Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne is a playwright and BAFTA-winning screenwriter.

His plays for the stage include: When Winston Went to War with the Wireless (Donmar Warehouse, 2023); The Motive and the Cue (National Theatre and West End, 2023); After Life, an adaptation of a film by Hirokazu Kore-eda (National Theatre, 2021); the end of history... (Royal Court, London, 2019); an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (Old Vic, London, 2017); an adaptation of Büchner's Woyzeck (Old Vic, London, 2017); Junkyard (Headlong, Bristol Old Vic, Rose Theatre Kingston & Theatr Clwyd, 2017); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre, London, 2016); The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2015); Hope (Royal Court, London, 2015); adaptations of Let the Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland at Dundee Rep, the Royal Court and the Apollo Theatre, London, 2013/14) and Stuart: A Life Backwards (Underbelly, Edinburgh and tour, 2013); Mydidae (Soho, 2012; Trafalgar Studios, 2013); an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Physicists (Donmar Warehouse, 2012); Bunny (Underbelly, Edinburgh, 2010; Soho, 2011); 2nd May 1997 (Bush, 2009); When You Cure Me (Bush, 2005; Radio 3's Drama on Three, 2006); Fanny and Faggot (Pleasance, Edinburgh, 2004 and 2007; Finborough, 2007; English Theatre of Bruges, 2007; Trafalgar Studios, 2007); and Stacy (Tron, 2006; Arcola, 2007; Trafalgar Studios, 2007).

His television work includes His Dark Materials, Then Barbara Met Alan (with Genevieve Barr), The Eddy, Help, The Accident, Kiri, National Treasure and This is England ’86/’88/’90.

His films include The Swimmers (with Sally El Hosaini), Enola Holmes, Radioactive, The Aeronauts and Wonder.

He was the recipient of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing in 2022.

A play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and de...
An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.
A painful – and painfully funny – play about being very young and in love – and coping with serious illness at the sa...
A play about the private and disturbing moments a couple share, exploring what becomes of a relationship when it is h...
A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.
A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people, Bu...
A funny and scathing political fable attacking the squeeze on local government.
An intimate, tender play about loss, hurt and rediscovery, from acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne.
The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck,...
A brilliantly honest and witty coming-of-age drama, with music by Stephen Warbeck.
A play about families, parenting, and gigantic clashes of values.
A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – a...
Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.
A short monologue play exploring the challenges facing a young wheelchair user, commissioned by the BBC as part of
A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.