ANTHONY NEILSON - WRITER/DIRECTOR

Plays include “WELFARE MY LOVELY” (Traverse Theatre), “NORMAL”, (Edinburgh Festival, Finborough Arms), “PENETRATOR” (Edinburgh Festival, Finborough, Royal Court Upstairs), “THE YEAR OF THE FAMILY” (Finborough), “HEREDITY” (Royal Court), “THE CENSOR” (Finborough, Royal Court) which won the Writers Guild Award for Best Fringe Play 1997. Also “EDWARD GANT’S AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS” Theatre Royal, Plymouth), “STITCHING” (Traverse, The Bush, national tour) for which he was nominated Evening Standard ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ (2002). “THE LYING KIND” played in the Jerwood Theatre, Royal Court 2002. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA (2004), played at the Tron, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Theatre Royal, Plymouth and will go on national tour in 2007. In 2005 Anthony directed the UK premiere of the John Adams opera THE DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER for Edinburgh International Festival/Scottish Opera which won a Herald Angel Award. Television commissions include “DEEPER STILL”, short film for C4 which he wrote and directed, “A TERRIBLE COLDNESS” (60’) for the Granada Crime Story series, “BIBLE JOHN” (an ep of "In Suspicious Circumstances"), the feature film spin-off of “CRACKER” and a 2 hour Prime Suspect film. His feature film debut “THE DEBT COLLECTOR”, which he wrote and directed was released in 1999 (Dragon Pictures/Film 4)and won the Fipresci (International Critics) Award at the Troia Int Film Festival in the same year. In 2006 he wrote a play for the National Theatre called "THE MENU" and a second new play for Edinburgh Int Festival called “REALISM” both of which productions he directed. "GOD IN RUINS" was commissioned by the RSC and ran at Soho Theatre Xmas 2007. RELOCATED sold out at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in June 2008. Commissions in 2009 include THE SEANCE for National Theatre Connections and SPILSBURY, a ninety minute film for Stone City/BBC4. In Aug 2009 Anthony directed new Russian play THE DRUNKS for the RSC in Stratford. Currently Anthony is writing for tv series SPOOKS as well as a feature film adaptation of STITCHING for an independent US production company. Further projects for 2010 include directing a new Alastair Beaton play CALEDONIA for Edinburgh Int Festival and a Christmas show for the Royal Court Theatre which Anthony will write and direct.