Draft:Glenn Waldron
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Glenn Waldron (born 1 June 1977) is an English playwright and screenwriter. His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Waldron was born in 1977 and grew up in Plymouth, England and attended the University of Nottingham.[2]
Career
[edit]Waldron began his career as a fashion journalist and magazine editor. He was editor of i-D magazine and has written for publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, British Vogue and The Independent.[3]
Waldron's entry into playwriting was a short play directed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge for DryWrite at the Bush Theatre.[2]
His breakthrough play was the critically-lauded Natives,[4] starring Fionn Whitehead and Ella Purnell,[5] staged at Southwark Playhouse following a production at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in 2016.[1][6] Lynn Gardner writing in The Guardian described it as "unfurling with the tension of a thriller, in 90 minutes that gets right inside the confusions and emotional complexities of the teenage mind".[7]
His play The Here and This and Now transferred to Southwark Playhouse in 2018 following a run at Theatre Royal, Plymouth.[8] According to critic Fergus Morgan, the play "traces the tendrils of our anaesthetized, antibiotic-dependent society towards a stomach-churningly scary future".[9]
In 2021, Waldron wrote the shortform drama series Fracture for Channel 4 and luxury fashion house Balmain, starring Charles Melton, Tommy Dorfmann and Jesse Jo Stark, directed by Bradley and Pablo.[10]
In 2023, he wrote on Netflix series Everything Now, produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television.[citation needed]
His plays are published by Nick Hern Books.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Glenn Waldron". Nick Hern Books. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ a b Bowie-Sell, Daisy (2018-01-03). "Glenn Waldron on the journey from fashion journalist to playwright". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Glenn Waldron · Hartmann & Stauffacher". hartmann-stauffacher.de. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Writer, Staff (2017-12-20). "Interview: Glenn Waldron on The Here and This and Now". Theatre Weekly. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Longman, Will (2017-02-07). "Full casting announced for Glenn Waldron's Natives". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "NATIVES · Hartmann & Stauffacher". hartmann-stauffacher.de. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Gardner, Lynn (5 April 2017). "Natives review – teenage angst goes digital in fable of networked culture". Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Shuttleworth, Ian. "The Here and This and Now, Southwark Playhouse, London — buzzphrases and big pharma". FT. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Morgan, Fergus (2018-01-13). "Review: The Here and This and Now (Southwark Playhouse)". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Channel 4 partners with luxury fashion house Balmain for first of its kind Short-Form Drama Series". Channel 4 news release. 23 August 2021.