Annie Jenkins

Writer

https://www.anniejenkins.co.uk/
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Biography

Annie’s first three full length plays all premiered in London in 2019. In Lipstick, which was shortlisted for the Theatre503 Award, opened at the Pleasance Theatre in January, Tinder471 ran at Theatre503 in the summer and Karaoke Play ran in the autumn at The Bunker. Karaoke Play was awarded a special commendation from The Offies (The Off West End Theatre Awards). 

In 2019 Annie was chosen to be one Theatre503’s 503Five and also one of the Michael Grandage Company’s MGCfutures Bursary recipients. She was awarded a Peggy Ramsey Foundation Bursary to develop Karaoke Play. 

Annie’s play Staying at Stacey’s was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2019 and received a rehearsed reading at the Almeida Theatre’s rehearsal space. In 2020 it was Shortlisted for the George Devine Award.

In 2018 Annie co-wrote VOID which was produced at VAULT Festival by RIFT and Queen Mary University, winning a VAULT Innovation Award. She also wrote and co-directed a short film, Funemployed, which was screened at various festivals including the London Short Film Festival in 2017.

In 2022 Annie wrote The Essence of the Job is Speed: The Delivery Driver’s Play for the Almeida as part of The Key Worker’s Cycle. Also in 2022, her play the celebrity in the white bikini + how I accidentally looked was shortlisted for the Stückemarkt 2022 by Theatertreffen Stückemarkt as part of the Berliner Festspiele. 

Awards: Shortlisted for the Adopt a Playwright Award in 2018 and 2023; Longlisted for the Old Vic 12 in 2018 and 2019; Longlisted for the Genesis Almeida New Playwrights, Big Plays Programme 2020; HighTide Writers Group 2017

Annie is published by Faber.

Credits

In Development

Production Company Notes
LUKE

Short Film
*Longlisted for the BFI Short Film Fund 2025
*Selected for BFI London Labs
*Shortlisted for The Slick Films Fund 2024
RIPE

Currently writing for submission as part of the Royal Court Writers Group (January 2025)

Theatre

Production Company Notes
24 (DAY): THE MEASURE OF MY DREAMS
2023 		Almeida

Dir. Jack Nurse
A ten-month project working with community partners Arsenal, All Change and Cardboard Citizens. Commissioned and produced by the Almeida, 3rd-5th August 2023 with a community cast of 100 performing with 2 professional actors.
Also reached top 10% of scripts for BBC Open Call.
THE DELIVERY DRIVERS’ PLAY
2022 		Almeida

Dir. Jack Nurse
The Key Workers Cycle was commissioned and produced by the Almeida 9th-12th March 2022. The Delivery Drivers’ Play was performed by a community cast of ten with Billy Howle and Sope Dirisu as the delivery drivers.

WHEN I GROW UP (I WANNA BE)
2022

Commissioned by The Big House in 2022 but unproduced
STAYING AT STACEY'S (Rehearsed Reading)
2020 		Almeida

*Longlisted for The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2019
*Shortlisted for the George Devine Award 2020
*In the top 9% of entries for The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2023
*Longlisted for the RSC’s 37 Plays project 2023
Rehearsed Reading at the Almeida rehearsal space, February 2020
Dir. Lucy McCann
THE CELEBRITY IN THE WHITE BIKINI (+ HOW I ACCIDENTALLY LOOKED) (Rehearsed Reading)
2020 		Theatre503

*Seed commission from Theatre503 as part of the 503Five (2019/20)
*Awarded an MGCfutures Bursary
*Shortlisted for Theatertreffen Stückemarkt, Berliner Festspiele 2022
*Redraft supported by the RSC as writer on attachment 2022
*In the top 10% of entries for the 2022 Verity Bargate Award
*Reached final phase of selection of New Diorama’s Intervention 01
Rehearsed reading at County Hall, December 2020 – directed by Lucy McCann
UNDER MY BARBIE DUVET
2020 		Young Vic

Dir. Caitriona Shoobridge and Matt Kay.
Commissioned by Young Vic Taking Part and written for Brixton’s Baytree Centre and IRMO, it was originally a full-length play written for performance in the Young Vic’s Clare Studio in May 2020.
Adapted for a digital audience during lockdown.

TINDER471
2019 		Theatre503

Dir.Lucy McCann
KARAOKE PLAY
2019 		The Bunker Theatre / Pluck Productions

Dir. Lucy McCann
*Winner of an OffCom Short Run Commendation by the Off West-End Awards
*Awarded a Peggy Ramsay Foundation Bursary
*Shortlisted for The Old Vic 12 (2017)
IN LIPSTICK
2019 		Pleasance / Up In Arms

Dir. Alice Hamilton
Published by Faber
*Shortlisted for Theatre503 Award 2016
*Shortlisted for the 2016 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award
IN LIPSTICK also had rehearsed readings as part of PlayWROUGHT at the Arcola and as part of Druid Theatre’s ‘Druid Debuts’ at the Galway International Arts Festival
TURNED MY HEAD as part of VOID
2018 		RIFT / Queen Mary University / Vault Festival

Dir. Felix Mortimer
*Winner VAULT Innovation Award
TINDER471
2018 		Hen & Chickens Theatre

Dir. Lucy McCann
SING A SONG OF SILENCE
2016 		Arcola

Dir. Ross Crosby
Commissioned for the Arcola Youth Theatre summer show
WHAT ABOUT ENGLAND?
2016 		Islington Mill, Salford

Dir. Ali Pidsley
Published with introduction at Orlando online

Opera

Production Company Notes
ENVY as part of BEAUTY AND THE SEVEN BEASTS
2022 		The Opera Story at Brixton Jamm

Dir. James Hurley
(Libretto – 15 mins) Part of a brand-new full-length opera created by 7 writer/composer pairings. Commissioned and produced by The Opera Story at Brixton Jamm 6th-14th April 2022.

Short Films

Production Company Notes
BIRDS
2022 		Goldsmiths

Dir. Tyro Heath
Film Festivals: HollyShorts; This is England; Women Over 50 Film Festival

Festivals:

Hollyshorts Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection & World Premiere
This Is England 2022 – Official Selection
EFN Festival 2022 – Official Selection
Heart of Gold 2022 – Official Selection
North East International Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection
Women Over Fifties Film Festival 2022 – Official Selection
British Shorts Berlin 2023 – Official Selection
Poppy Jasper Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection
Kingston International Film Festival 2023 – Official Selection
Women X Film Festival – Official Selection
Aesthetica Film Festival – Guest Programme
Learning on Screen Award (postgraduate drama category) – WINNER
Student Royal Television Society Award (postgraduate drama category) – NOMINEE
FOOT
2020 		Pluck Productions
FUNEMPLOYED
2017

Screened as part of the London Short Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Underwire Film Festival
*Winner of Shooting People’s film of the month March 2017
*Shortlisted for Shooting People’s SHORT CUTS film competition 2018
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