Dreambite Collective
Dreambite Collective is made of three queer, theatre-makers, Clare Stenning, Katrina Bennett and Lydia Sabatini.
Formed in 2022, we are committed to making form-breaking work in collaborative and non-hierarchical ways that bring to vivid life the manifold experiences of queer female subjectivity. We revel in the strange, the slimy and the dreamy, and like to show characters dealing with real social issues such as desire, climate change and bodily autonomy from unexpected and visceral angles.
Our Writers
Katrina Bennett - Writer/Producer
"give me dreams about aliens give me vagina-munching zombies give me unicorn prongs give me observation fish tanks and all the wacky, weird shit" - LUCID
- Lucid Camden People's Theatre, 2024
- Choose Your Fighter Camden People's Theatre, 2022
- Someone's F***ing With Their Gun Curve Theatre, 2020
KATRINA BENNETT is a playwright from Warwickshire now based in East London. Katrina's first play CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER was developed with mentorship from Barrel Organ Theatre. It debuted at festivals across the Midlands before a sold-out run at Camden People's Theatre in 2023 funded by Arts Council England and Jerwood Arts New Work Fund. With Dreambite Collective, Katrina co-wrote CONSUMED which had a sold out run at CPT in 2024. Katrina’s work has been developed at theatres including the Omnibus Theatre, Leicester Curve, and Golden Goose Theatre. Katrina has a writing MA from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and works as a Mentor Playwright for the National Theatre on their New Views Programme.
Lydia Sabatini - Writer/Producer
"nothing's anything no nothing makes any sense at all until I begin to develop the intense desire to eat myself" - You Are What You Eat
- You Are What You Eat Camden People's Theatre, 2024
- You Are What You Eat Broadwater Theater, LA, 2024
- The Light Trail Hope Theatre, 2021
Lydia Sabatini is a London-based playwright originally from Essex. Her work has been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for playwriting in 2021 and longlisted in 2023. She has participated in the Bush Theatre’s Emerging Writers Group 2021/2, the Traverse Theatre’s Breakthrough Writers: In Residence Programme 2022/3, the Mercury Theatre’s Playwrights Programme 2022/3, the London Library’s Emerging Writers Programme 2023/4, Orange Tree Theatre’s Writers Collective 2023/4, GNR8 Series 6 for LAMDA/Audible 2024 and BOLD Playwrights 2024 and the Royal Court Writer's Group 2025. She is one of the founding members of Dreambite Collective and co-wrote CONSUMED which sold out it's run at Camden People's Theatre in 2024.
Clare Stenning - Writer/Actor/Producer
"I can feel my toes each one wait one two three four five i can feel them all on both feet connected I'm connected it's amazing" - Gummy Gummy
- Gummy Gummy Camden People's Theatre, 2024
- Vacillate King Head's Theatre, 2019
- #Virginie Teatro Rivoli, Turin, 2018
CLARE STENNING is a Franco-British writer, actor and marketing manager. She has an MA in Writing for Stage & Broadcast Media from the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her debut play #Virginie, was devised with Tom Corradini Teatro, then performed at the Teatro Rivoli, in Turin, Italy. Her next play, Vacillate, was staged as a part of the King’s Head Theatre’s Queer Season, in 2019. She has written several short films in French and English, including A Party to Forget, a finalist at the World Monologue Film Festival. With Dreambite Collective, Clare co-wrote CONSUMED which had a sold out run at CPT in 2024. She is currently developping a new play and a mini-series.