Joel is a playwright, director and dramaturg based in London.  

His work in theatre includes Fringe First award-winning Food (The Imaginary Body); Stoopud F*cken Animals (Traverse Theatre); I Caught Crabs In Walberswick (Eastern Angles); I ♥ Peterborough (Eastern Angles); The Planet And Stuff (Polka and Tonic Theatre); A Series Of Increasingly Impossible Acts (Lyric, Hammersmith); I Want My Hat Back (National Theatre) nominated for a ‘Best Family Entertainment’ Olivier Award; This Changes Everything (Tonic) nominated for ‘Best New Play’ at the Writer’s Guild awards; The Little Matchgirl And Happier Tales (Shakespeare’s Globe); Berberian Sound Studio (The Donmar Warehouse); The Ocean at the End of the Lane(The National Theatre) nominated for ‘Best New play’ at the 2020 Oliviers.