Making Mischief: Two Radical New Plays: The Earthworks by Tom Morton-Smith, Myth by Matt Hartley and Kirsty Housley (Oberon Modern Plays) - Tapa blanda

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Tom Morton-Smith is a British playwright and screenwriter.

His sell-out adaptation of Studio Ghibli's classic animation, My Neighbour Totoro, opened at the Barbican in October 2022 and returned in November 2023. Presented by executive producer Joe Hisaishi, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Improbable and Nippon TV. With puppets built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The show broke box office records, becoming the fastest selling show in the Barbican's history, and opened to critical acclaim.

He is developing several feature films, including The Valley of Hinnom co-written with director Juan Carlos Medina for Quad Films, and Psychodrama for Drama Republic. He is also developing a television series for Drama Republic entitled Rocksavage.

His 2015 play, Oppenheimer, charts the life of J Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb. Written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oppenheimer opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End. Ravens, a Cold War thriller set during the 1972 World Chess Championship, opened at the Hampstead Theatre in November 2019. The Earthworks appeared at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in May and June 2017. It appeared as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Mischief Festival and was directed by the RSC's Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman. His debut play, Salt Meets Wound, opened at Theatre503 in May 2007. Everyday Maps for Everyday Use was staged at the Finborough Theatre as part of the PapaTango New Writing Festival 2012.

Matt Hartley grew up just outside Sheffield in the Peak District. He is currently under commission to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatres Valence and Theatre503.

Kirsty Housley is a director, writer and dramaturg. She was the recipient of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award for Cue Deadly, a Live Film Project, and the Title Pending award for innovation at Northern Stage. She jointly received The Stage award for Innovation in 2017 for The Encounter and was nominated again in 2018 for The Believers are but Brothers.