Photo by Oscar Blustin
Peter Darney will shortly direct Free and Proud, a new play by New York writer Charles Gershman, which will run at The Assembly Festival from the 2-29th August. He will also direct a revival of James Dean is Dead (Long Live James Dean) which will play The Kings Head Theatre in July and at the Edinburgh Festival in August.
As a writer, he has recently signed a film option agreement with Fulwell 73 for an (untitled) major motion picture .
Recently, he directed the premier of Memorare by Steven Carl McCasland which will played from the 10th to 27th January 2018 at St. John's Lutheran Church on Christopher Street, New York.
Peter wrote and directed the award winning 5 Guys Chillin' which won the Best LGBT Production award at this years Edinburgh Festival: www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1497378/jayde-adams-best-of-fringe-scottish-sun-2017/
5 Guys Chillin' was winner of the Brighton Fringe LGBTQ Award, and double award winner at last years Dublin international Gay Theatre Festival. It had a sell-out run at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, from whence it transferred to SoHo Playhouse Off Broadway. Recently produced by The New Theatre in Sydney it will have its Canadian debut at Kensington Hall in Toronto in 15-25th November '17:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/5-guys-chillin-tickets-38920652720
It is published by Oberon Books and can be purchased here:
www.oberonbooks.com/five-guys-chillin.html
5 Guys Chillin' is currently in development as a major motion picture.
Peter's new play "A Tidy Boy" is now available to read by theatre companies with a view to producing it.
His production of "Signal Failure", played Soho Playhouse, New York for a 6 week off-Broadway run.
"A triumph" Washington Square News.
This follows on from a successful Edinburgh Festival at the Underbelly "A genuinely fresh look at not only relationships, but also modern city life" The Scotsman ****
"Frank Sent Me" also played the Underbelly after previewing at Theatre 503 "Artfully directed by Peter Darney" The Scotsman ****, and will be touring in the Spring 2015
Other recent highlights include a new afternoon drama for BBC Radio 4 "Kindness", which was pick of the week in the Telegraph, Radio Times and The Stage. "Upsetting an excellent psychological drama" Daily Mail *****
His production of Githa played York Theatre Royal and the St James Theatre in London's West End.
As a writer, he has recently signed a film option agreement with Fulwell 73 for an (untitled) major motion picture .
Recently, he directed the premier of Memorare by Steven Carl McCasland which will played from the 10th to 27th January 2018 at St. John's Lutheran Church on Christopher Street, New York.
Peter wrote and directed the award winning 5 Guys Chillin' which won the Best LGBT Production award at this years Edinburgh Festival: www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1497378/jayde-adams-best-of-fringe-scottish-sun-2017/
5 Guys Chillin' was winner of the Brighton Fringe LGBTQ Award, and double award winner at last years Dublin international Gay Theatre Festival. It had a sell-out run at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival, from whence it transferred to SoHo Playhouse Off Broadway. Recently produced by The New Theatre in Sydney it will have its Canadian debut at Kensington Hall in Toronto in 15-25th November '17:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/5-guys-chillin-tickets-38920652720
It is published by Oberon Books and can be purchased here:
www.oberonbooks.com/five-guys-chillin.html
5 Guys Chillin' is currently in development as a major motion picture.
Peter's new play "A Tidy Boy" is now available to read by theatre companies with a view to producing it.
His production of "Signal Failure", played Soho Playhouse, New York for a 6 week off-Broadway run.
"A triumph" Washington Square News.
This follows on from a successful Edinburgh Festival at the Underbelly "A genuinely fresh look at not only relationships, but also modern city life" The Scotsman ****
"Frank Sent Me" also played the Underbelly after previewing at Theatre 503 "Artfully directed by Peter Darney" The Scotsman ****, and will be touring in the Spring 2015
Other recent highlights include a new afternoon drama for BBC Radio 4 "Kindness", which was pick of the week in the Telegraph, Radio Times and The Stage. "Upsetting an excellent psychological drama" Daily Mail *****
His production of Githa played York Theatre Royal and the St James Theatre in London's West End.