Chris Lee
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Plays include HUMMINGBIRD at The Old Red Lion (1996), THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTERS at The Finborough (1997), EAT THE ENEMY at The Old Red Lion (1999) and in the US, at TheaterLab, Houston, Texas, THE ELECTROCUTION OF CHILDREN at the Peacock, Dublin (1998) for which he won the Stewart Parker New Playwright Award and THE MAP MAKER'S SORROW that was mounted in Autumn 1999 also at the Peacock.
In 1999 he was appointed Writer-in-Association with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Â In 2000 he was awarded a Pearson New Playwright's Bursary for an attachment to the Finborough. His fifth play ON LINE & PARANOID IN THE SENTIMENTAL CITY opened at the Finborough in September 2000. COLD VINTAGE was given a rehearsed reading by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in October 2002. VERMILION DREAM (directed by Nina Raine) opened at Salisbury Playhouse in October 2004. THE ASH BOY (directed by Gene David Kirk) had a sell-out run at Theatre 503 in April 2006, THE WATER HARVEST played at the Theatre 503 (directed by Elizabeth Freestone) in June 2007 and PRAYERS FOR AN ANGRY GOD has had a rehearsed reading at the Tristan Bates Theatre.
SAXOPHONE had a rehearsed reading at the Tristan Bates Theatre in 2008/ Â THE MAP MAKER'S SORROW was performed in Danish at the Eklektist Theatre in Copenhagen in 2009. Â REGOLITH was produced at the Finborough in 2010. Â THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST won the Rondo Theatre Bath play competition in 2011 and was produced there the same year. Â ZOZO, a play about Voltaire. was incorporated into the study programme, translated and performed at Stendhal University in Grenoble in France in 2011. Â Â In 2012 SHALLOW SLUMBER had a sell-out rum at the Soho Theatre and was later produced at the New Institute for Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia. Â In 2014 DREAM ON HILDA was performed, in repertoire, in Swedish, at the Staatstheater Stockholm.
A new play, THE KNIFE, had a rehearsed reading at the Rosemary Branch in February 2016.
THE MAP MAKER'S SORROW is published by Faber & Faber and THE ASH BOY and SHALLLOW SLUMBER are published by Methuen Drama.
Chris’ most recent play A Small House at the Edge of the World played at The Tabard Theatre in Chiswick in September 2018 and at The Museum of Comedy in January 2019.
 A new production of THE WATER HARVEST  is on at the South London Theatre, The Old Fire Station, West Norwood, from 27-31 July 2021.
Chris has started a weekly podcast: Soft Tales for the Hard Apocalypse:
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| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE PARALLAX OF JAN VAN EYCK 1996 | RTE |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
A SMALL HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD 2018 | Tabard Theatre Chiswick | Directed by Ken McClymont |
DREAM ON HILDA 2014 | Staatstheater Stockholm | |
SHALLOW SLUMBER 2011 | Supporting Wall / Soho Theatre Upstairs | Directed by Mary Nighy |
AND NOW FOR THE END OF THE WORLD 2011 | The Horse, London | 15 minute play as part of April Showers |
ZOZO 2011 | Stendhal University, Grenbole, France | |
THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST 2011 | The Rondo Theatre, Bath | * Winner of The Rondo Theatre playwrighting competition 2011 |
THE WATER HARVEST 2007 | Theatre 503 | Directed by Elizabeth Freestone |
THE ASH BOY 2006 | Theatre 503 | Directed by Gene David Kirk |
VERMILION DREAM 2004 | Salisbury Playhouse | Directed by Nina Raine |
ONLINE AND PARANOID IN THE SENTIMENTAL CITY 2000 | Finborough Theatre | |
THE MAP MAKER'S SORROW 1999 | Peacock Theatre, Dublin | |
THE ELECTROCUTION OF CHILDREN 1998 | Peacock Theatre, Dublin | Stewart Parker New Playwright's Award |
THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER 1997 | Finborough Theatre | |
HUMMINGBIRD 1996 | Old Red Lion Theatre |