Richard Cameron
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Biography
Richard Cameron writes for theatre, television and radio, and won the inaugural Dennis Potter Award in 1997 for his television play Stone, Scissors, Paper, and the Mental Health in Media Award for his radio play, The Kon Tiki 2 Expedition.
Richard has written a number of critically acclaimed stage plays, including Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down, which won a Fringe First and The Independent Theatre Award, and The Glee Club for The Bush Theatre, which transferred to the West End before a national tour and was adapted as a radio play for Radio 4. He has also won The Sunday Times Playwriting Award three times and was the Thames Television Writer in Residence at The West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Most of Richard's work is set in South Yorkshire, where he lives, but now and again he ventures out. Great Balls of Fire, the story of Jerry Lee Lewis, was produced for Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, and transferred to the West End. He has also written an episode of Midsomer Murders and in 2011 Richard adapted Silas Marner for the Radio 4 classic serial.
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Theatre
Writer
Adaptation of Jonathan Coe's novel
Play about a woman's refuge and a woman with a dark past who becomes involved with it
Play about a pair of mediums
Play set in a rehabilitation centre where four people re-enact an epic journey made along the canals in World War II
Play about a group of disabled women who live and work at The Crippleage
Play about a teenage boy spending the summer with his aunt and uncle
Play about a group of amateur singers preparing for a local gala
Biomusical about Jerry Lee Lewis
Family drama and mystery set in a small northern village
Part of National Theatre Connections. Play about how three friends from Yorkshire are affected by a tragic accident
Play about a man attempting to break the record for non-stop drumming
Play about a family scraping together dignity in the face of hopeless circumstances
Drama about a young woman with multiple personality disorder
Play about a group of traumatised teenagers
Interweaving monologues about how a group of women have been affected by violence. Winner of the Independent Theatre Award
Play about a group of young people with learning difficulties who raise money to help their friend. Winner of The Sunday Times Playwriting Award
Play set in a home for children in care. Winner of The Sunday Times Playwriting Award
Director
Play about a woman who's husband becomes addicted to pornography
TV
Writer
Episode of the long running detective drama
Adaptation of Berlie Doherty's novel about teenage preganancy
Film about a woman who moves to escape her violent husband, winner of the Dennis Potter Writers Award