Michael Wynne

Michael is a playwright and screenwriter. Cuckoo is his 8th play for the Royal Court. 

For the Royal Court: I’m Not Here – Living Newspaper Edition 4, Who Cares, The Red Flag, Friday Night Sex [with Alecky Blythe], The Priory, The People Are Friendly, The Knocky.    

Other theatre includes: We Are Here (La Mama, New York); The Star (Liverpool Playhouse); Hope Place (Liverpool Everyman); Collider (Science Museum/Nissen Richards Studio); Canvas (Minerva Theatre, Chichester); Tits/Teeth (NYT/Soho); Dirty Wonderland, Sell Out (Frantic Assembly); The Boy Who Left Home (ATC/Lyric Hammersmith); Too Cold for Snow (The Prada Foundation).  

Television includes: Being Eileen, Lapland, Little Crackers: The Daltons/Sheridan Smith, The Catherine Tate Show, Eastenders, The Gil Mayo Mysteries, Sugar Rush, Eyes Down, As If, UGetMe, Don’t Eat the Neighbours, Reach for the Moon, Grafters, Where the Heart is.    

Film includes: My Summer of Love.    

Awards include: BAFTA for Outstanding British Film (My Summer of Love); Evening Standard Award for Best Screenplay (My Summer of Love); Olivier Award for Best New Comedy (The Priory); Meyer Whitworth Award for Best New Play (The Knocky).