By James Fritz
Directed by Matt Harrison and Richard Weinman
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Mankind Forever follows one (huge) bit of news from its first moments to its not-so surprising conclusion as it asks, how do we weaponise the minds of the young?
Written by Oliver award-nominee and NYT alum James Fritz, whose writing credits include The Fall for National Youth Theatre, Flea for The Yard Theatre and Parliament Square (Royal Exchange / Bush Theatre.)
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StoryFest is National Youth Theatre’ annual new writing festival, premiering 10 new plays featuring over 100 young creatives in July at the charity’s north London home.
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James Fritz
James Fritz is a writer from South London. Plays for stage include The Flea (The Yard), Lava (Fifth Word/Soho Theatre), The Fall (National Youth Theatre/Southwark Playhouse), Parliament Square (Royal Exchange/Bush Theatre), Start Swimming (Young Vic), Ross & Rachel (Assembly/BAC/59E59), Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre/Trafalgar Studios) and LINES (Rosemary Branch Theatre). Plays for audio include: Life and Time, The Test Batter Can't Breathe, Dear Harry Kane, Eight Point Nine Nine, Death Of A Cosmonaut, Comment Is Free (all BBC Radio 4) and Skyscraper Lullaby (Audible Originals) Awards include the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, A Bruntwood Prize Judges Award, The Imison and Tinniswood BBC Audio Drama Awards and the ARIA Award for Best Drama on two separate occasions. He has also been nominated for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and was runner-up in the 2013 Verity Bargate Award.
