Aleks Sierz FRSA is Visiting Professor at Rose Bruford College, London, UK, and author ofIn-Yer-Face Theatre: British Drama Today and Rewriting the Nation: British Theatre Today. He also works as a journalist, broadcaster, lecturer and theatre critic.
James Graham won the Catherine Johnson Award for the Best Play 2007 for Eden's Empire. His previous plays includeAlbert's Boy (recipient of a Pearson Playwriting Bursary) andTory Boyz (Soho Theatre). James is writer-in-residence at the Finborough Theatre and also writes for TV and film.
D.C Moore was born in 1980 in Duston, Northamptonshire. In 2008, Alaska was awarded the Tom Erhardt Award for promising new playwright.
Anders Lustgarten is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre. His work includesThe Punishment Stories, (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate Award) andThe Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie (2010) for the National Theatre Studio. He also won the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwrights Award in 2011.
Alia Bano studied English at Queen Mary, University of London. Her early work was read at Theatre Royal, Stratford East during the BritAsia Festival in 2005. Her work for the stage includesGap, and Hens.
Rachel De-lahay's first full-length play, The Westbridge, was the joint-winner of the 2010 Alfred Fagon Award. She won the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Awards for her playRoutes.
