Craig Taylor
Described as “Alan Bennett meets Ricky Gervais in these brilliantly observed, incredibly funny and sometimes poignant snapshots of life in Britain today”, Craig Taylor’s One Million Tiny Plays About Britain in the Guardian Weekend magazine have gained a cult following. Following the publication of his book by the same name (Bloomsbury, 2009), this year’s festival will see Craig returning to perform more of his much-loved tiny plays with some of his friends.
Craig Taylor’s non-fiction has appeared in the most prominent newspapers in three countries – the Guardian (UK), the New York Times (USA), and the Globe And Mail (Canada) – while his fiction has appeared in the Mississippi Review. For the past few years he has been writing One Million Tiny Plays About Britain for the Guardian’s Weekend magazine, and three of these plays were printed on handbags and given to the winners at the Cannes Film Festival. He also publishes his own photocopied magazines, including The Review of Everything I’ve Ever Encountered and Dark Tales of Clapham. His first book, Return To Akenfield, was published by Granta in 2006.
“Hugely entertaining and utterly addictive, this is a book that can be dipped into or feasted upon in one sitting. It will change the way you listen to the world around you, and train journeys will never be the same again.”
Videos
Tiny Play no 2:
Tiny Play no 55:
