Dexter Flanders
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Dexter trained at RADA as an Actor. He is now writing with a particular focus on stories of the unvoiced.
In 2018 FOXES was a finalist for the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play of the Year. It received its world premiere at London's Theatre503 in 2021, transferred to Seven Dials Playhouse in 2022 in London's West End and then onto New York in 2023 at 59E59 as part of their Brits off Broadway season. The playtext is published by Methuen.
In 2019 Dexter was chosen to participate in the Royal Court Theatre's Introduction to Playwriting Group. In 2021 Dexter was announced as one of five recipients of a new Screenwriting Bursary from Neal Street Productions and has written a pilot for them. In 2022 Dexter was chosen to participate in Hampstead Theatre's Inspire group and is writing a full length play for the. He is also writing plays for Soho Theatre and Synergy.
Dexter is currently writing a feature film for Joi Productions and is developing a TV series with Happy Prince.
In 2023 Dexter's pilot FOXES, adapted from his play, made it onto the Brit List.
For acting enquiries please contact Nick Errington at Grantham & Hazeldine.
In Development
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
UNTITLED COMMISSION | Synergy | Play commission |
UNTITLED COMMISSION | Soho Theatre | Play commission |
FOXES | Happy Prince | TV adaptation of his play |
TESTIMONY | Neal Street Productions | New pilot commission |
BACK TO THE ENDZ | Joi Productions | Feature film now at script stage |
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
THE ARCHITECT 2023 | ATC / Greenwich + Docklands International Festival | As co-writer - in association with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation |
FOXES 2022 | Defibrillator Theatre / Seven Dials Playhouse | Dir. James Hillier |
FOXES 2021 | Defibrillator Theatre / Theatre503 / Theatre Peckham | Dir. James Hillier |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
VENUS FLYTRAP 2020 | RADA | Dexter has been commissioned to write a Short Film for RADA's final year students |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
WRITERS ROOM 2022 | Gaumont / Netflix | Writers room on animated series |
SHUT UP AND DANCE 2021 | Sky | Writersroom for a TV series with Sky |
FOXES
★ ★ ★ ★
Gary Naylor, Broadway World
“Foxes provides a voice to a community too often marginalised by theatre and demonstrates that the stories that emerge as a result have a universal resonance. More please.”
★ ★ ★ ★
Simon Button, Attitude
“Perfectly paced by director James Hillier across its three acts and Flanders’ script is superb”
★ ★ ★ ★
Kate Wyver, The Guardian
“Shattering tale of faith and family - Dexter Flanders’ tender debut about a fractured family shows the tensions and compromises faced by Black gay men”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Richard Beck, Broadway Baby
“Everything works together in this stunning production to create a groundbreaking theatrical triumph.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Lily Middleton, Everything Theatre
“Foxes is a powerful and emotional play with a voice that deserves to be heard.”
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Jane Darcy, Reviews Hub
“Mesmerising coming-out drama”