- Nick Payne
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Nick Payne Occupation Playwright Nationality British
Literature portalNick Payne is a British playwright[1] who 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 Writer's Programme. His first play If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet which won the George Devine Award[2] opened at the Bush Theatre in October 2009 and received a very strong response from critics[3] with the Evening Standard calling it "a comic tour de force" and the Financial Times "a knockout".
His second play Wanderlust opened in September 2010 directed by Simon Godwin at the Royal Court Theatre upstairs and also garnered excellent reviews.[4]
In November 2010, Payne was shortlisted for the Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award,[5] but lost out to Anya Reiss.
He will also be partaking in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six where he has written a piece based upon a chapter of the King James Bible[6]
Works
- Flourless rehearsed reading at the Soho Theatre 2006
- Lay Down Your Cross rehearsed reading at the Royal Court Theatre 2007
- Switzerland Hightide Theatre Festival 2008
- If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet Bush Theatre commissioned by Paines Plough 2009
- Starling reading at Royal Court as part of the Royal Court Young Writers Festival 2009
- The Lost Mariner 2010
- Interior adaptation of Maurice Maeterlinck's book The Gate Theatre 2010
- Wanderlust 2010[7]
- 'Sixty Six Bush Theatre (short piece)
References
- ^ "Curtis Brown Profile". Curtis Brown. http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/nick-payne/. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "George Devine Award 2010 - South West New Writing Network". Groups.google.co.uk. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/swnwn/browse_thread/thread/4d453a1cb10c4400. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Bush Theatre". Bush Theatre. 2009-11-21. http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/production/IF_THERE_IS_I_HAVEN'T_FOUND_IT_YET/. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Wanderlust Reviews". curtisbrown.co.uk. http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/nick-payne/wanderlust/. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ "Nick Payne Shortlisted for Evening Standard Award", curtisbrown.co.uk, November 22, 2010, accessed December 19, 2010.
- ^ http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/
- ^ "Nick Payne". Doollee.com. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsP/payne-nick.html. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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