about shaun
Shaun is a multi-hyphenate writer-actor-director-producer from the UK. In 2024, he founded Pickled Donkey, a multi-media production company that explores the human condition in surprising ways.
He’s perhaps most notable for his comedy web series Pickle, the podcast What I’m Grateful for Today, and the stage plays Paper Dolls and A Place Set Aside for Sleeping.
Shaun spent most of his teenage years writing about arts and culture for companies like TodayTix, London Theatre Direct, Theatre & Performance Magazine, and his own blog. He also acted in countless stage productions, culminating in a NODA Award win for his performance as Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof. In 2016, he launched his first podcast Opening Doors, which ran for three seasons.
After Shaun left school in 2017, he launched the comedy-drama web series Pickle - a show about a gay teenager trying to figure out how to transition into young adulthood - which led to great acclaim and a nomination for Best Web Series at the Los Angeles Cinefest. The show returned for a second season in September 2018, and a finale season in September 2019.
In the Summer of 2018, Shaun made his stage debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his one-man political comedy play Paper Dolls. A month later, he directed a production of Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room for Unbound Theatre. Paper Dolls returned to the stage in England in April 2019 as part of Paper Dolls & Other Shorts, a performance of eight new one-act plays, duologues and monologues by Shaun, with Paper Dolls serving as a second act. That Christmas, he wrote and created his first radio play, The Sugar Plum.
In March 2020, the weekend before the Covid lockdown, Shaun collaborated with Unbound Theatre again on a revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, which he directed. That Summer, Shaun launched his fifth and most successful podcast to date, What I’m Grateful for Today. The show’s original run spanned October 2020 to August 2022.
After many thwarted attempts to adapt his storytelling efforts to the changing times, he eventually premiered his Zoom play TASTE! in February 2021. He followed this up with a collection of filmed monologues, written and directed by Shaun, which premiered across 2021 and 2022.
In April 2022, Shaun staged a premiere run of his second play A Place Set Aside for Sleeping with Unbound Theatre, which he wrote, directed, and starred in. The play hopes to see another life in the not-too-distant future…
Throughout 2023, Shaun was quietly preparing multiple projects that would be presented under his new production company Pickled Donkey, which was launched at the very start of 2024. The projects include a new play, a new podcast, a new radio play, and Shaun’s debut short film. To find out more about Shaun’s future projects and his new production company, visit the webpage.