James Fritz

James Fritz is a playwright whose work includes: The Flea (Yard Theatre, London, 2023); Lava (Nottingham Playhouse/Fifth Word, 2018; revived 2022); Parliament Square (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and Bush Theatre, London, 2017); Start Swimming (Young Vic Taking Part, Edinburgh Fringe, 2017); The Fall (National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, 2016); Comment is Free (Old Vic New Voices, 2015; BBC Radio 4, 2016; winner of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards for audio drama, 2017); Ross & Rachel (MOTOR at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2015; 59E59 Theaters, New York); Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre, 2014; Most Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle Awards) and Lines (Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2011).
Ross & Rachel
A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.
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Two plays
By James FritzTwo plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Parliament Square
By James FritzA searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
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By James FritzA funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.
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By James FritzA timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Flea
By James FritzA riotous play about the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.
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By James FritzSix plays from a unique voice in British theatre, covering the first decade of his career. These plays confront the fault lines in our culture with thrilling imagination, an unflinching moral seriousness and a warm, compassionate sense of humour.
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By James FritzA deeply provocative and topical drama that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.
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Comment is Free
By James FritzA journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.
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Start Swimming
By James FritzA play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.
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Lava (2018 edition)
By James FritzA timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.
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Skyscraper Lullaby
By James FritzA powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first performed as an audio drama for Audible Original.
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