Steven
Camden (Polarbear)

Spoken-word artist, novelist, playwright and screenwriter

Steven Camden (Polarbear) is one of the most respected spoken word artists in the UK.

Internationally performing his work since 2007, Camden has graced stages from Kuala Lumpur to California via Glastonbury and The Royal Shakespeare Company. His work has featured on BBC Radio 1, 3 and 6.

A published author, Steven has written three Young Adult novels for HarperCollins: Tape, It's About Love, and Nobody Real. His poetry collection Everything All At Once was published in July 2018.

As a playwright, Stephen's debut play Back Down, was produced by the Birmingham REP and toured nationally in 2015. He was co-writer and script mentor on the Akram Khan Company's Olivier Award winning production Desh, as well as script writer for LIFT festival's acclaimed production Turfed. His theatre piece Mouth Open, Story Jump Out, received five star reviews and toured internationally. His most recent play, I Knew You, was performed at the Birmingham REP in 2017 and toured nationally.

Steven's first Radio 4 play, Sleeping Dogs, aired in 2013, and he is developing an original television series with Expectation Entertainment.

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Book

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Television

Writer

These Boys
Producer Kirstie MacDonald

A new original drama in development.

Expectation Entertainment

Theatre

Writer & Performer

Mouth Open Story Jump Out
Director Yael Shavit

Mouth Open, Story Jump Out is about the moment that started it all, and how one little decision set off a chain reaction that changed Polarbear's life forever.

Battersea Arts Centre
Old Me
Director Leo Kay

Polarbear invites you into the mind of two versions of the same person; a man living a life far from his past and a past he can’t cut loose.

The Roundhouse
Return (A Spoken Screenplay)
Director Yael Shavit

Return is a tale of home and its hold on you.

Battersea Arts Centre and Mac, Birmingham
If I Cover My Nose You Can't See Me
Producer Sarah Ellis
Director Yael Shavit

With a sharp line in storytelling and poems, Polarbear uncovers the tale of a 28-year-old man stuck in a job he never wanted and a 10-year-old private detective looking for answers.

Birmingham REP

Writer

I Knew You
Director Daniel Bailey

As Angela edges closer to retirement, she has to decide whether to introduce her son to the father he has never met.

Birmingham REP
Back Down
Producer Birmingham Rep
Director Tessa Walker

Luke, Zia and Tommy have known each other forever. With Luke about to leave for university, it’s time for one last adventure together.

Birmingham REP
Turfed
Director Renato Rocha

Taking inspiration from the double meaning of the title (the turf of a football pitch, and what it is to be turfed out of home), Turfed shines a light on the global issue of youth homelessness.

LIFT Theatre Festival 2014
Desh
Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production
Producer Farooq Chaudhry
Writer Akram Khan and Karthika Nair

DESH meaning ‘homeland’ in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resistance and convergence into the body and voice of one man trying to find his balance in an unstable world.

Sadler’s Wells, London
8Sixteen32
Director Leo Kay

8SIXTEEN32 follows four Grime MCs as they strive to balance creative ambitions with the daily grind. This lively fusion of word and comedy with a tailor-made score of beats, rhythms and melodies is a breath-taking, tongue-twisting tale of life and lyrics with a darker look at youth culture exploitation.

Birmingham REP

Radio

Writer

Sleeping Dogs
Director James Robinson

Jason is treading water - until his best mate from school turns up. As Riley stirs up the past, Jason wonders whether some things are best left forgotten.


Broadcaster BBC Radio 4

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