Joe White

Joe White is a two-time Olivier-nominated writer of stage, screen and audio. He wrote the book for the hit West End musical The Little Big Things (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress; Olivier Nomination for Best New Musical). His previous play Blackout Songs (Olivier Nomination for Best Play in an Affiliate Theatre) had two sell-out runs at the Hampstead Theatre, in the Studio in 2022 and the Main Space in 2023. His debut play Mayfly ran at the Orange Tree Theatre, where he won Most Promising New Playwright at the 2019 OffWestEnd Awards and was nominated for Best Writer at the 2018 Stage Debut Awards.

Joe’s seven-part dramatisation of George Orwell’s 1984 was released by Audible in April 2024 and has become the most downloaded Audible Original of all time. It stars Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott and Tom Hardy, with original music by Matt Bellamy and Ilan Eshkeri. Other work for Audible includes Joe’s GenR8 pilot Doggerland, and his eight-part eco-thriller The Nox (starring Lashana Lynch), which was nominated for the 2023 ARIA Award for Best Drama.

Previously, Joe was a member of BBC Pilot, The Old Vic 12 and Royal Court Studio Group, and was a recipient of the Channel 4 Playwriting Award and The JB Priestley Award for Writers of Promise.