John Donnelly
Since 2002, John has worked in various primary and secondary schools across London, Essex and Kent, including programmes aimed at curriculum development, Irish and Romany Travellers, enterprise, literacy, sex education, addictions, student voice, BSF, L2L, SEN, CPD, G&T and other acronyms.
He is also a visiting lecturer at Central School of Speech and Drama.
John Donnelly's plays include BONE (Royal Court Theatre), POLL TAX RIOTS (The Factory/Hampstead Theatre), CORPORATE ROCK (Nabokov/Latitude Festival), CONVERSATION #1 (The Factory/V&A/Latitude Festival/SGP), SHOWTIME (LAMDA), THE KRAKEN FALLS IN LLANGOLLEN (Clwyd Theatr Cymru/Write to Rock), SONGS OF GRACE AND REDEMPTION (Liminal Theatre/Theatre 503), ALARM AND DISTRESS (Redbridge Drama Centre)
John is a past winner of both the PMA Award for Best New Writer and the NSDF Sunday Times Playwriting Award
SONGS OF GRACE AND REDEMPTION and BONE are both published by Faber and Faber
