Set in the 1960s and 80s, Black Diamond Dancers is a debut play written by Derbyshire resident Susie Brig and follows a group of female friends in a jive club with the backdrop of the miner's strike and political tensions at the time.

As part of the Open Pitch process, Susie had months of support from Participation Director and writer Jayne Williams to form the first draft of the play and a series of script development days over three months with five actors and New Perspectives' Artistic Director Angharad Jones to support Susie in the completion of her first script.

At the end of her Open Pitch experience, Susie called New Perspectives "a rare dramatic treasure in the East Midlands for encouraging and supporting new creative talent" and is now working on a new script.