The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library,

Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Although primarily residential in character, i ...

, in the

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. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. The Bush Theatre strives to create a space which nurtures and develops new artists and their work. A seedbed for the best new

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

s, many of whom have gone on to become established names in the industry, the Bush Theatre has produced hundreds of premieres, many of them Bush Theatre commissions, and hosted guest productions by theatre companies and artists from across the world.

Artistic Directors

* Jenny Topper (1977–88), jointly with

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(1979–90) *

Dominic Dromgoole Dominic Dromgoole (born 25 October 1963)DROMGOOLE, Dominic Charles Flemi ...

(1990–96) * Mike Bradwell (1996–2007) *

Josie Rourke Josie Rourke (born 3 September 1976) is an English theatre and film director. She is a Vice-President of the London Library and was the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theatre from 2012 to 2019. In 2018, she made her feature film debut ...

(2007–12) *

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(2011–2018) * Lynette Linton (2019–present)

History

The Bush Theatre pub on the corner of Goldhawk Road and Shepherd's Bush Green - geograph

On Thursday 6 April 1972, the Bush Theatre was established above The Bush public house on the corner of

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and Shepherd's Bush Green, in what was once the dance studio of

Lionel Blair Lionel Blair (born Henry Lionel Ogus; 12 December 1928 – 4 November 2021) was a Canadian-born British actor, choreographer, tap dancer, and television presenter. From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, he made regular appearances as a danc ...

. It was established by a maverick actor, Brian McDermott, who used to tour the Fringe. The venue, despite its fame and massive output, was intimate, with a maximum audience of approximately 80. The first production was an adaption of ''The Collector'' by

John Fowles John Robert Fowles (; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international renown, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others. Aft ...

, directed by John Neville and starring Annette Andre and Brian McDermott. Throughout 1992, the Bush Theatre celebrated 20 years at the frontier of new writing. "What has held the Bush together for 20 years? Blind faith, youthful commitment and a tenacious belief in new writing: above all, perhaps, the conviction that new work deserves the highest standards in acting, direction and design," ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

''. The Bush won ''The Empty Space Award'' for the year's work, which included

Billy Roche Billy Roche (born 11 January 1949) is an Irish playwright and actor. He was born and still lives in Wexford and most of his writings are based there. Originally a singer with The Roach Band, he turned to writing in the 1980s. He has written a n ...

's Bush plays ''A Handful Of Stars'', ''Poor Beast in the Rain'' and ''Belfry'' playing in repertory as ''The Wexford Trilogy'', which toured to

Wexford Opera House The National Opera House, formerly the Wexford Opera House, is a theatre in Wexford, Ireland. It was officially opened on 5 September 2008 in a ceremony with An Taoiseach Brian Cowen, followed by a live broadcast of RTÉ's '' The Late Late S ...

and the

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, Dublin. In November 2010, the Bush Theatre announced it would be leaving its home of nearly forty years and moving to the former Passmore Edwards Public Library building, round the corner from its first home, on Uxbridge Road. The relocation took place in 2011 and the new venue opened with the " Sixty-Six Books" project. This was a celebration of the anniversary of the publication of the

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, which used 66 writers, many of whom were veterans of the Bush. That same year, Artistic Director Josie Rourke announced her departure from the Bush to take up the position of Artistic Director of the

Donmar Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Mi ...

. The Board appointed Madani Younis as her successor from January 2012. In 2013, he programmed the theatre's most successful season to date, which saw the theatre play to 99% capacity. In Spring 2016, the Bush Theatre relocated its plays to found spaces around Shepherd's Bush and Notting Hill, as the former library building closed for the largest capital project in the theatre's history. Borrowing new and iconic spaces with their own histories and tales of the local community, this season of work welcomed new audiences and residents by offering a number of free and subsidised theatre tickets to local people. In March 2017, following a landmark year of taking plays into the communities of West London, the Bush Theatre returned home following a £4.3m revitalisation of the venue. The year-long redevelopment was driven by the aim of realising Younis’ vision for a theatre that reflected the diversity and vibrancy of London. Upon reopening, the building was to be more sustainable and entirely accessible, with a new entrance, front-of-house area and exterior garden terrace to the main street. Lynette Linton became Artistic Directory in January 2019, following Younis' appointment as Creative Director at the

Southbank Centre Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge). It comprises three main performance venues (the Royal Festival Hall including the Nat ...

. That same year, the theatre was named London Theatre of the Year by ''

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''. In response to the

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, the Bush Theatre filmed several of its productions and offered them to online viewers. Disgraced

Venue

Following the 2016/17 redevelopment, the Bush Theatre has two performance spaces: * The ''Theatre'', a reserved seating venue with a maximum capacity of 180. It has remained in its original location and can be configured in a

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, end on or

in the round A theatre in the round, arena theatre or central staging is a space for theatre in which the audience surrounds the stage. Theatre-in-the-round was common in ancient theatre, particularly that of Greece and Rome, but was not widely explored ag ...

layout. * The ''Studio'', an unreserved seating venue with a maximum capacity of 70, is a home for emerging artists and producers. Similarly, this space can be configured in a thrust, end on or in the round layout. The building also contains an ''Attic'' rehearsal space and ''Writer's Room'', along with a Café Bar, garden terrace and playtext library, which is the largest public theatre reference library in the United Kingdom. The redevelopment of the venue was 'Cultural Project of the Year' finalist at the AJ Architecture Awards 2017, and 'Highly commended Cultural Building' at the AJ Retrofit Awards 2017, and selected by the Hammersmith Society as winner of their Conservation Award for 2017.

New writing

The Literary Department at the Bush Theatre is committed to discovering the best new plays from playwrights from the widest range of backgrounds and therefore seek unsolicited submissions throughout the year in dedicated script windows. The Bush is a proud champion of playwrights, with a keen interest in those voices not often heard, and reflecting the contemporary culture of London, the UK and beyond. The Department receives nearly 2000 scripts a year from new and established playwrights, all of which are read and considered for production or development at the Bush.

Awards

1977 –

George Devine George Alexander Cassady Devine (20 November 1910 – 20 January 1966) was an English theatrical manager, director, teacher, and actor based in London from the early 1930s until his death. He also worked in TV and film. Early life and education ...

Award to

Robert Holman Robert Holman (1952 – 3 December 2021) was a British dramatist whose work has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as in the West End theatre, West End and elsewhere, since the 1970s. He was ...

for ''German Skerries''
1979 – George Devine Award to

Jonathan Gems Jonathan Gems (born 1952, London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996), directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization. His well known work includes a screenplay for an adap ...

for ''The Tax Exile''
1982 –

Samuel Beckett Award The Samuel Beckett Award was a British award set up in 1983 and, over the next decade, awarded to writers, who in the opinion of a committee of critics, producers and publishers, showed innovation and excellence in writing for the performing arts. ...

for ''Coming Clean'' by

Kevin Elyot Kevin Elyot (18 July 1951 – 7 June 2014) was a British playwright, screenwriter and actor. His most notable works include the play ''My Night with Reg'' (1994) and the film ''Clapham Junction'' (2007). His stage work has been performed by lea ...

1986 –

Laurence Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...

Nomination for Outstanding Achievement to

for ''Making Noises Quietly''
1989 –

John Whiting Award Between 1965 and 2010, the John Whiting Award (from 2007 renamed the Peter Wolff Trust Supports the John Whiting Award) was awarded annually to a British or Commonwealth playwright who, in the opinion of a consortium of UK theatres, showed a new ...

for ''Handful of Stars'' by

1993 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement to Billy Roche for ''The Wexford Trilogy''
1993 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Jane Coles for ''Backstroke In A Crowded Pool''
1993 –

for ''The Clearing'' by Helen Edmundson
1994 – John Whiting Award for ''Beautiful Thing'' by Jonathan Harvey
1995 – Laurence Olivier Award Nomination for ''Beautiful Thing'' by Jonathan Harvey
1996 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to

Naomi Wallace Naomi Wallace (born 1960) is an American playwright, screenwriter and poet from Kentucky. She is widely known for her plays, and has received several distinguished awards for her work. Biography Naomi Wallace was born in Prospect, Kentucky, to ...

for ''

One Flea Spare ''One Flea Spare'', by Naomi Wallace, is a play set in plague-ravaged 17th Century London. Synopsis A wealthy couple is preparing to flee their home when a mysterious sailor and a young girl appear sneaking into their boarded up house. Now, qu ...

''
1997 –

Meyer-Whitworth Award The Meyer-Whitworth Award was a literary prize established in 1991 and awarded from 1992 until 2011 to new British playwrights to help them further their careers. The £10,000 prize, one of the largest annual prizes for play writing in the UK, was ...

Conor McPherson Conor McPherson (born 6 August 1971) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and director of stage and film. In recognition of his contribution to world theatre, McPherson was awarded a doctorate of Literature, Honoris Causa, in June 2013 by the Un ...

for ''

This Lime Tree Bower ''This Lime Tree Bower'' is an early play by Conor McPherson. The title is taken from the 1797 This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, poem of the same name by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.McNulty, Charles"Review: ‘This Lime Tree Bower’"''Variety'', May 24 ...

''
1998 – George Devine Award to

Helen Blakeman Helen Blakeman (born 1971) is a British playwright and screenwriter from Liverpool. She has written three plays. ''Caravan'', her first, was written while she studied at Birmingham University and won her the George Devine award. Her second play ...

for ''Caravan''
1998 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to

Daragh Carville Daragh Carville (born in Armagh in 1969) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter and educator. He is best known for co-creating and writing the ITV crime drama '' The Bay'', first broadcast on ITV in 2019, attracting an average audience of over seve ...

for ''Language Roulette''
1999 – George Devine Award to

Mark O'Rowe Mark O'Rowe is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. Life Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe (to whom he dedicated his 1999 play, ''Howie the Rookie''). He grew up in Tallaght, a working class s ...

for ''Howie the Rookie''
2005 – Meyer-Whitworth Award to Stephen Thompson for ''Damages''
2006 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to

Amelia Bullmore Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright. She is known for her roles in ''Coronation Street'' (1990–1992), ''I'm Alan Partridge'' (2002), '' Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2009), '' Twenty Twelve ...

for ''Mammals''
2007 – Susan Smith Blackburn Award to Abbie Spallen for ''Pumpgirl'
''2013 –

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

for ''Disgraced'' by Ayad Akhtar

Books

To celebrate 40 years of the Bush Theatre, ''"Close-Up Magic": 40 Years at the Bush Theatre'' was published, charting the history of the theatre and including contributions from past directors, actors, writers and audience members.

Productions

A list of selected productions of the Bush Theatre. * 2019 ''The Arrival'' by Bijan Sheibani * 2019 ''Strange Fruit'' by

Caryl Phillips Caryl Phillips (born 13 March 1958) is a Kittitian-British novelist, playwright and essayist. Best known for his novels (for which he has won multiple awards), Phillips is often described as a Black Atlantic writer, since much of his fictional ...

* 2018 ''

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'' by

Arinzé Kene Arinzé Mokwe Kene () is a Nigerian-born British actor and playwright. Early life In 1987, Kene was born in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to London when he was four. Kene's father was a taxi driver. Kene was bullied growing up and was encouraged ...

* 2018 ''Leave Taking'' by

Winsome Pinnock Winsome Pinnock FRSL (born 1961) is a British playwright of Jamaican heritage, who is "probably Britain's most well known black female playwright". She was described in ''The Guardian'' as "the godmother of black British playwrights". Life Wins ...

* 2018 ''Dismantle Festival'' by Project 2036 *2017 ''The Hijabi Monologues'' by Amal Abdi, Hanan Issa, Sahar Ullah and Nimmo Ismail *2016 ''The Royale'' by Marco Ramirez * 2016 ''Boys Will Be Boys'' by Melissa Bubnic * 2016 ''Right Now'' by Catherine-Anne Toupin * 2016 ''Pink Mist'' by

Owen Sheers Owen Sheers (born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and television presenter. He was the first writer in residence to be appointed by any national rugby union team. Early life Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974, and b ...

* 2015 ''Forget Me Not'' by Tom Holloway * 2015 ''RADAR 2015'' * 2015 ''F*ck the Polar Bears'' by Tanya Ronder * 2015 ''The Invisible'' by

Rebecca Lenkiewicz Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968) is a British playwright and screenwriter. She is best known as the author of ''Her Naked Skin'' (2008), which was the first original play written by a living female playwright to be performed on the Olivier stage of ...

* 2015 ''

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'' by James Graham * 2015 ''The Royale'' by Marco Ramirez * 2015 ''Islands'' by Caroline Horton * 2014 '' Visitors'' by Barney Norris * 2014 ''Albion'' by Chris Thompson * 2014 ''RADAR 2014'' * 2014 ''Perseverance Drive'' by

Robin Soans Robin Soans (born 20 June 1946) is a British actor, and a playwright specialising in verbatim and documentary plays. These plays include ''Across the Divide'' (2007); ''A State Affair'' (2000) which looked at life on a Bradford estate, produced ...

* 2014 ''Incognito'' by

Nick Payne Nick Payne (born 1984) is a British playwright and screenwriter. Early life and education Payne studied at the University of York and subsequently at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He is also a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writ ...

* 2014 '' We Are Proud to Present a Presentation by the Herero of Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa, from the German Sud-Ouest Afrika Between the Years 1895 – 1915'' by Jackie Sibblies-Drury * 2014 ''Ciphers'' by Dawn King * 2013 ''Jumpers for Goalposts'' by Tom Wells * 2013 ''RADAR 2013'' * 2013 ''The Herd'' by

Rory Kinnear Rory Michael Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of William S ...

* 2013 ''Josephine and I'' by

Cush Jumbo Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her leading role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series '' The Good Wife'' (2015–16) and the CBS All Access spin-off series ''The Good Figh ...

* 2013 ''

Disgraced ''Disgraced'' is a 2012 play by novelist and screenwriter Ayad Akhtar. It premiered in Chicago and has had Off-Broadway and Off West End engagements. The play, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theate ...

'' by

Ayad Akhtar Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage, awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His work has received two Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award nominations for Best Play, ...

(Winner of the

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) * 2013 ''Three Birds'' by Janice Okoh * 2013 ''Money the game show'' by Clare Duffy * 2012 ''

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'' by

D. C. Moore David "D. C." Moore (born 1980) is a British playwright and television screenwriter. Biography He was raised in Duston, Northamptonshire. Now based in London, he started out as an assistant director and worked with Rupert Goold on production ...

* 2012 ''Snookered'' by Ishy Din * 2012 ''Chalet Lines'' by Lee Mattinson * 2012 ''The Beloved'' by Amir Nizar Zuabi * 2012 ''Mad About the Boy'' by

Gbolahan Obisesan Gbolahan Obisesan is a British Nigerian writer and director. He is the Artistic Director at Brixton House theatre. He has served as a Genesis Fellow and Associate Director at the Young Vic. Early life Obisesan was born in Nigeria and moved to ...

* 2012 ''Fear'' by

Dominic Savage Dominic Savage (born 23 November 1962) is a British BAFTA award-winning director, writer, and actor. Originally a child actor — making several television appearances and featuring in Stanley Kubrick's '' Barry Lyndon'' (1975) — ...

* 2012 ''Our New Girl'' by

Nancy Harris Nancy Harris is an Irish playwright and screenwriter. She was given the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2012. Early life and education Harris is the daughter of Anne and Eoghan Harris. She was educated at Trinity College Dublin, earning a B ...

* 2011 ''The Kitchen Sink'' by Tom Wells * 2011 '' Sixty-Six Books'' by Sixty-Six Writers * 2011 ''This is where we got to when you came in'' by non zero one * 2011 ''Where's My Seat?'' by Dierdre Kinahan, Tom Wells and

Jack Thorne Jack Thorne FRSL (born 6 December 1978) is a British playwright, television writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing the stage play '' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', the films '' Wonder'' and '' Enola Holmes'', ...

* 2011 ''In The Beginning'' by

* 2011 ''Moment'' by Deirdre Kinahan * 2011 ''Little Platoons'' by

Steve Waters Steve Waters is a British playwright. He was born in Coventry, UK. He studied English at Oxford University, taught in secondary schools and was a graduate of David Edgar's MA in Playwriting in 1993, a course which he later ran for several years. ...

* 2011 ''The Knowledge'' by John Donnelly * 2010 ''My Romantic History'' by

D C Jackson Daniel Craig Jackson, also known as D.C. Jackson, is a Scottish playwright, born in 1980. Career His first full-length play ''The Wall'' premiered at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow in 2008. It was produced by Borderline Theatre Company and was no ...

* 2010 '' The Aliens'' by

Annie Baker Annie Baker (born April 1981) is an American playwright and teacher who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her play ''The Flick.'' Among her works are the Shirley, Vermont plays, which take place in the fictional town of Shirley: ''Circle Mirror Tr ...

* 2010 ''The Great British Country Fete'' by

Russell Kane Russell Kane (born Russell David Anthony Grineau; 19 August 1975) is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He has 4 times been nominated at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, winning the Best Comedy Show award in 2010. Although known mainly for st ...

and Michael Bruce * 2010 ''Like A Fishbone'' by Anthony Weigh * 2010 '' A Little Gem'' by Elaine Murphy * 2010 ''Eigengrau'' by

Penelope Skinner Penelope Skinner is a British playwright. She came to prominence after her play ''Fucked'' was first produced in 2008 at the Old Red Lion Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival to huge critical acclaim and has had successive plays staged in London ...

* 2010 ''The Whisky Taster'' by James Graham * 2009 '' The Contingency Plan'' by

* 2009 ''The Stefan Golaszewski Plays'' by Stefan Golaszewski * 2009 '' If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet'' by

* 2009 ''Sea Wall'' by

Simon Stephens Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is an English playwright and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic ...

* 2009 ''2 May 1997'' by

* 2009 ''suddenlossofdignity.com'' by

Zawe Ashton Zawedde Emma "Zawe" Ashton (; born 25 July 1984) is a British actress, playwright and narrator. She is best known for her roles in the comedy dramas '' Fresh Meat'' and ''Not Safe for Work'', the Netflix horror thriller film ''Velvet Buzzsaw'' ...

, James Graham,

Joel Horwood Joel Horwood is a British playwright. He has been a member of the Royal Court/BBC 50 scheme and has also been on attachment at Hampstead Theatre. His plays include ''I Caught Crabs in Walberswick'', ''Mikey the Pikey'', ''Food'', and ''I Hear ...

, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm & Michelle Terry * 2009 ''Apologia'' by Alexi Kaye Campbell * 2009 ''Stovepipe'' by

Adam Brace Adam Brace (born 1980, London, England) is a British playwright and director. Brace is the resident associate dramaturg of Soho Theatre in London. His play ''Stovepipe'', performed in promenade, premiered at the HighTide festival in Suffolk befo ...

* 2009 ''

Wrecks ''Wrecks'' is a one-man play by Neil LaBute, that was commissioned and produced by the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland. The play was a part of the city's Capital of Culture programme in 2005.LaBute, Neil''Wrecks'Wrecks: And Other Plays ...

'' by

Neil LaBute Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, ''In the Company of Men'' (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Fi ...

* 2008 ''50 Ways to Leave your Lover at Christmas'' by Leah Chillery, Ben Ellis, Stacey Gregg,

Lucy Kirkwood Lucy Ann Kirkwood (born October 1983) is a British playwright and screenwriter. She is writer in residence at Clean Break. In June 2018 Kirkwood was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative. Early life ...

, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm &

Ben Schiffer Ben Schiffer (born 12 July 1983) is a British television screenwriter and playwright. He is married to actress Emily Taaffe. Early life and education Schiffer was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the second son of Jewish American emigrants ...

* 2008 ''I Caught Crabs in Walberswick'' by

* 2008 ''Broken Space Season'' by

Bryony Lavery Bryony Lavery (born 1947) is a British dramatist, known for her successful and award-winning 1998 play '' Frozen''. In addition to her work in theatre, she has also written for television and radio. She has written books including the biography ...

Declan Feenan Declan Feenan (born 1980) is a playwright from Northern Ireland. His plays have been produced in Belfast, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Raleigh, North Carolina, and New York City New York, often called New York City or N ...

, Mike Bartlett,

& Anthony Weigh * 2008 ''Turf'' by Simon Vinnicombe * 2008 ''50 Ways to Leave Your Lover'' by Leah Chillery, Ben Ellis, Stacey Gregg,

* 2008 ''2,000 Feet Away'' by Anthony Weigh * 2008, ''Tinderbox'' by

* 2008 ''Artefacts'' by Mike Bartlett * 2008 ''Helter Skelter/Land of the Dead'' by

* 2007 ''!'' by Mike Packer * 2007 ''How To Curse'' by Ian McHugh * 2007 ''Flight Path'' by David Watson * 2007 ''Trance'' by Shoji Kokami * 2007 ''

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'' by

Simon Bent Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama '' Beau Brummell: This Charming Man'' (2006), the screenplay for the feature film ''Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (2000), and the Joe Orton biograph ...

* 2007 ''Tom Fool'' by

Franz Xaver Kroetz Franz Xaver Kroetz (; born 25 February 1946) is a German author, playwright, actor and film director. He achieved great success beginning in the early 1970s. ''Persistent'', '' Farmyard'', and ''Request Concert'', all written in 1971, are some o ...

* 2007 ''I Like Mine With a Kiss'' by Georgia Fitch * 2007 ''Product: World Remix'' by

Mark Ravenhill Mark Ravenhill (born 7 June 1966) is an English playwright, actor and journalist. Ravenhill is one of the most widely performed playwrights in British theatre of the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His major plays include ''Shoppin ...

* 2007 ''What Would Judas Do'' by

Stewart Lee Stewart Graham Lee (born 5 April 1968) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and television director. His stand-up routine is characterised by repetition, internal reference, deadpan delivery, and consistent breaking of the fourth wall. Lee b ...

* 2006 ''Whipping It Up'' by Stephen Thompson * 2006 ''Bones'' by Kay Adshead * 2006 '' Pumpgirl'' by Abbie Spallen * 2006 ''Cruising'' by Alecky Blythe * 2006 ''Crooked'' by Catherine Trieschmann * 2006 ''Trad'' by Mark Doherty * 2006 ''Christmas Is Miles Away'' by

Chloe Moss Chloë Moss (born 1976 in Liverpool) is an England, English playwright and screenwriter. Early life Moss grew up in Liverpool and attended Manchester Metropolitan University, where she studied film. She joined the Royal Court Theatre, Royal Cour ...

* 2006 ''Try These On For International Size'' by Reg Cribb, Jón Atli Jónasson, Abbie Spallen, Shoji Kokami * 2006 '' Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers Of The Qur'an'' by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt * 2005 ''When You Cure Me'' by

* 2005 ''Bottle Universe'' by Simon Burt * 2005 '' After the End'' by

Dennis Kelly Dennis Kelly is a British scriptwriter for theatre, television and film. His play ''DNA'', first performed in 2007, became a core set-text for GCSE in 2010 and has been studied by approximately 400,000 students each year. He wrote the book ...

* 2005 ''The Obituary Show'' by The People Show * 2005 ''Kingfisher Blue'' by Lin Coghlan * 2005 ''

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'' by

* 2005 ''Take Me Away'' by Gerald Murphy * 2005 ''Bites'' by Kay Adshead * 2004 ''Going Donkeys'' by Richard Cameron * 2004 ''

How Love Is Spelt ''How Love is Spelt'' is a 2005 play written by Chloe Moss. Production It was first produced at the Bush Theatre in London and is available in print from Nick Hern Books Nick Hern Books is a London-based independent specialist publisher of p ...

'' by

* 2004 ''Damages'' by Steve Thompson * 2004 ''Adrenalin...Heart'' by Georgia Fitch * 2004 ''One Minute'' by

* 2004 ''Christmas'' by

* 2003 ''The God Botherers'' by

Richard Bean Richard Anthony Bean (born 11 June 1956) is an English playwright. Early years Born in East Hull, Bean was educated at Hull Grammar School, and then studied social psychology at Loughborough University, graduating with a 2:1 BSc Hons. He then ...

* 2003 ''Airsick'' by Emma Frost * 2003 ''Nine Parts of Desire'' by

Heather Raffo Heather Raffo (born in Michigan, United States) is a Lucille Lortel Award-winning Iraqi-American playwright and actress, best known for her leading role in the one-woman play '' 9 Parts of Desire''. Biography Early life Her father is Iraqi, bor ...

* 2003 ''Little Baby Nothing'' by Catherine Johnson * 1999 ''Howie the Rookie'' by

* 1997 ''

Disco Pigs ''Disco Pigs'' is a 2001 Irish film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Enda Walsh, who adapted it from his 1996 play of the same name. Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy star as two young people from Cork who have a lifelong, but unhea ...

'' by

Enda Walsh Enda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright. Biography Enda Walsh was born in Kilbarrack, North Dublin on February 7, 1967. His father ran a furniture shop and his mother had been an actress. He is the second youngest of six children. Wal ...

* 1997 ''Love and Understanding'' by

Joe Penhall Joe Scott Penhall (born 1967) is an English-Australian playwright and screenwriter, best known for his award-winning stage play ''Blue/Orange'', the award-winning West End musical ''Sunny Afternoon'' and creating the Netflix original series '' ...

* 1997 ''St Nicholas'' by

* 1997 ''All of You Mine'' by Richard Cameron * 1991 ''

The Pitchfork Disney ''The Pitchfork Disney'' is a 1991 stage play by Philip Ridley. It was his first professional stage work, having also produced work as a visual artist, novelist, filmmaker, and scriptwriter for film and radio. The play premiered at the Bush Thea ...

'' by

Philip Ridley Philip Ridley (born 1957 in East London) is an English storyteller working in a wide range of artistic media. As a visual artist he has been cited as a contemporary of the 'Young British Artists', and had his artwork exhibited internationally. ...

* 1988 ''A Handful of Stars'' by

* 1987 ''Dreams of San Francisco'' by Jacqueline Holborough * 1987 ''It's A Girl'' by John Burrow * 1987 ''Tattoo Theatre'' by Mladen Materic * 1987 ''The Mystery of the Rose Bouquet'' by Mauel Puig * 1987 ''Effies Burning'' by Valerie Windsor * 1987 ''People Show No 92 Whistle Stop'' by People Show * 1987 ''Love Field'' by Stephen Davis * 1987 ''More Light'' by

Snoo Wilson Andrew James Wilson (2 August 1948 – 3 July 2013), better known as Snoo Wilson, was an English playwright, screenwriter and director. His early plays such as ''Blow-Job'' (1971) were overtly political, often combining harsh social comment wit ...

* 1987 ''An Imitation of Life'' by Abbie Spallen * 1986 ''The Oven Glove Murders'' by

Nick Darke Nick Darke (1948–2005) was a British playwright. He was also known within Cornwall as a lobster fisherman, environmental campaigner, and chairman of St Eval Parish Council. Early life Nick's great-grandfather, William Leonard Darke, was a ...

* 1986 ''Making Noise Quietly'' by

* 1985 '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' by

Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...

* 1983 ''Hard Feelings'' by Doug Lucie * 1980 ''

Duet for One A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo s ...

'' by

Tom Kempinski Thomas Michael John Kempinski (born 24 March 1938) is an English playwright and actor best known for his 1980 play ''Duet for One'', which was a major success in London and New York City, and much revived since. Kempinski also wrote the screenp ...

* 1972 ''The Relief of Martha King'' by David Parker * 1972 ''Christmas Carol'' by

Frank Marcus Frank Ulrich Marcus (30 June 1928 – 5 August 1996) was a British playwright, best known for ''The Killing of Sister George''. Life and career Marcus was born 30 June 1928 into a Jewish family in Breslau (then in Germany). They came to Eng ...

* 1972 ''Plays for Rubber Gogo'' by

Christopher Wilkinson Christopher Wilkinson (born March 29, 1950) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for '' Nixon'' (1995).

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