Jim Kenworth is an English playwright.

Career

Kenworth made his debut as a playwright with the premiere of ''Johnny Song'' at the

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in 1998. His second play, ''Gob'', was presented at

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, Islington, in 1999, and starred

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. The play gained positive reviews from ''Time Out'' and ''What's On'' Critics Choice. ''Gob'' was next seen at the

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and earned the distinction of two five-star reviews from ''Three Weeks'' and ''The List'', and was included in the feature "Editor's Highlights of the Fringe". ''Gob'' was then presented at the Courtyard Theatre, Kings Cross, and ran successfully for four weeks. The play was also produced by Harrogate Theatre as part of their Festival of New Performance and directed by Steve Ansell. Kenworth had a sell-out reading of his play ''Polar Bears'' at The Soho Theatre in 2003 with a cast that fused stand-up comics and theatre actors. Harrogate Theatre produced ''Polar Bears'' as part of their Write on 2005 New Writing Festival. The production was directed by Steve Ansell. The play was also performed at the

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at the

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. ''Office Guerrillas'' was selected to perform at Hampstead Theatre Start Nights. The play was specially commended by The Literacy Consultancy in their TLC Scriptwriting competition and awarded a free professional critique. In September 2005 Kenworth had a double-bill script-in-hand performance of ''Office Guerrillas'' and ''Don't Kill The Critic'' at

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. He returned to RADA in May 2006 with a reading of his new play ''Pig''. In 2007 ''Pig'' was performed by Foundation students of E15 Drama School.

References

External links

Official website
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