Jim Cartwright (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in

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. Cartwright's first play, ''Road'', won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the BBC. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.

Plays by Jim Cartwright

* 1986 ''Road'' - Royal Court Theatre, London. Winner of: George Devine Award; Plays and Players Award; Drama Magazine Award;

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. ...

. directed by Simon Curtis. * 1988 ''Bed'' - National Theatre. directed by Julia Bardsley * 1989 ''Two'' - Octagon. Young Vic Theatre. Winner of:

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Theatre Award for Best New Play. directed by Andy Hay * 1990 ''Baths'' - Octagon. directed by Andy Hay * 1991 ''Eight Miles High'' - Octagon * 1994 & 1995 Bristol Theatre Royal Nominated for Theatre Management Association Best Musical Award. directed by Andy Hay * 1992 ''

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice ''The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'' is a 1992 play written by English dramatist Jim Cartwright. Production history Sam Mendes directed the first production at the Royal National Theatre that transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in London's ...

'' - Winner of:

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Award for Best Comedy of the Year;

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for Best Comedy directed by

Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. That s ...

. * 1996 ''I Licked A Slag's Deodorant'' - The Ambassadors Theatre, West end. directed by Jim Cartwright * 1999 ''Prize Night'' - Royal Exchange Theatre. directed by

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. * 2000 ''Hard Fruit'' - Royal Court Theatre, London. directed by James Macdonald * 2012 ''A Christmas Fair'' - Milton Rooms directed by Nick Bagnal * 2013 ''Mobile Phone show'' - National Theatre directed by Nicky Lander * 2015 ''The Ancient Secret of Youth and the Five Tibetans'' - Octagon Theatre Bolton. directed by

David Thacker David Thacker (born 21 December 1950) is an English theatre director. He is married to the actress Margot Leicester. Education Thacker studied at the University of York. Theatre Thacker was the artistic director at the Octagon Theatre Bolton unti ...

* 2015 ''RAZ'' - Edinburgh Festival (Winner of Fringe First Award 2015), 2016 Trafalgar Studios, London & Nationwide tour. Directed by Anthony Banks. * 2016 ''Two 2'' - Octagon Theatre Bolton. Directed by David Thacker. * 2017 ''Stand Up Stand down'' - Theatre Royal Wakefield, Nationwide tour. Directed by Jim Cartwright.

Films

*''Road'' (1987) Winner of Golden Nymph Award. directed by

Alan Clarke Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Life and career Clarke was born in Wallasey, Wirral, England. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, ...

. *'' Little Voice'' (1998) Nominated for 19 awards *''Bed'' (1995) BBC *''Vroom'' (1988) Chosen as Centre Piece at the London Film Festival directed by

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. *'' Strumpet'' (2001) BBC directed by

Danny Boyle Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on films including '' Shallow Grave'', '' Trainspotting'' and its sequel '' T2 Trainspotting'', '' The Beach'', ''28 Days Later'', '' S ...

. *''

Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise ''Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise'' is a television film directed by Danny Boyle released and produced by BBC in association with Destiny Films for BBC Two on 30 September 2001. A satire on door-to-door salesmen, it stars Timothy Spall, wh ...

'' (2001) BBC directed by Danny Boyle *''Johnny Shakespeare'' (2008) BBC 1. Winner of two Royal television Society awards. directed by Jim Cartwright * ''King of The Teds'' (2012) Sky TV. directed by Jim Cartwright

Radio

* ''Baths'' (1987) BBC radio 4. Directed by Penny Black * ''Sung'' (2015) BBC radio 4. Directed by Gary Brown

Novels

''Supermarket Supermodel'' (2008) Random House

References

External links

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