Chris has written plays for theatre, TV and radio. Since 1992 he has been Artistic Director and writer for Theatre Absolute, in Coventry. His work for the company includes all the things Iʼd do for you, (Shop Front Theatre, 2010), Zero, (UK tour and Chicago premiere, 2009) cloud:burst, (Royal Opera House, and New York premiere, 2005/06), and Car, Raw, and Kid, Edinburgh Festival, national and European tours, 1999-2003. Car and Raw won Fringe First Awards for Outstanding New Work and Innovation at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals 1999 and 2001 respectively. Car won a Time Out Live Award for Best New Play on the London Fringe, 1999, and the three were performed together for the first time as Street Trilogy and toured throughout the country in Spring 2005.
He was writer-in-residence for Paines Plough, 1999-2000, and Playwright in Residence at Birmingham University, attached to their M(Phil) in playwriting, 2005-2006. As artistic director of Theatre Absolute Chris has recently co-founded the UKʼs first professional shop front theatre in City Arcade, Coventry. His plays are published by Oberon Books.
