Chris Dunkley is an English playwright from Northamptonshire. [1] He was awarded a PhD in Performance Practice by the University of Exeter. [2]
Mirita was given a public rehearsed reading at the Royal Court Theatre on 5 April 2001, directed by Sacha Wares. [3] The play received its first full production at the Cherry Lane Theatre, New York in August 2001 [4] and was subsequently produced at the Finborough Theatre in London, 5-30 March 2002, directed by Martin Harvey. [5] [6]
How to Tell the Truth was produced at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 28 January to 15 February 2003, directed by Lu Kemp. [7]
Almost Blue, an adaptation of the novella by Carlo Lucarelli, was produced at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith in November and December 2005, also directed by Lu Kemp. [8]
The Soft of Her Palm opened at the Finborough Theatre in October 2012, directed by Ola Ince. [9]
Smallholding was produced at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton, [10] followed by a run at the High Tide Festival [11] in 2013. It then opened at the Soho Theatre in 2014, directed by Patrick Sandford. [12]
The Precariat was produced at the Finborough Theatre in 2013, directed by Chris New. [13] [14]
Dunkley co-adapted his play Smallholding for the screen with Chris New. Filming was completed in 2013, with New directing and Dunkley producing. New completed the final edit in 2014. [15] [16]
His first radio play, The All-Colour Vegetarian Cookbook was produced for BBC Radio 4 as an Afternoon Play, directed by Lu Kemp. [17] His second radio play, also for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot, was The Architects, directed by Lu Kemp. [18]
The Soft of Her Palm [19]
Smallholding [20]
The Precariat [21]
Chris Dunkley was recipient of the 2001 PMA Writers' Award for Mirita and he won the International Student Playscript Competition in 2002 with his play How to Tell the Truth. [22] Almost Blue was the recipient of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2005. [23]