Barney Norris Explained

Barney Norris [1] (born 1987) is a British writer.[2]

Early life

Norris was born in Chichester in West Sussex, later moving to Wiltshire where he attended Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. He studied English at Keble College, Oxford, and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Career

After leaving university, he set up the touring Up in Arms Theatre Company[3] with the director Alice Hamilton, and worked in the theatre as assistant to Thelma Holt, Michael Frayn, Peter Gill, and Max Stafford-Clark, before becoming a full-time writer. He is an associate artist at the Watermill Theatre,[4] teaches creative writing at the University of Oxford, and reviews fiction regularly for The Guardian.

He is an amabassador for Alabaré Christian Care, a charity supporting homeless adults, young people, veterans, and those with learning disabilities based in his home city of Salisbury, and a patron of Studio Theatre Salisbury and Salisbury Literary Festival. His advocacy work on behalf of writers and writing includes currently serving as Chair of the Society of Authors' Scriptwriters Committee and as a committee members of the SoA Sustainability Committee, and as a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain negotiating team.

Writing

Norris's early plays were produced by his company Up in Arms, usually on tour and often in partnership with other theatres.[5] Following the success of his first full-length play Visitors,[6] he began to write for other companies, and has since worked with Salisbury Playhouse,[7] the Bush Theatre,[8] Oxford Playhouse, the Arcola Theatre, the Royal and Derngate, Out of Joint, and the Bridge Theatre, among others. His first novel, Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain, was published in 2016; he has since published three other novels, including Undercurrent in 2022, and two books of non-fiction.

Politics

In February 2024, Norris was announced as the Green Party of England and Wales candidate for the Salisbury constituency at the 2024 general election.[9]

Awards

Selected works

Fiction

Theatre

Adaptations

Collaborations

Radio

Non-fiction

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Society of Literature » Barney Norris. rsliterature.org.
  2. Web site: Barney Norris | Penguin Random House. PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  3. Web site: Up in Arms – A touring theatre company.
  4. Web site: The Watermill Theatre - Creative Associates . 5 August 2020 . 13 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201013233344/https://www.watermill.org.uk/creative_associates . dead .
  5. Web site: Visitors review – 'Infinitely touching'. Michael. Billington. 9 March 2014. www.theguardian.com.
  6. News: Fusillades Piercing a Fog of Dementia. Charles. Isherwood. The New York Times. 2 January 2015.
  7. Web site: Echo's End : Wiltshire Creative. www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk.
  8. Web site: While We're Here. bushtheatre.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Barney Norris named Green Party candidate for Salisbury . . 7 February 2024 . 6 February 2024.

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