Mike Bartlett (playwright)
| Mike Bartlett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Bartlett 7 October 1980 Oxford, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Playwright, theatre director |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 2002 – present |
| Notable awards | 2010 Laurence Olivier Award - Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre, 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards - Best New Play and Outstanding Achievement In Affiliate Theatre, 2006 Tinniswood Award, 2006 Richard Imison Award, and a 2013 BAFTA award nomination - Breakthrough Talent (Television Craft category) |
Michael Bartlett (born 7 October 1980) is a British playwright.
He has also written screenplays for film and TV series. His 2015 series, Doctor Foster, starring Suranne Jones, won the New Drama award from National Television Awards. Bartlett also won Best Writer from the Broadcast Press Guild Awards.
Mike Bartlett was born on 7 October 1980 in Oxford, England. He attended Abingdon School, then studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds.
In July 2005, Bartlett took part in the Old Vic's New Voices 24 Hour Plays culminating in the performance of his play Comfort which had to be written and performed in 24 hours.
His radio play Not Talking was broadcast by the BBC on Saturday, 29 March 2007. The play explored the issues surrounding conscientious objection in the UK during World War II and also at the problems of bullying within the armed forces. The play featured Richard Briers and June Whitfield.
Bartlett won the 2006 Tinniswood Award for Not Talking and the 2006 Imison Award for a drama by a writer new to radio on 18 October 2007.
In May 2007, while he held the position of "writer in residence" at the Royal Court Theatre, his play My Child premiered there.
His play, Artefacts, was performed at The Bush Theatre in London in 2008 before a national tour, produced by new writing specialists Nabokov. Also in 2008 he adapted his radio play Love Contract for the Royal Court Theatre.
In 2009 Bartlett's play Cock premiered at the Royal Court directed by James Macdonald. It won the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre.
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