Chris Bush

Chris is an award-winning playwright, lyricist, and theatre-maker.

Past work includes: Standing at the Sky’s Edge (Sheffield Theatres/National Theatre – awards including Olivier Award for Best New Musical, South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Theatre and UK Theatre Awards for Best Musical); Rock/Paper/Scissors (Sheffield Theatres); Jane Eyre (Stephen Joseph Theatre, New Vic Theatre); The Doncastrian Chalk Circle (CAST Doncaster/National Theatre); Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World (Kenny Wax, UK Tour – UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children & Young People); Hungry (Paines Plough); (Kein) Weltuntergang/(Not) The End of the World (Schaubühne, Berlin); Nine Lessons and Carols: Stories for a Long Winter (Almeida Theatre); Faustus: That Damned Woman (Headlong/Lyric Hammersmith/Birmingham Rep); The Last Noël (Attic Theatre/UK tour); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd - UK Theatre Award for Best Musical); Pericles (National Theatre: Olivier); The Changing Room (NT Connections); The Band Plays On, Steel, What We Wished For, A Dream, The Sheffield Mysteries (Sheffield Theatres); Scenes From The End of the World (Yard/Central School); A Declaration from the People (National Theatre: Dorfman) and Larksong (New Vic, Stoke-on-Trent).

Awards include an Olivier Award, a South Bank Sky Arts Award, three UK Theatre Awards, the Perfect Pitch Award, a Brit Writers’ Award, and the Theatre Royal Haymarket Writers’ Award.

In 2021 Chris was signed to a TV development deal with Paramount and she recently wrote her first short film MARS in collaboration with Yungblud starring Yasmin Finney.