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Following an award-winning and prolific career as a theatre maker, Jonathan now mostly writes.  He adapted Dickens’ The Signalman for BBC radio b’cast on Christmas Day 2022 (“Pick of the Day” – The Times.  “one of the best audios of this year. 10/10” – Sci-Fi Bulletin.  “Jonathan Holloway’s dramatisation ticks all the right boxes” – Radio Times Review) and wrote a modern adaptation of Gaslight – the play that defined domestic coercive control – for Johnny Vegas’ Woolyback productions for b’cast February 2023. BBC SOUNDS is rerunning his spectral dramas No Conferring and The Affair at Grover Station. He is slated to direct a stage version of The Signalman in 2023. Jonathan and actor-musician Liam Grundy currently appear on the podcast ‘Walking Out’ on Podbean, Spotify and Amazon Music. All ten 60′ eps of Jonathan’s BBC adaptation of CP Snow’s ‘Strangers and Brothers’ and his Orwell season  (inc 1984) are now available on Audible.

Jonathan Holloway has written and directed in theatre and broadcasting for over 40 years.  He managed an Edinburgh Fringe venue and performed in, directed, lit and wrote shows for 24 Edinburgh Festivals where he won three consecutive Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe First Awards.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA); won for the BBC a First Prize at the Prix Italia; is an Honorary Fellow of St Mary’s University College; won a Charrington London Fringe Award, The Stage’s Edinburgh Fringe Award, the Shakespeare Prize at The World Festival of Theatre in Chile and a UK DCMS Business in the Arts Award. He was Associate Artist at Kingston University and Associate Artist at Central School of Speech and Drama’s Centre for Excellence in Theatre Training.  He served for three years on the Board of the Edinburgh Fringe and also for three years on the Participant’s Council. He was a member of the Advisory panel of the National Campaign for the Arts. “99.9% pure theatrical magic” – Time Out Magazine    “Jonathan Holloway: pure art extract” – Sunday Times.  The Press on Jess Edward’s 2013 Edinburgh Festival production of Jonathan’s reivention of ‘Jekyll ad Hyde’: ★★★★ ‘Creepily melodramatic and beautifully realised’ – The Times:  ★★★★★ ‘Bound to win awards… It comes highly recommended’ – British Theatre Guide:  ★★★★ ‘a gripping, radical retelling of a classic story’ – Three Weeks:  ★★★★ ‘every moment [is] accentuated to great ambient effect… Holloway reveals an acute intelligence’ – Broadway Baby:  ★★★★★ ‘Undeniably brilliant.’ – Views from the Gods:  ★★★★ ‘…sordid, sexy, intelligent…masterful stuff.’ – Everything Theatre.

Jonathan is represented by Rachel Daniels at Berlin Associates, London, England. 

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Jonathan has written 70 playscripts for BBC Radio Drama, 31 professionally produced stage plays and directed 84 stage shows for the UK, HK, USA, Chile, Eire and Egypt. A list can be found under ‘CV’ in the dropdown menu above. Jonathan’s earlier work from 1977 can be referenced from his CV.

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