Juliet Gilkes Romero is a writer for stage and screen.
Life
editJuliet Gilkes Romero is a British writer for stage and screen currently serving as Writer in Residence at the National Theatre (2022/2023) within the New Works Department.[1] Her notable awards include the 2020 Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play with The Whip,[2] the Roland Rees Bursary 2019[3] (named in honour of the co-founder of the Alfred Fagon Award), the Writers Guild of Great Britain Best play Award[4] 2009 with At The Gates of Gaza and the BBC World Service Alexander Onassis Research Bursary.
Previously, Juliet worked as a BBC foreign affairs reporter and producer for BBC World Service Radio and BBC World TV, reporting from countries including Ethiopia, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
She holds a master's degree in Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2001 and was a Creative Fellow at the University of Birmingham in 2018.[5]
Of Caribbean descent, Juliet Gilkes Romero was born in East London and grew up in Suffolk.
Awards and honours
edit2009 Writers' Guild Award for At the Gates of Gaza[6]
BBC World Service Alexander Onassis Research Bursary
In 2019, she won the Roland Rees Bursary,[7] named in honour of the co-founder of the Alfred Fagon Award.
In 2020, she was the recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award[8] for Best New Play with The Whip[9]
Plays
edit- Bilad Al-Sudan at the Tricycle Theatre (now Kiln) as part of its 2006 season dealing with genocidal conflict in Darfur, 2006.
- At The Gates of Gaza, Birmingham Repertory Theatre & tour
- Upper Cut at the Southwark Playhouse 2015
- Day of The Living (as part of RSC's Mischief Festival 2018 with Darren Clark and Amy Draper) 2018
- The Whip[10] at the RSC's Swan Theatre 2020
- The Gift (a retelling of Medea filmed for Jermyn Street Theatre’s 15 Heroines of Greek Tragedy season[11]) 2020
Screen and Audio
edit- Soon Gone; A Windrush Chronicle[12] co-produced by Sir Lenny Henry’s production company Douglas Road and the Young Vic Theatre
- One Hot Summer[13] broadcast on BBC Radio 4
References
edit- ^ "Writer: Juliet Gilkes Romero". Lisa Richards Creatives.
- ^ "The RSC's The Whip".
- ^ "Roland Rees Bursary".
- ^ "Writers' Guild Awards 2009".
- ^ "Juliet Gilkes Romero, Creative Fellow 2018". June 2018.
- ^ "Writers' Guild Awards 2009".
- ^ "The Roland Rees Bursary". November 2019.
- ^ "2020 Alfred Fagon Award".
- ^ "Juliet Gilkes Romero wins award for The Whip". 25 November 2020.
- ^ "The Whip". June 2020.
- ^ "15 Heroines". November 2020.
- ^ "Soon Gone, a Windrush Chronicle".
- ^ "One Hot Summer". May 2019.
External links
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