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Theatre, Film and TV
Nick Marston
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Camilla Young
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Katie Battcock
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Conor
McPherson
Conor McPherson is a playwright and screenwriter who was named by The New York Times as ‘the finest playwright of his generation'.
Conor won the George Devine Award in 1997 with his play St Nicholas, and went on to win an Olivier Award for Best New Play in 1999 with his follow-up, The Weir. In 2006 he received a Tony Award nomination for Shining City and an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play for The Seafarer.
In 2011 he wrote and directed The Veil for the National Theatre and in 2012 he adapted Strindberg's The Dance of Death for the Donmar Trafalgar Season. The Night Alive premièred at the Donmar in June 2013 and transferred to the Atlantic Theater in New York in November 2013.
Conor also writes for film and in 2008 he began production on The Eclipse, which marked his debut as a screen director. The Eclipse was adapted by Conor from a ghost story by Billy Roche and stars Aidan Quinn and Ciaran Hinds. He also developed Strangers for Number 9 Films based on the novel by Taichi Yamada.
Conor is currently working on the screenplay Double Cross for Paul Greengrass. His original television drama Paula, developed with Cuba Pictures and BBC NI for BBC2, aired in May 2017 to brilliant reviews. The Girl from the North Country, with music from Bob Dylan, had its world premiere at the Old Vic theatre in 2017, transferred to the West End in 2018 and arrived on Broadway in 2020.
Conor currently has several projects in development, including a film adaptation of Girl From The North Country with Blueprint Pictures/New Regency.
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Theatre, Film and TV
Nick Marston
+44 (0)20 7393 4450
Email Nick Marston -
Theatre, Film and TV
Camilla Young
+44 (0)20 7393 4450
Email Camilla Young -
Theatre, Film and TV
Katie Battcock
+44 (0)20 7393 4450
Email Katie Battcock
CV
Theatre
Writer & Director
A new musical featuring the music of Bob Dylan opened at The Old Vic in 2017 before transferring to The West End and Broadway.
Play set in the 19th Century about a priest who comes to an Irish house to carry out a séance with catastrophic consequences
Play chronicling coming of age in a small Irish town
Monologue following the misfortunes of a petty criminal whose conscience beats him up when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap
Monologue where a young Irishman with a drink problem recounts three days where he goes on a binge
Writer
Translation of the German play by Franz Xaver Kroetz
Director
Television
Writer & Creator
New drama in development
Writer
Drama adaptation of the noir crime series by Benjamin Black
Film
Writer
Adaptation of the books by Eoin Colfer about a young criminal mastermind
Writer & Director
A film adaptation of Conor's original musical.