Georgia Christou

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Georgia Christou
BornJuly 1987
Brighton, England
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Years active2012–present

Georgia Christou (born July 1987) is an English playwright, screenwriter and producer. She has received a number of accolades, including British Academy Television Award and Ray Bradbury Award nominations.

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Early life

Christou is from Brighton. She was interested in acting growing up and joined the National Youth Theatre (NYT) at age 15. [1] She went on to graduate from with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2008. [2] In 2012 at the recommendation of a friend, Christou took the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith's Young Writers course, where she penned her first play Yous Two. [1]

Career

Theatre

Christou was selected for the 2014 HighTide Festival's Escalator Plays programme [3] and wrote the short play How Not to Sink for the 2016 Women Centre Stage Festival at the Hampstead Theatre. [4]

Christou's first full play Yous Two was shortlisted for the 2015 Verity Bargate Award and received commendations. [5] The play officially premiered at the Hampstead Theatre in 2018. This premiere production was directed by Chelsea Walker and starred Shannon Tarbet. [6] For Yous Two, Christou was nominated for Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards that year. [7]

Also in 2018, Christou's children's play How to Spot an Alien, co-produced by Paines Plough, [8] premiered at the Theatr Clwyd that summer. [9] It was also showcased at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [10]

In 2019, Christou co-created a stage adaptation of Peter Pan with Liam Steel, which moves the setting to a council estate in 21st-century Birmingham. Peter Pan: Reimagined premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre that December. [11] The production's ensemble cast included Lawrence Walker, Nia Gwynne and Rose Ayling-Ellis. [12]

For Tonic Theatre's The Platform project, [13] which commissions plays with substantial roles for young women and girls, Christou contributed a play titled Bright. Young. Things. She wrote it for a cast of young performers. [14] Bright. Young. Things was workshopped by Chichester Festival Youth Theatre and published in 2020 via Nick Hern Books. [15] [16]

In addition, Christou has been a visiting lecturer in playwriting at her alma mater the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. [17]

Screen

Through the Channel 4 initiative 4Stories, Christou made her screenwriting debut with "Through the Gates", an installment of the 2018 anthology On the Edge. Jasper Rees of The Arts Desk praised Christou's "sleekly plotted writing", which "slalomed with great economy and skill between comedy and commentary, between searing heartache and a final uplifting tableau". [18] The installment was directed by Stella Corradi and starred Wunmi Mosaku and Ria Zmitrowicz. For her work, Christou was nominated for Best Breakthrough Talent at the 2019 British Academy Television Craft Awards. "Through the Gates" was also nominated for the Best Single Drama. [19]

Returning to television in 2024, Christou served as a consulting producer on Charlie Covell's Netflix series Kaos and wrote episode 6. [20] For their work on Kaos, Christou and Covell were jointly nominated for Ray Bradbury Award. [21] She joined the writing room of Paris Lees' What It Feels Like for a Girl for BBC Three [22] and contributed to the writing of two episodes. Christou also wrote episodes of Sally Wainwright's Disney+ series Renegade Nell , with Rory Doherty of Paste calling her and Emme Hoy's episodes "sharp", [23] and the second season of the Apple TV+ series The Buccaneers . [24]

Credits

Plays

Television

YearTitleNotes
2018On the EdgeAnthology: "Through the Gates"
2024 Renegade Nell Episode: "Stop Printing This Muck"
2024 Kaos Episode 6
2025 The Buccaneers Episode: "Ice Cream"
2025 What It Feels Like for a Girl 2 episodes
TBA Two Weeks in August

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
2015 Verity Bargate Award Yous TwoCommended [5]
2018 The Stage Debut Awards Best WriterNominated [7]
2019 British Academy Television Craft Awards Best Breakthrough TalentOn the Edge: "Through the Gates"Nominated [19]
British Academy Television Awards Best Single Drama Nominated
2025 Ray Bradbury Award KaosNominated [a] [21]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shared with Charlie Covell

References

  1. 1 2 Duggan, Joe (19 July 2023). "Interview with Georgia Christou: On working hard and becoming a playwright". National Youth Theatre. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Alumni News" (PDF). Productions, Events & News: Summer 2019. July 2019. p. 30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Mele, Courtnie (11 February 2014). "Line-Up for HIGH TIDE FESTIVAL 2014 Announced, Including Michael Gambon, Harriet Walter, and David Hare". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "How Not to Sink by Georgia Christou". Origin Theatrical. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 Hewis, Ben (22 October 2015). "Shortlist announced for Verity Bargate new writing award". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Billington, Michael (12 February 2018). "Dry Powder/Yous Two review – Atwell is a whiz and Christou's debut sparks". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Georgia Christou's Yous Two receives a nomination for The Stage Debur Best Writer Award". Hampstead Theatre. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "How to Spot an Alien by Georgia Christou". Paines Plough. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ↑ Henry Lamm, Catherine (28 August 2018). "How to Spot an Alien from Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd". British Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Gillies, Kate (29 August 2018). "Review: How to Spot an Alien". Edinburgh with Kids. Archived from the original on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Marlowe, Sam (19 December 2019). "Peter Pan review — a vital reworking set in modern Britain". The Times. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Musbach, Julie (8 October 2019). "Full Cast Announced For Peter Pan at Birmingham Repertory Theatre". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Interview with writer Georgia Christou". Tonic Theatre. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  14. ↑ Bowles, Maya (2 October 2020). "Interview: Georgia Christou and Lizzie Nunnery Talk Writing for Tonic Theatre's Platform Project". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  15. ↑ Miller, Lucy (22 October 2020). "Review: Bright. Young. Things., by Georgia Christou". Drama & Theatre. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Chadderton, David (2 July 2020). "Book review: Bright. Young. Things. by Georgia Christou from Nick Hern Books". British Theatre Guide. Archived from the original on 9 February 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "Georgia Christou, BA". Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  18. ↑ Rees, Jasper (15 August 2018). "On the Edge, Channel 4, review - fast and furious new dramas". The Arts Desk. Archived from the original on 14 December 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  19. 1 2 Clarke, Stewart (27 March 2019). "'Killing Eve,' 'A Very English Scandal' Lead BAFTA Television Award Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  20. ↑ Pilley, Max (19 March 2024). "Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus in new series from 'The End Of The F***ing World' creator". NME. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Georgia Christou: Past nominations and wins". The Nebula Awards. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "BBC announces cast for What It Feels Like For A Girl". BBC Press Centre. 20 March 2025. Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  23. ↑ Doherty, Rory (27 March 2024). "Disney+'s Renegade Nell Is a Delightful Blend of Highwayman Legend and Heartfelt Historical Drama". Paste. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  24. ↑ Elpers, Shelby (9 July 2025). "The Buccaneers Season 2, Episode 4 Review: 'Ice Cream". Fangirlish. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
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