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).

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel tak...
A searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015...
A funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect...
A timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.
James Fritz's new play about a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who...
A deeply provocative and topical drama that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age o...
A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.
A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.
A powerful drama about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, written and first...
A short play about twins whose lives diverge, first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2015.