Evan Placey
Evan Placey is a Canadian-British playwright who grew up in Toronto and now lives in London, England.
His plays include: Peter Pan with Vikki Stone (Rose Theatre, Kingston, 2023); Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre, 2017 West End season); Consensual (National Youth Theatre, 2015 West End season); Girls Like That (Synergy/Unicorn Theatre; first produced and commissioned by Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth and West Yorkshire Playhouse, 2013; winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences); Mother of Him (Courtyard Theatre; winner of the King’s Cross Award for New Writing, RBC National Playwriting Competition, Canada, and the Samuel French Canadian Play Contest); Banana Boys (Hampstead Theatre); Suicide(s) in Vegas (Canadian tour; Centaur Theatre Award nomination); Scarberia (Forward Theatre Project/York Theatre Royal); How Was It For You? (Unicorn Theatre); Holloway Jones (Synergy Theatre Project/schools tour/Unicorn Theatre; winner of the Brian Way Award 2012 for Best Play for Young People; Writers' Guild Award nomination); WiLd! (tutti frutti/UK tour and USA); and Pronoun (National Theatre Connections festival, 2014).
Work for radio includes Mother of Him (BBC Radio 3/Little Brother Productions).
Evan is a Creative Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Southampton, and also teaches playwriting to young people for various theatres, and also in prisons.
Banana Boys
A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.
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Consensual
An explosive and thought-provoking play from the author of Girls Like That, exploring what happens when buried secrets catch up with you.
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By Evan PlaceyAn urgent and explosive play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.
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By Evan PlaceyFour urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today.
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By Evan PlaceyHolloway dreams of being a world-class BMXer, but she is held back by the tough reality of a parent in prison.
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Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)
By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis StevensonA radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.
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An enchanting adaptation of J.M. Barrie's children's classic, with songs by Vikki Stone. Premiered at Rose Theatre, Kingston.
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By Evan PlaceyA love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
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