Jon Brittain

Biography

Jon Brittain (born May 1987) is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, comedy writer and director who was born in Chester in the northwest of England and grew up in the Netherlands.[1]

He graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in 2008.[2]

His play Rotterdam received its world premiere at Theatre503 in October 2015[3] and subsequently received an Off West End Award nomination for Best New Play.[4] In 2017, the play won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre.[5] He was also nominated for the Evening Standard's Charles Wintour Award for the Most Promising Playwright.[6] Previously, he co-wrote and directed the hit show Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soh...