Anya Reiss

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Anya Reiss
Born	(1991-11-27) November 27, 1991 Camberwell, London
Occupation	Playwright
Nationality	British
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Anya Reiss (born 1991 in London) is an award-winning British playwright.^[1]

A graduate of the Royal Court's Young Writers Programme, she had her first play Spur of the Moment staged there in the Upstairs Jerwood Theatre in July 2010, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play went on to win the 2010 TMA Award for Best New Play; the Evening Standard and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright.

She took part in a one off event at the Old Vic Theatre directed by Danny Boyle in support of Dramatic Need in 2010. Reiss' monologue The Cure was performed by Kerry Fox.

Her second play The Acid Test was staged in 2011, again at the Royal Court Theatre; it was directed by Simon Godwin.

Reiss also took part in the Bush Theatre's 2011 project Sixty Six Books, in which playwrights responded to a chapter of the King James Bible.

In 2012, she adapted Chekhov's The Seagull for Southwark Playhouse. She also wrote a play for the National Theatre's Connections season called Forty Five Minutes.

In 2014, she wrote an episode of EastEnders.

Work

Forty Five Minutes (2013) The Shed at National Theatre
The Seagull (2012) Southwark Playhouse, adapted from Anton Chekhov
The Acid Test (2011) Royal Court Theatre, upstairs theatre, directed by Simon Godwin
Spur of the Moment (2010) Royal Court Theatre, upstairs theatre, directed by Jeremy Herrin

References

↑ "Anya Reiss", Playwright Profile, 2010

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Name	Reiss, Anya
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Short description	British playwright
Date of birth	1991
Place of birth	Camberwell, London
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