Poliakoff biography
Poliakoff biography
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Biography
Stephen Poliakoff was born in London and educated at Westminster School and King’s College, Cambridge.
He began his career in the theatre, becoming resident playwright at the National Theatre in London aged 22.
He won the Evening Standard’s Most Promising Playwright award for his plays Hitting Town and City Sugar, and has since written over 20 plays, all of which premiered in Britain’s major theatres including four at the Royal National Theatre, four at The Royal Shakespeare Company and three in the West End. Among his plays are Clever Soldiers, Strawberry Fields, Shout Across The River, American Days, Breaking The Silence, Playing With Trains, Sweet Panic, Talk Of The City, Blinded By The Sun which won the Critics’ Circle Best Play Award and My City.
Alongside his career in the theatre Stephen began an extremely successful career writing for British television, working with such leading directors as Michael Apted, Stephen Frears and Peter Hal