Bryony Lavery
Writer
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Her play Frozen won the TMA best play award, the Eileen Anderson Central Television award was produced at Birmingham Rep, then the National Theatre, then on Broadway where it was nominated for four Tony awards. Stockholm, for Frantic Assembly, won the Wolff-Whiting award for Best Play of 2008. Beautiful Burnout for The National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly received a Fringe First at Edinburgh, before productions in the UK, New York, Australia and New Zealand.Dirt was nominated for the Charles McArthur award for most outstanding play or musical of 2013, Washington DC]
Recent work includes: The Believers[Frantic Assembly] Queen Coal [Sheffield Crucible] Treasure Island [National Theatre] 101 Dalmatians[Chichester Festival Theatre] Brideshead Revisited[York Theatre Royal/ETT] Our Mutual Friend[Hull Truck/City of Culture 2017] and Balls [One Year Lease/Stages Theatre- Houston and NYC.
She is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature, an honorary Doctor of Arts at De Montford University and an Associate Artist at Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
2020 | Bridge Theatre | Based on Philip Pullman novels and directed by Nicholas Hytner |
2019 | Storyhouse | Based on Mary Norton novel |
2019 | Birmingham Rep/ UK Tour | Based on Alice Sebold novel |
2018 | Chichester Festival Theatre | By David Walliams. Adapted by Bryony Lavery. Music & Lyrics by Joe Stilgoe |
2018 | Storyhouse | Based on the children’s novels by Arthur Ransome |
2018 | Pilot Theatre | Directed by Esther Richardson |
2018 | Theatre Royal Haymarket | Directed by Jonathan Munby |
2018 | 59E59 Theatre | Directed by Ianthe Demos & Nick Flint |
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED 2016 | York Theatre Royal/ETT | |
QUEEN COAL 2014 | Sheffield | |
THE BELIEVERS 2014 | Frantic Assembly | Plymouth and Tricycle |
TREASURE ISLAND 2014 | National Theatre | Adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson |
BEAUTIFUL BURNOUT 2010 | National Theatre Scotland | |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2009 | Birmingham Rep/Leeds Theatre Trust | Adaptation |
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES 2009 | Primavera Productions | Revival at the Arcola |
WICKED LADY 2009 | New Vic Theatre, Stoke | Adaptation |
KURSK 2009 | A collaboration with Sound&Fury at the Young Vic | |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 2008 | Chichester Festival Youth Theatre | Adaptation |
STOCKHOLM 2007 | A Collaboration with Frantic Assembly | |
LAST EASTER 2007 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Director: Douglas Hodge |
UNCLE VANYA 2007 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
YIKES 2006 | Unicorn Theatre | Director: Rebecca Gatward |
SMOKE 2006 | New Vic Theatre | Director: Gwenda Hughes |
DRACULA 2005 | The Touring Consortium in association with Churchill Theatre Bromley | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
LAST EASTER 2004 | Lucille Lortel Theatre, Off-Broadway | Director: Doug Hughes |
FROZEN 2004 | East 13th Street Theatre, Off-Broadway Transferred to Circle In The Square, On-Broadway | Director: Doug Hughes |
A DOLLS HOUSE 2004 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Director: Rachel Kavanaugh |
THYESTES (Furies) 2003 | RSC Boot Camp | Director: Rebecca Gatward |
PRECIOUS BANE 2003 | Pentabus | Director: Theresa Heskins |
ILLYRIA 2002 | Royal National Theatre Connections | |
FROZEN 2002 | Cottesle Theatre, RNT | Director: Bill Alexander |
THE MAGIC TOYSHOP 2001 | Shared Experience | |
CHERISHED DISAPPOINTMENTS IN LOVE 2001 | English version of Finnish play | |
A WEDDING STORY 2000 | Sphinx/Soho Theatre Company Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Jackie Clune, Kika Markham |
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM 2000 | Theatre Royal, York | Adaptation |
ILLYRIA 2000 | ACT in San Francisco | |
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART 2000 | Ludlow Castle | site-specific multi-media piece |
FROZEN 1998 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | Anita Dobson, Tom Georgeson and Josie Lawrence |
MORE LIGHT 1997 | Royal National Theatre BT Connections | |
GOLIATH 1997 | The Bush & Sphinx National Tour | with Nichola McAuliffe |
OPHELIA 1996 | ||
DOWN AMONG THE MINI-BEASTS 1996 | ||
NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU 1995 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
FLIGHT 1991 | Perspectives Theatre, Denmark | |
HER ACHING HEART 1991 | Sphinx Theatre Company | |
WICKED 1990 | ||
KITCHEN MATTERS 1990 | Gay sweatshop, Royal Court | |
THE TWO MARIAS 1988 | Theatre Centre & national tour | |
WITCHCRAZE 1985 | ||
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES 1984 | Birmingham Repertory Theatre | |
CALAMITY 1983 | Tricycle & national tour | |
HOT TIME 1980 | Common Stock Theatre Tour | Pink Paper Play of The Year – 1991 |
MISSING 1979 | Sheffield Crucible & national tour | |
GRANDMOTHERS FOOTSTEPS 1978 | Kings Head Theatre | |
FLOORSHOW 1977 | Monstrous Regiment | Cabaret |
BAG 1977 | Young Vic & 2 national tours | |
THE CATERING SERVICE 1976 | Edinburgh Festival & tour |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
LAST DAYS ON MARS | Mars Movie Ltd / Andrea Cornwell | Rewrite |
KURSK | Sound & Fury | Adapted from her play of the same name. |
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BUY 2009 | Channel Four | |
REVOLTING WOMEN | BBC 2 |
Other
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
GOODBYE? | ||
RESTLESS FAREWELL | Developed with PAL Screenwriting Lab | |
WEDDING STORY | Faber & Faber | |
FROZEN | Faber & Faber | |
PRECIOUS BANE | Oberon | |
TALLULAH BANKHEAD | Absolute Press | |
MORE LIGHT | Faber & Faber | |
BRYONY LAVERY - PLAYS ONE | Faber & Faber | |
IT ISN'T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS | Bodley Head | |
MASKS AND FACES | Macmillan | |
WOMEN IN THEATRE | Faber & Faber | |
WOMEN WRITERS HANDBOOK | Aurora Metro Press | |
WITCHCRAZE | Sheffield Academic Press | |
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES in Plays by Women Volume 6 | Methuen | |
THE WILD BUNCH AND OTHER PLAYS | Nelson | |
HER ACHING HEART AND OTHER PLAYS | Methuen |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
WISE CHILDREN 2003 | Radio 4 | adaptation for 11.30 slot |
LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET 2000 | Radio 4 | adaptation for Classic Serial Slot |
REQUIEM 2000 | Radio 3 | |
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA 2000 | Radio 4 | 2 part adaptation |
THE SMELL OF HIM 1998 | Radio 4 | Nominated for a Sony Award |
NO JOAN OF ARC 1997 | Radio 4 | Nominated for a Sony Award |
VELMA AND THERESE 1996 | Radio 4 | |
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS 1994 | Radio 4 | |
MY COUSIN RACHEL | Radio 4 | adaptation for Classic Serial Slot |
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Radio 4 | adaptation for Classic Serial Slot |
LAYING GHOSTS 1992 | Erotic Plays by Women series |