Rob Ward is a two-time Manchester Theatre Award winning writer and performer who is also the Creative Director of Emmerson & Ward Productions. Rob has taken his shows on multiple UK tours along with international touring in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland and Serbia. His other plays include The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me (2020), Gypsy Queen (2016), and Away From Home (2013), co-written with Martin Jameson. Rob was named a British Council Emerging Artist in 2017 and received a 2022 Peter Schaffer Commission from the National Theatre.