COCK - West End Creative Team

Mike Bartlett is a British playwright, screenwriter, and director who is known for his works that explore contemporary issues and relationships. He was born in 1980 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. Bartlett began his career as a playwright in 2004 with his play "My Child," which was produced at the Bristol Old Vic. He gained critical acclaim in 2007 with his play "Contractions," which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London. The play, which explores the dehumanizing effects of corporate culture, was later produced off-Broadway in New York City. In 2010, Bartlett ... read more National Theatre credits include Pinocchio, Follies, Mosquitoes, Common, Angels in America, The Red Barn, The Suicide, Wonder.land, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Table, This House (also West End and Chichester), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End and Broadway, Olivier Award for Best Lighting 2013, Tony Award for Best Lighting), The Comedy of Errors, Danton, The Power of Yes, Phedre, Death and the King's Horseman, War Horse (also West End and Broadway, 2011 Tony Award for Best Lighting), Some Trace of Her, Women of Troy, Triple Bill, Saint Joan, Attempts on Her Life, The Caucasian ... read more Recent credits: Heisenberg (Wyndham's); Fatherland (Royal Exchange Theatre); Common (National Theatre); Angels in America (National Theatre); Junkyard (Bristol Old Vic); Fracked! (Chichester and tour); Before I Leave (Cardiff); Elegy (Donmar); Uncle Vanya (Almeida); Husbands and Sons (National); Hangmen (Royal Court and Wyndham's); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Olivier Award and Drama Desk Award - Gielgud, National Theatre, Broadway, and UK and US tours); Jerusalem (Royal Court, West End and Broadway); This House (National Theatre, Chichester and Garrick Theatre); The River (Royal Court and Broadway); The Nether (Royal Court/West End); Love's Sacrifice (RSC); The Days the Nights ... read more MARIANNE ELLIOTT is Artistic Director of Elliott & Harper Productions, a new theatre company co-founded in 2016 with producer Chris Harper. Elliott & Harper's inaugural production, Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle by Simon Stephens is running at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End until 6 January 2018. Future productions include a co-production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, opening in November 2017 as a co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse and Catherine Schreiber at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds and Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth with Rosalie Craig as Bobbi and Patti LuPone as Joanne. Company ... read more