Roy Williams is one of Britain’s foremost playwrights. He is a recipient of several major awards including the George Devine Award, The Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, The Olivier Award for Best New Play. Since the mid-1990s, Roy’s plays have received critical acclaim for their uncompromising dissection of the Black British experience. Plays include: Lift Off, The No Boys Cricket Club (Theatre Royal Stratford East, 1996), Clubland (Royal Court, 2001), Sing Yer Heart Out For the Lads (National Theatre, 2002), Fall Out (Royal Court, 2003), Sucker Punch (Royal Court, 2010) and Death of England (National Theatre, 2020, with Clint Dyer). Roy has written several scripts for radio, TV and film.
