stage, commissioned by Quota Books (2026)
Commissioned by Quota Books to adapt ‘Mars Attacks Memoirs’ – a series of interviews with screenwriter Jonathan Gems, writer of Mars Attacks! (directed by Tim Burton) – for stage.
Original Work in Development
Writer's Retreat (TV Series)
In pursuit of his big break, an atheist writer infiltrates a monastery as research for his latest script. As he juggles friendships, rivalries, and the tension between intellect and experience, he’s forced to confront his unresolved relationship with his late brother — all while praying that no one sees through his act.
Writer’s Retreat is a high-concept dramedy about Christianity, addiction, and grief that explores the search for meaning while trying to make amends with someone who’s no longer here.
JUNE (Full-Length Play)
A courtroom drama set in the pre-Brexit period, as the UK’s National Referral Mechanism for trafficking victims begins to take shape. A young undocumented migrant faces her final asylum appeal and must decide whether to stay silent or reclaim her voice by naming her trafficker in a system designed to doubt her.
Almost Perfect Strangers (Feature Film)
A warm, witty romantic comedy about a divorced couple who unknowingly reconnects through an anonymous online writing group — exploring modern dating from the perspective of an older generation and reclaiming passion, intimacy, and second chances after 55.
Death & Avocado (Audio Drama)
Set in a palliative care centre, this audio drama follows Martha, a fiercely independent social worker facing terminal cancer and the fractured ties she no longer knows how to mend—estranged from her son and caught in a tense dynamic with her daughter. Through dry humour and unexpected moments of warmth, it explores how families reach for small talk and familiar topics when they can’t face the truths that matter most.
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