Playwright

Plays include Genesis Inc. for Hampstead Theatre, adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper, The Summer Book and Maggot Moon for the Unicorn Theatre; Don’t Feed the Animals for National Theatre Connections; The Grand Irrationality for Lost Theatre Studios in Los Angeles; The Gift for New Vic Theatre Hoard Festival and First Person Narrative for Tonic Theatre. I was awarded a Jerwood Arvon Young Playwright’s Apprenticeship in 2006 and was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the National Theatre in 2010.

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Genesis Inc.

Hampstead Theatre, 2018, directed by Laurie Samson

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Maggot Moon

Unicorn Theatre, 2019, directed by Jesse Jones

‘Adapted from Sally Gardner’s multi-award-winning 2012 children’s novel by playwright Jemma Kennedy, this stage version is wisely rooted firmly in Gardner’s unusual and poetic writing. There’s a real love for language on show, a delight in Standish’s unique way of expressing himself, and “word collecting”

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Second Person Narrative

Commissioned by Tonic Theatre as part of their Platform series for young theatre companies, Second Person Narrative is regularly performed by amateur and youth theatre groups around the world.

You’re born a girl. You grow up. You grow old. You die. But along the way can you really forge your own identity? Can you actually choose your own destiny? And who is genuinely in control of your story?

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The Prince and the Pauper

Unicorn Theatre 2012, directed by Selina Cartmell

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The Song of Us’ from Genesis Inc.

Lyrics by Jemma Kennedy, music by Zara Nunn, performed by Arthur Darvill