Davinia Hamilton is an award-winning performer and writer.

She is the co-writer of the Untapped Award-winning Blanket Ban, a play about the abortion ban in Malta, in collaboration with Chalk Line Theatre. The play premiered at the Underbelly, at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, and was later performed at the Southwark Playhouse in May 2023. It was published by Methuen Drama, and has been nominated for an Offie Award.

Davinia trained at ArtsEd, and has attended workshops with Punchdrunk, Complicité, Clean Break, Tangled Feet, Philip Ridley and David Eldridge. For a full theatre resumé, please visit her Spotlight page.

Originally from Malta, Davinia now lives and works in London. She holds a BA (Hons) in English and an M.Sc. in Digital Media, as well as an MA in Acting. She is also a recent graduate of the Faber Academy’s Writing a Novel programme, under the tutelage of Nikesh Shukla. She is currently working on her first novel, as well as a collection of short stories. Her long poem, i cannot speak it but it comes, was published in December 2022 by Ede Books.

She is an Executive Committee Member of Abortion Rights, the UK’s national abortion rights campaign.