Al Smith

Al Smith’s plays include Sycamore Gap (National Theatre Connections), Three Men in a Boat (Rose Theatre), Rare Earth Mettle and Harrogate (both at the Royal Court), Diary of a Madman (Traverse & Gate Theatre) and Radio (Arcola). For Harrogate he was nominated for Most Promising Playwright by the Evening Standard. He has written many plays for BBC Radio 4 including Life Lines which has won every major radio award. He writes regularly for television and is a recipient of the Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize.