Chris Ward (playwright)
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Chris Ward is an English/Canadian playwright, born in 1958.
His play Demonstration of Affection was produced at the Arts Theatre in 1981, staring Richard Jobson of The Skids.
From 1982 until 1996, he produced and directed his own work for Wet Paint Theatre Company, in various fringe and pub theatre venues in London, as well as performing dramatic scenes at punk concerts. The company was distinguished by its mixing of professional trained actors with musicians (often from punk bands) and non-professional artistes. Amongst the performers who passed through the ranks of Wet Paint were Beki Bondage, Max Splodge, Michelle Brigandage, George from !Action Pact! and Jenny Runacre.
His play about Jean Vigo, Love's A Revolution, was the basis of the 1998 film Vigo, directed by Julien Temple[1]. Previously, Ward had collaborated with Derek Jarman on a number of unrealised film projects, including a film of Ward's play Camberwell Beauty[2].
Plastic Zion was revived at the White Bear Theatre in London in 2006[3].
[edit] Plays
- Vermouth (Pentameters Theatre, 1980)
- Demonstration of Affection (Cockpit/Arts Theatre, 1981)
- Castles in Spain (New End Theatre, 1981)
- Plastic Zion (Wet Paint, 1982)
- Camberwell Beauty (Wet Paint, 1982)
- Love's A Revolution, the life of Jean Vigo (Wet Paint, 1983)
- Amphibious Babies (Wet Paint, 1983)
- Cat Food (Wet Paint, 1984)
- Planet Suicide (Wet Paint, 1985)
- Furious Holiday (Wet Paint, 1987)
- Gods Drumming (Wet Paint, 1994)
- Ethel Lee and Grabs (Wet Paint, 1996)
