Biography
Born in 1978 and brought up in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Currently living in Leeds.
Latest
Work with 5Pound5 Theatre (as writer/co-producer, with Scott Le Crass as director/co-producer.)
Masc for Masc
YouTube Video
December 2020
A short monologue discussing toxic masculinity within gay men.
Chechnya Plays
Theatre Delicatessen and Kings Head Queer Festival
May2017/August 2017
Featuring Ian McKellen
Two short plays; Boris Got Buggered, and Ramzanland is Freedomland, written in response to the federalisation of Russia’s “gay propaganda” law in 2013 and in response to the recent kidnap, torture and murder of men believed to be gay in the Russian Federal State of Chechnya.
The production was supported by Theatre Delicatessen and was put on in aid of Amnesty International UK, with a cast which included Ian McKellen.
Kicked in the Shitter
The Hope Theatre, Islington and Theatre in the Mill, Bradford University
March 2017/May2017
Co-commissioned by Theatre in the Mill
A two-hander about living with mental health difficulties while navigating the current benefits system.
***** "Go see this show!" Spy In The Stalls ***** "Just so good" Plays To See ***** "Tender and funny" Carn’s Theatre Passion ***** "Fleming challenges your perceptions throughout" I Thank You Theatre
***** "A brave piece of theatre" Last Minute Theatre
OffWestend.com Award nom: Best Director Scott Le Crass.
Sid
Camden Fringe Festival/Tour/Arts Theatre West End/Yorkshire Mini-tour
August 2015/April 2016/September 2016/November 2018
From an initial week at the Rabbit Hole Theatre, Hampstead as part of the Camden Fringe Festival; punk one-person play Sid was invited to play the Sherman, Cardiff resulting in a tour which included the Jersey Opera House. Sid subsequently transferred to Above the Arts, Arts Theatre West End for three weeks in associations with LWL Entertainment Ltd, and has recently been remounted with the same team for a mini-tour of Yorkshire.
***** "A masterpiece" London Theatre1 ***** "This show needs to become a permanent fixture in the west end" West End Wilma ***** "Hard-hitting and frankly fantastic." Carn’s Theatre Passion
***** "Theatrical grunge at lethal levels of concentration." Grumpy Gay Critic
OffWestend.com Award nom: Best Actor Dario Coates, Best Director Scott Le Crass.
BroadwayWorld.com Award nom: Best New Play Leon Fleming, Best Actor Dario Coates, Best Director Scott Le Crass, Best Lighting Design Jai Morjaria.
Other Theatre
Going Outside Two Festival, Space Arts Centre Dir: Olivia Munk
February 2020
What Should I be/Our Lives Apart Bradford Council Dir: Gemma Booth
February 2017 For LGBT History Month
Jungle Heat Actors Shop/Hackney Empire Dir: Andrew Routlidge
May 2015 with Omar F Okai
Ode to Sid One Festival, Space Arts Centre Dir: Scott Le Crass
January 2015
125: The Man on the Clapham Omnibus Omnibus Arts Centre Dir: Scott Le Crass
October 2014
The Kids Got Lost Above the Stag Theatre Dir: Scott Le Crass
February 2014 Staged reading
The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor Rage Arts Commission
November 2013 TIE tour
Boris Got Buggered StagePUNK at The Black Cap Dir: Simon Jay
October 2013 For Amnesty International
The Kids Got Lost Jersey Opera House/ Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Esther Richardson
July 2012 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2012 Staged reading
Home (Come to Where I’m From) Paines Plough/Jersey Opera House
November 2011
Dinner at Pharaoh’s Table Jersey Arts Centre/Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Rachel Grunweld
July 2011 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2011
Birdsong Jersey Arts Centre/Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Adam Barnard
July 2010 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2010
Monkeys in Toy Town New Mercury Theatre Dir: Cindy Millerchip
August 2006
Radio
Home (Come to Where I’m From) Paines Plough/BBC Radio Jersey
March 2012
The Boy Next Door Jersey Arts Trust/BBC Radio Jersey Dir: Tom Dingle
June 2010 Winner of Channel Islands Radio Drama Competition
Other work
In Development
Born in 1978 and brought up in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Currently living in Leeds.
Latest
- Masc for Masc released on YouTube.
- Shortlisted for the Old Vic 12 2018/2019.
Work with 5Pound5 Theatre (as writer/co-producer, with Scott Le Crass as director/co-producer.)
Masc for Masc
YouTube Video
December 2020
A short monologue discussing toxic masculinity within gay men.
Chechnya Plays
Theatre Delicatessen and Kings Head Queer Festival
May2017/August 2017
Featuring Ian McKellen
Two short plays; Boris Got Buggered, and Ramzanland is Freedomland, written in response to the federalisation of Russia’s “gay propaganda” law in 2013 and in response to the recent kidnap, torture and murder of men believed to be gay in the Russian Federal State of Chechnya.
The production was supported by Theatre Delicatessen and was put on in aid of Amnesty International UK, with a cast which included Ian McKellen.
Kicked in the Shitter
The Hope Theatre, Islington and Theatre in the Mill, Bradford University
March 2017/May2017
Co-commissioned by Theatre in the Mill
A two-hander about living with mental health difficulties while navigating the current benefits system.
***** "Go see this show!" Spy In The Stalls ***** "Just so good" Plays To See ***** "Tender and funny" Carn’s Theatre Passion ***** "Fleming challenges your perceptions throughout" I Thank You Theatre
***** "A brave piece of theatre" Last Minute Theatre
OffWestend.com Award nom: Best Director Scott Le Crass.
Sid
Camden Fringe Festival/Tour/Arts Theatre West End/Yorkshire Mini-tour
August 2015/April 2016/September 2016/November 2018
From an initial week at the Rabbit Hole Theatre, Hampstead as part of the Camden Fringe Festival; punk one-person play Sid was invited to play the Sherman, Cardiff resulting in a tour which included the Jersey Opera House. Sid subsequently transferred to Above the Arts, Arts Theatre West End for three weeks in associations with LWL Entertainment Ltd, and has recently been remounted with the same team for a mini-tour of Yorkshire.
***** "A masterpiece" London Theatre1 ***** "This show needs to become a permanent fixture in the west end" West End Wilma ***** "Hard-hitting and frankly fantastic." Carn’s Theatre Passion
***** "Theatrical grunge at lethal levels of concentration." Grumpy Gay Critic
OffWestend.com Award nom: Best Actor Dario Coates, Best Director Scott Le Crass.
BroadwayWorld.com Award nom: Best New Play Leon Fleming, Best Actor Dario Coates, Best Director Scott Le Crass, Best Lighting Design Jai Morjaria.
Other Theatre
Going Outside Two Festival, Space Arts Centre Dir: Olivia Munk
February 2020
What Should I be/Our Lives Apart Bradford Council Dir: Gemma Booth
February 2017 For LGBT History Month
Jungle Heat Actors Shop/Hackney Empire Dir: Andrew Routlidge
May 2015 with Omar F Okai
Ode to Sid One Festival, Space Arts Centre Dir: Scott Le Crass
January 2015
125: The Man on the Clapham Omnibus Omnibus Arts Centre Dir: Scott Le Crass
October 2014
The Kids Got Lost Above the Stag Theatre Dir: Scott Le Crass
February 2014 Staged reading
The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor Rage Arts Commission
November 2013 TIE tour
Boris Got Buggered StagePUNK at The Black Cap Dir: Simon Jay
October 2013 For Amnesty International
The Kids Got Lost Jersey Opera House/ Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Esther Richardson
July 2012 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2012 Staged reading
Home (Come to Where I’m From) Paines Plough/Jersey Opera House
November 2011
Dinner at Pharaoh’s Table Jersey Arts Centre/Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Rachel Grunweld
July 2011 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2011
Birdsong Jersey Arts Centre/Jersey Arts Trust Dir: Adam Barnard
July 2010 Winner of JAT New Plays Project 2010
Monkeys in Toy Town New Mercury Theatre Dir: Cindy Millerchip
August 2006
Radio
Home (Come to Where I’m From) Paines Plough/BBC Radio Jersey
March 2012
The Boy Next Door Jersey Arts Trust/BBC Radio Jersey Dir: Tom Dingle
June 2010 Winner of Channel Islands Radio Drama Competition
Other work
- Plays used in Lincoln College Level 3 Year 2 Performing Arts course 2017/2018.
- Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) script reading team 2017, 2018, 2019
- Co-creator Plays Rough: a platform for new writing at Jersey Opera House 2012 – 2016.
- Author of articles published in national print media and online (including AXM, The Stage, Peace News, Attitude, Gay Times, Gallery Magazine Jersey.)
- Shortlisted for the Old Vic 12 2018/2019.
In Development
- Sid (Audio Version) 5Pound5 Theatre Post-Production
- A Dog in the Road Rude Guerrilla, OC California Production postponed
