CARL MILLER
Carl’s music theatre work includes book and lyrics for Wasted, composed by Christopher Ash (Southwark Playhouse 2018, directed by Adam Lenson). ‘★★★★ This grittily exhilarating show is essential viewing if you’re interested in the future of the British musical' WHATSONSTAGE
With Chris composing, Carl has also written the words for Lucky Petra (BEAM 2018 directed by Peter Rowe; New Plays for Young Audiences New York directed by Tony Graham), The Passion of Albert Nobbs and The Big Smoke.
Carl has also written A Little Princess (NYMT at The Other Palace, music by Marc Folan, lyrics also by Marc Folan and Adey Grummet, directed by Emily Gray); Yarico (London Theatre Workshop, music by James McConnel, directed by Emily Gray); and White Suit (Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, with music by Helen Chadwick, directed by Helen Chadwick and Mia Theil Have.)
Carl’s other playwriting includes Emil and the Detectives (National Theatre), Frankenstein (National Youth Theatre) and Ostrich Boys (Belgrade Coventry, National Theatre of Korea).
Carl trained as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, London. He has been Artistic Director of the Royal Court Young People’s Theatre, an Associate Director of Birmingham Rep and Unicorn, and Writer in Residence at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. He has devised many playwriting projects with young people and adults and with the Royal Court International Department has worked with new playwrights in Brazil, China, India and Uganda. He is a member of Mercury Musical Developments’ Advanced Writers’ Lab.
With Chris composing, Carl has also written the words for Lucky Petra (BEAM 2018 directed by Peter Rowe; New Plays for Young Audiences New York directed by Tony Graham), The Passion of Albert Nobbs and The Big Smoke.
Carl has also written A Little Princess (NYMT at The Other Palace, music by Marc Folan, lyrics also by Marc Folan and Adey Grummet, directed by Emily Gray); Yarico (London Theatre Workshop, music by James McConnel, directed by Emily Gray); and White Suit (Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, with music by Helen Chadwick, directed by Helen Chadwick and Mia Theil Have.)
Carl’s other playwriting includes Emil and the Detectives (National Theatre), Frankenstein (National Youth Theatre) and Ostrich Boys (Belgrade Coventry, National Theatre of Korea).
Carl trained as a director at the Royal Court Theatre, London. He has been Artistic Director of the Royal Court Young People’s Theatre, an Associate Director of Birmingham Rep and Unicorn, and Writer in Residence at the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. He has devised many playwriting projects with young people and adults and with the Royal Court International Department has worked with new playwrights in Brazil, China, India and Uganda. He is a member of Mercury Musical Developments’ Advanced Writers’ Lab.
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