Oliver Emanuel

Who is Oliver Emanuel?

Oliver Emanuel is a British playwright and radio dramatist. His play Daniel and Mary received a Bronze Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Drama in 2010.

Oliver Emanuel was born in Kent, attended St Gregory's Catholic Comprehensive School in Tunbridge Wells, studied English and Theatre Studies at University of Leeds before going on to take the Masters in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He was Writer-on-Attachment at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2006 and Writer-in-Residence for BBC Radio 4 Children in Need in 2010. He has lived in Glasgow since 2006.

In addition to his radio and stage plays below, Oliver Emanuel has written two plays for Polmont Young Offenders Institute, Ship of Shadows and John, and scripted the short film This Way Up.