Michael Wynne was born and brought up in Birkenhead. His first play,
The Knocky (Meyer-Whitworth Award - Best New Playwright and Best New Writer Nomination - Writers' Guild), was produced by the Royal Court. His other credits for the Royal Court include
Who Cares,
The Priory (Olivier Award - Best New Comedy),
The People Are Friendly,
The Red Flag,
Friday Night Sex (with Alecky Blythe) and
I'm Not Here - The Living Newspaper. Wynne's work also includes the first new play at the rebuilt Liverpool Everyman,
Hope Place, and
Canvas (Minerva Theatre, Chichester),
Sell Out (Best Off West End - Time Out Theatre Awards) and
Dirty Wonderland (both Frantic Assembly),
Tits/Teeth (Soho Theatre),
The Boy Who Left Home (Actors Touring Company),
We Are Here (La Mama, New York) and
The Star (Liverpool Playhouse). He has also written extensively for screen, including
My Summer of Love (BAFTA - Best British Film, Evening Standard Film Awards; Best Screenplay, the Michael Powell Award for Best
British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival; joint winner of the Directors' Guild Award for Best British Film),
Lapland and
Being Eileen for the BBC.
We've got our little routines. She'll text me if she's hungry or wants anything. Or I'll say, 'Fancy an orange squash?' And she'll send me a thumbs up.
Doreen and her two grown up daughters sit at the table eating fish and chips, distracted by their phones.
Upstairs, seventeen-year-old...
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