DA Nixon
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Dan is a playwright and screenwriter from South East London. His debut full-length play LOOK ME IN THE EYE WHEN WE’RE DANCING won Out of Joint’s Writers in Theatre Award and his next play ST. IVES was commissioned by Sky Arts for their ART 50 festival at the Barbican. For TV, he was selected for the 2021/22 BBC Studios Writers’ Academy, has written broadcast episodes of EASTENDERS and CASUALTY and developed original projects with Two Brothers Pictures and BBC Studios.
Previously, his work has been performed, read and/or developed at theatres including the Barbican, the Lyric Hammersmith, the Criterion, the Soho Theatre, the Arcola, Theatre 503 and Southwark Playhouse. He has been shortlisted for the Old Vic 12, Theatre 503 Five and the Kevin Elyot Award. He is also an associate lecturer in scriptwriting at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
In Development
Production | Company | Notes |
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UNTITLED | BBC Studios | Original Series |
BEST MATE | Feature film co-written w/ director Eoin Glaister | |
LIABILITY | Original conspiracy thriller |
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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EASTENDERS 2022 | BBC One | Episode TX: 11th October 2022 |
CASUALTY 2022 | BBC One | Episode TX: 16th April 2022 |
Theatre
Production | Company | Notes |
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ST. IVES 2022 | Lighthouse, Poole | Winner of the Lighthouse Playwriting Prize |
ST. IVES 2019 | Sky Arts / Barbican | ART 50 festival performance |
LOOK ME IN THE EYE WHEN WE’RE DANCING 2018 | Out of Joint | Rehearsed reading at Soho Theatre, dir. Matthew Blake |
SHUDDER 2016 | Criterion Theatre | Dir. Tatty Hennessy |
HOW TO BUILD AN IGLOO 2016 | Arcola / Miniaturists | Dir. Tatty Hennessy |
SHUDDER 2016 | Southwark Playhouse / Theatre Renegade | Dir. Tatty Hennessy |
FIGURE 8 2015 | Theatre 503 | Dir. Jessica Daniels |
DOWN ON THE FARM 2014 | Southwark Playhouse / Little Pieces of Gold | Dir. Madelaine Moore |
ARTS GRANT 2013 | Lyric Hammersmith | Dir. BackHere! Theatre |