 Over the years, Nicols has collaborated with other women's groups, such as the "Changing Women Theatre Group", and wrote music for a prime-time television series, "Women in Sport".She also composed the music for a production by Common Stock Youth Theatre of Brecht's "The Caucasian Chalk Circle".Nicols has also collaborated regularly over the years with Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer and French bassist Joelle Leandre, including tours and three recordings as the trio "Les Diaboliques".