Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington (born 1968 in Nottingham) is an English playwright. After leaving school, she worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of publications and was a columnist for the Nottingham Evening Post. In 2001, she won the Dennis Potter Screenwriting Award for Bollywood Jane, a work which she later adapted for stage. She has also written three youth theatre plays and a stage adaptation of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (2006).^[1] As of 2013, she is chair of the Writers' Guild Theatre Committee.^[2]

Stage plays

• Be My Baby (1998)
• The Wills's Girls (2002) (Show of Strength Theatre Company/BBC Radio Four)
• Bollywood Jane (2003) (Haymarket Theatre, Leicester)
• Satin 'n' Steel (2005) (Nottingham Playhouse/Octagon Theatre, Bolton)
• Ladies Day (2005) (Hull Truck Theatre)
• Ladies Down Under (2007) (Hull Truck Theatre)
• Tipping the Velvet (2009) (Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
• Amateur Girl (2009) (Hull Truck Theatre)
• The Thrill Of Love (2013) (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
• The Boy on the Hill (New Perspectives)
• Mighty Atoms (to be premiered in 2017 as part of Hull's UK City of Culture celebrations).^[3][4]

A trilogy of plays written in collaboration with John Cheetham:

• Runaway Girl
• Twist And Shout
• Shirley's Song

Radio plays

• Last Stop Louisa's (2003) (BBC Radio 4)
• Once Upon A Time (2004) (Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4)
• The Road To Abolition (2007) (BBC Radio 3)
• The Nine Days Queen (2009) (BBC Radio 4)
• Paradise Place (2010) (Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4)

References

1. ↑ Amanda Whittington – complete guide to the Playwright and Plays
2. ↑ http://www.amandawhittington.com/amandawhittingtg.html
3. ↑ "Hull 2017: City of Culture unveils major art, theatre and music events". BBC News Online. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016. 
4. ↑ Hutchison, David (22 September 2016). "Richard Bean and Amanda Whittington feature in Hull City of Culture plans". The Stage. London. Retrieved 22 September 2016.