Peter Quilter

Peter Quilter is a playwright whose plays have been translated into 17 languages and performed in 24 countries. His shows have been performed in cities across six continents, including London, Cape Town, Helsinki, Prague, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney.

Biography

Quilter was born in England and now lives in the Canary Islands. He started his career as a television presenter on BBC TV. His first play was an all-female comedy "Respecting Your Piers" (published by Samuel French) and he followed this with a musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde´s "The Canterville Ghost" which played a number one tour of the UK starring Ron Moody. The following year, he made his West End debut with a comedy about the pop industry, "BoyBand". The show played a summer season at the Gielgud Theatre and later enjoyed success in South Africa, Denmark and on a 60-venue tour of the Netherlands.

In 2005, Quilter had his first big international hit with "End of the Rainbow", a musical drama about the final months in the life of Judy Garland. It premiered to rave reviews at the Sydney Opera House in Australia (winning Caroline O'Connor two Best Actress awards) and also had an award-winning run at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. The following year, Joop van den Ende presented a new Dutch production which played to packed houses on a seven-month tour and the show has since enjoyed runs in the Czech Republic, Finland, Poland and New Zealand.

"Glorious!" also received its debut production in 2005, opening at the Duchess Theatre in the West End, starring the comedy actress Maureen Lipman and produced by Michael Codron. "Glorious!" told the hilarious and poignant story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the world's worst singer. It was an instant success, running in London for six months and over 200 performances. It was nominated for the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award as Best New Comedy. "Glorious!" made its North American debut at Theatre Calgary (starring Nicola Cavendish) and had its first foreign language production at the Helsinki City Theatre, under the title "Suurenmoista!" It is currently playing worldwide, including various cities in Germany, Poland, Canada and the USA.

Peter Quilter´s latest play is "Duets", a comedy for a cast of only two actors, which will receive its first productions in 2009. The Australian Premiere will be on August 20th 2009 at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney. The European premiere is likely to be the production presented by Studio DVA in June 2009 in Prague. The country and venue for the official World Premiere is still in discussion, but likely to take place next May.

External links

[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsQ/quilter-peter.html Details for a partial list of works]