Chris Dunkley
British Playwright
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Chris Dunkley is an English playwright from Northamptonshire.[1]
Education
Dunkley was awarded a PhD in Performance Practice by the University of Exeter.[2]
Career
Theatre
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]
Film
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]
Radio
Dunkley's radio play, The All-Colour Vegetarian Cookbook was produced for BBC Radio 4 as an Afternoon Play, directed by Lu Kemp.[16] His second radio play, also for BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot, was The Architects, directed by Lu Kemp.[17]
Publications
Accolades
Dunkley was a 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.[21] Almost Blue was the recipient of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award in 2005.[22]