Chris Goode (27 May 1973 – 1 June 2021) was a British playwright, theatre director, performer, and poet. He was the artistic director of

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from 2001 to 2004, and led the ensemble Chris Goode and Company until its closure in 2021. A regular performer at the

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, he won four

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awards for ''Men in the Cities'', ''Monkey Bars'', ''Neutrino'' and ''Kiss of Life''. Goode hosted the regular podcast ''Thompson's Live'', in which he curated discussions with other theatre artists about their practice. His plays are published by Oberon Books. After his death, it was revealed that he used his professional status to abuse and disguise his abuse of young men.

Personal life

Goode was gay and married sound designer and theatre artist Griffyn Gilligan in July 2018. Goode died by suicide on 1 June 2021. He had been arrested on 5 May for possession of indecent images of children.

Work

Solo shows

* ''Mirabel'' (2018). Premiered at Ovalhouse Theatre, London. * ''Men in the Cities'' (2014). Premiered at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. * ''God/Head'' (2012). Premiered at Ovalhouse Theatre, London. * ''The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley'' (2009). Premiered at Contact Theatre, Manchester. * ''Hippo World Guest Book'' (2007). Premiered at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.

As playwright

* ''Mad Man'' (2014). Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth. * ''Infinite Lives'' (2014). Premiered at Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol. * ''Monkey Bars'' (2012). Premiered at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. * ''The Loss of All Things'' (2011). Part of the

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's ''

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''. * ''King Pelican'' (2009). Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth. * ''Speed Death of the Radiant Child'' (2007) Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth. Revived at the Warwick Arts Centre (2017).

As director

* ''Jubilee'' (2017) adapted from Derek Jarman. Premiered at

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. * ''Every One'' (2016) by

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. Premiered at

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. * ''Landscape and Monologue'' (2011) by

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. Premiered at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. * ''Glass House'' (2009). Premiered in the Clore Studio, Royal Opera House.

References

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