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James Fritz

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).

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James Fritz Plays: One

James Fritz Plays: One

By James Fritz

Six 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.

Comment is Free & Start Swimming

Comment is Free & Start Swimming

Two plays

By James Fritz

Two plays by award-winning writer James Fritz, each asking urgent, pointed and complex questions of the times we live in.

Parliament Square

Parliament Square

By James Fritz

A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

Lava

Lava (2022 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.

The Fall

The Fall

By James Fritz

A 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.

Four Minutes Twelve Seconds

Four Minutes Twelve Seconds

By James Fritz

A deeply provocative and topical drama that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.

Ross & Rachel

Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

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.

The Flea

The Flea

By James Fritz

James Fritz's new play about a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who knelt before the Crown. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.

Lava

Lava (2018 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.

Comment is Free

Comment is Free

By James Fritz

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

Start Swimming

Start Swimming

By James Fritz

A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

Skyscraper Lullaby

Skyscraper Lullaby

By James Fritz

A 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.