Karla is a character-led writer working across TV, audio, theatre, and short film. Her work explores identity, race, and human complexity, and she isn’t afraid to ask challenging questions.
Television
- Grantchester (ITV, Kudos) – Co-writer, Series 8, Episode 5
- SPIRES (Hat Trick / Amazon Studios / Wonder Project) – Writers’ Room
- Tall Story Pictures – 18-month Development Option on an original drama series
Audio
- Famous (Audible Original x LAMDA Drama School) – Writer
- Legacy: Picasso Series (Wondery Media) – Writer
- Fast Food (developed by Hat Trick Podcast & MsMono) – Co-writer & Executive Producer
- Couple Goals (developed by Naked Productions & MsMono) – Writer & Creator
- Displaced (developed by StoryGlass & MsMono) – Writer
- Death of a People Pleaser (developed by Granny Eats Wolf) – Writer
Theatre
- Hear Me Now: Audition Monologues for Actors of Colour, Vol. 1 (Oberon Books) – Published Writer
- But I Don’t Like Girls – Writer. Performed at Talawa First Festival and Midlands Arts Centre. Longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize & Alfred Fagon Award
- Pretty Bitch – Writer. Performed at The Pleasance Theatre, Soho Theatre and The Other Palace
- Race Today – Writer. Performed at Bernie Grant Arts Centre
- Come To Where I’m From (Tamasha Theatre & Paines Plough) – Writer. Performed at The Kiln Studio.
Short Film/Narrative Music Video
- Pretty Bitch(based on the play of the same name) — Writer
Screened at over 30 international festivals, Winner of a Best Screenplay Award, and received multiple category nominations. - The New Girl (LAMDA Drama School) – Writer
- YOU (MsMono) – Writer. Winner of Music Video of the Year and Best Inspirational at the Jump Music Awards
In Active Development
- 6 x 60 min Crime Thriller set in the black church – Creator & Writer
- 4 x 60 min Crime Drama exploring consent – Creator & Writer (in development with Strange Boy Productions)
