Editing Jim Cartwright

{{Short description|English dramatist (born 1958)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox writer
| name             = Jim Cartwright
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|06|27}}
| birth_place      = [[Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation       = [[Playwright]]
}}
'''Jim Cartwright''' (born 27 June 1958) is an English dramatist, born in [[Municipal Borough of Farnworth|Farnworth]], [[Lancashire]]. Cartwright's first play, [[Road (play)|''Road'']], won a number of awards before being adapted for TV and broadcast by the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth252 |title=Jim Cartwright |work=contemporarywriters.com |publisher=British Council |year=2011 |access-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084740/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth252 |archive-date= 4 January 2011 }}</ref> His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.

==Plays by Jim Cartwright ==
* 1986 [[Road (play)|''Road'']] - Royal Court Theatre, London. Winner of: George Devine Award; Plays and Players Award; Drama Magazine Award; [[Samuel Beckett Award]]. directed by [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]].
* 1988 ''Bed'' - National Theatre. directed by [[Julia Bardsley]]
* 1989 ''Two'' - Octagon. Young Vic Theatre. Winner of: [[Manchester Evening News]] Theatre Award for Best New Play. directed by Andy Hay
* 1990 ''Baths'' - Octagon. directed by Andy Hay
* 1991 ''Eight Miles High'' - Octagon * 1994 & 1995 Bristol Theatre Royal Nominated for Theatre Management Association Best Musical Award. directed by Andy Hay
* 1992 ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' - Winner of: [[Evening Standard]] Award for Best Comedy of the Year; [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for Best Comedy directed by [[Sam Mendes]].
* 1996 ''I Licked A Slag's Deodorant'' - The Ambassadors Theatre, West end. directed by Jim Cartwright
* 1999  ''Prize Night'' - Royal Exchange Theatre. directed by [[Greg Hersov]].
* 2000 ''Hard Fruit'' - Royal Court Theatre, London. directed by [[James Macdonald (director)|James Macdonald]]
* 2012 ''A Christmas Fair'' - Milton Rooms directed by Nick Bagnal
* 2013 ''Mobile Phone show'' - National Theatre directed by Nicky Lander
* 2015 ''The Ancient Secret of Youth and the Five Tibetans'' - Octagon Theatre Bolton. directed by [[David Thacker]]
* 2015 ''RAZ'' - Edinburgh Festival (Winner of Fringe First Award 2015), 2016 Trafalgar Studios, London & Nationwide tour. Directed by Anthony Banks.
* 2016 ''Two 2'' - Octagon Theatre Bolton.  Directed by David Thacker.
* 2017 ''Stand Up Stand Up'' - Theatre Royal Wakefield, Nationwide tour. Directed by Jim Cartwright.
* 2024 ''The Gap'' - Hope Mill Theatre. Directed by Anthony Banks.

==Films==
*''Road'' (1987) Winner of Golden Nymph Award. directed by [[Alan Clarke]].
*''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' (1998) Nominated for 19 awards
*''Bed'' (1995) BBC
*''Vroom'' (1988) Chosen as Centre Piece at the London Film Festival directed by [[Beeban Kidron]].
*''[[Strumpet (film)|Strumpet]]'' (2001) BBC directed by [[Danny Boyle]].
*''[[Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise]]'' (2001) BBC directed by Danny Boyle
*''Johnny Shakespeare'' (2008) BBC 1. Winner of two Royal television Society awards. directed by Jim Cartwright
* ''King of The Teds'' (2012) Sky TV. directed by Jim Cartwright

==Radio==
* ''Baths'' (1987) BBC radio 4. Directed by Penny Black
* ''Sung''  (2015) BBC radio 4. Directed by Gary Brown

==Novels==
''Supermarket Supermodel'' (2008) Random House

==References==

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==External links==
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* {{iobdb name|12433}}

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