BETHE TOWNSEND

Bio

Bethe Townsend is a recent graduate of the screenwriting MA at the NFTS and recipient of the Leverhulme Scholarship. She writes across various genres with a particular interest in female-led stories that scratch beneath the surface of how we live. She has written five produced short films which have been screened at festivals around the world and has had two short plays performed at Soho Theatre: IMRAN’S CHICKEN (dir. Andy McNamee) and THE LOVESONG OF THE ORTOLAN (dir. Audrey Sheffield). Bethe also freelances as a writer in the games industry –pitching, outlining and writing narrative games.

TITLE OF FEATURE: THE DOULA

A pregnant woman is gaslit by her charismatic doula as part of an occult plot to steal her baby.