Roy Williams - Writer
20 Stories High Shows: Writer - Slow Time (2007)
Roy Williams (OBE) was born in London and trained at Rose Bruford College. He has written many plays including: Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads, Starstruck (Tricycle), Lift Off, Clubland, Fall Out (Royal Court), Local Boy (Hampstead Theatre), The Gift (Birmingham Rep) Souls, (Theatre Centre) Night & Day (Theatre Venture), Josie’s Boys (Red Ladder). Television credits includes: Offside, Bredrens, Babyfather (BBC). His adaptation of his stage play Fallout was produced by Company Pictures/Channel 4 and broadcast in March 2008.
He has many awards including the George Devine Award for Lift Off, the 2001 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright for his play Clubland, the 2002 BAFTA Award for Best Schools Drama for Offside and 2004 South Bank Show Arts Council Decibel Award. Most recently his play Sucker Punch was nominated for the Evening Standard Award for Best New Play and the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2011. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
