Writing

I’ve written my whole life, but in recent years I’ve shifted my focus to exploring fiction and playwriting.

My first full-length commission is currently in rehearsals.

Bones In The Desert is on at the Half Moon Theatre in East London from 12 Nov 2026 - 17 Nov 2026. It will then tour theatres across the UK during November and December. The play will be published by Methuen Drama in November 2026.

I am also working on my next play exploring male body image and masculinity and also a series of short stories.

The photo is from above and shows two young men, on the left, looking at an older man, on the right, who is holding a script in his hand. It is from the rehearsal room. Two actors and a director.

Bones in the Desert (2026)

Berlin, 2022. Artur, a 22-year-old refugee, is trapped between worlds, haunted by the Syrian civil war he escaped. When someone from his journey reappears, their reunion unravels into a powerful reckoning with identity, belonging and inherited trauma.

Spanning the deserts of 1915 to the turbulence of today, Bones in the Desert confronts the long shadows of war and the lives it still shapes.

Written by British-Armenian playwright Joe Nerssessian, this powerful new play speaks directly to young adult audiences with heart and an unflinching gaze. It’s about where we come from, who we carry with us and what it means to belong.

Presented in an immersive style with a pulsating contemporary soundtrack, Bones in the Desert is the latest production from Half Moon, the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company.

Photo taken from Half Moon rehearsals

Mr E’s Missing House (2026)

An award-winning short play which was part of Matchbox Theatre’s One Act Play festival in Berlin in May 2026. Mr E’s Missing House explores grief, loss and displacement, while wrestling with the question of; to whom does land belong?

I was awarded the prize for ‘Outstanding Writing’ for the play by a panel of experts from Berlin’s theatre scene.

The Bench (2021)

Gentle, reflective and powerfully understated, short play The Bench explores the importance and beauty of inter-generational friendships, when two different generations unpack their feelings and stories and find a metaphysical connection through the act of building a simple park bench.