- Mike Bartlett (playwright)
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Mike Bartlett Born Michael Bartlett
Oxford, United KingdomOccupation Playwright, Director Nationality British Period 2002-Present Notable award(s) 2010 Laurence Olivier Award - Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre, 2006 Tinniswood Award, and the 2006 Richard Imison Award Michael Bartlett (born 7 October 1980)[1] is an award-winning[2] English playwright.
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Background
Mike Bartlett was born on 7 October 1980 in Oxford, England. He attended Abingdon Boys School, graduating in 1999, then studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds.[3]
Selected Credits
In July 2005, Bartlett took part in the Old Vic's "New Voices" 24 Hour Plays culminating in the performance of his play Comfort which had to be written and performed in 24 hours.[4]
His radio play, Not Talking, was broadcast by the BBC in March 2006 BBC. The play looked at the issues surrounding conscientious objection in the UK during World War II and also at the problems of bullying within the armed forces. The play featured Richard Briers and June Whitfield.[5]
Bartlett won the 2006 Tinniswood Award for Not Talking and the 2006 Imison Award for the drama by a writer new to radio on the 18th of October 2007.[6]
In May 2007, while holding the position of "writer in residence" at the Royal Court Theatre, his play My Child premiered there.[7]
His play, Artefacts, was performed at The Bush Theatre[8] in London in 2008 before a national tour, produced by new-writing theatre company, Nabokov.[9] Also in 2008 he adapted his radio play Love Contract for the Royal Court Theatre.[10]
In 2010 Bartlett's play "Cock" (Royal Court Theatre) won the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre.[11]
In December 2010, Abingdon and St Helens schools performed the first ever amateur production of Bartlett's play "Earthquakes in London", less than three months after it finished its run at the National Theatre. The school were given special permission to put the play on, as Bartlett is a former pupil. He attended the last night as guest of honour.[12]
Writing
- The Core - Woman's Hour Drama for BBC Radio 4, 5-9 September 2011.
- 13 - National Theatre, 2011–2012
- Heart - Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4, 18 May 2011.
- Love, Love, Love - Paines Plough, 2010 (Currently Touring the UK)
- Earthquakes in London - National Theatre, 2010
- Cock - Royal Court - November 2009
- Liam - Woman's Hour Drama for BBC Radio 4, 14-18 September 2009.
- Contractions - an adaptation of his radio play Love Contract at the Royal Court, 2008
- Artefacts - commissioned and produced by Nabokov and first performed at The Bush Theatre, London - February / March 2008.
- Love Contract - BBC Radio 4, 14 November 2007
- The Family Man - 2007 5 part Radio Drama produced for Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4
- My Child - a critically acclaimed play about fatherhood and what it means to be a man. May 2007 (Royal Court Theatre)
- Stuff I Buried in a Small Town - a one hour play commissioned by The Older Heat and Light Company - March 2006 (Hampstead Theatre)
- Not Talking - commissioned by BBC Radio 3 show The Wire, 2 March 2006
- Comfort - 24 hour play - July 2005 (Old Vic Theatre)
- Silent Charities - a short play commissioned for the Earl's Court Festival - July 2005 (Finborough Theatre)
- Why People Really Burn - 2003 (The Underbelly – Edinburgh Fringe)
- Swimming for Beginners - 2002 (The Workshop Theatre, Leeds)
- The Love At Last - 2002 (Gilded Balloon – Edinburgh Fringe)
Directing
- Lark Rise to Candleford - July–October 2005 (Shapeshifter/Finborough Theatre)
- Soldiers - July–August 2004 (Shapeshifter)
References
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/08/mike-bartlett-royal-court-cock
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7070384.ece
- ^ https://alumni.leeds.ac.uk/Page.aspx?pid=379
- ^ http://www.theatrevoice.co.uk/tran_script/detail/?roundUpID=21
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008jysl
- ^ Writers Guild http://www.writersguild.org.uk/public/003_WritersGuil/165_WGGBNewsTin.html
- ^ My Child by Mike Bartlett, at the Royal Court Theatre; http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whatson01.asp?play=476 (accessed 26 February 2008)
- ^ Artefacts by Mike Bartlett, at the Bush Theatre; http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/productions/artefacts.html (accessed 26 February 2008)
- ^ nabokov present Artefacts by Mike Bartlett; http://www.nabokov-online.com/artefacts.html (accessed 26 February 2008)
- ^ http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/contractions
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7070384.ece
- ^ http://www.abingdon.org.uk/earthquakes_in_london_dec10/
External links
Categories:- People from Oxford
- Living people
- 1980 births
- English dramatists and playwrights
- Old Abingdonians
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