Rising stars of 2015: playwright Sam Holcroft

The dramatist Sam Holcroft brings her background in developmental biology to the dissection of human relationshipsSee the Observer’s rising stars of 2015 in fullRising stars of 2015: artist Sara BarkerMany writers take a scientific approach to their examination of human behaviour, but few do so with as much authority as 31-year-old dramatist Sam Holcroft. She combined a degree in biology at Edinburgh University with a good deal of extracurricular drama – “I was going backwards and forwards