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Welcome to my website.
Here you can find information about my PLAYS, including the award-winning KINDERTRANSPORT which has been produced all over the world, including the West End and off-Broadway, since its London premier in 1993. There are extracts from my work for children and young adults produced over the years by the Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Centre and Quicksilver. These include a play close to my heart called HOW TO BEAT A GIANT, about a big sister who bosses her younger brother and is shocked when the tables are turned. There's information about the short play TOILET OF VENUS, about a love affair between two musicians who are married, but not to each other.
In October, 2010 my new play END OF ROMANCE, inspired by a tragic and visionary episode (a number of years after she wrote FRANKENSTEIN) in the life of Mary Shelley and her writing, will be given a rehearsed reading as part of a Mary Shelley Festival in Bournemouth, where she is buried.
You can also find out about my teaching of CREATIVE WRITING for all ages and levels of ability, including my role as writer in residence at Grafton Primary school in north London where, in June, along with artist in residence Tessa Garland, we'll be launching a new booklet of the children's stories, THE RUNAWAYS, in conjunction with their beautiful and moving animation film (drawn and photographed with painstaking dedication by a group of juniors), THE FREE ORPHAN.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR A PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH ME ABOUT WRITING AND CREATIVE PRACTICE:
http://www.stevenobel-interviews.com/DownloadMP3Squeeze.aspx?ID=148
In my time I have worked with a high-level medical specialists as part of an artistic team making a cutting edge piece of theatre about PAIN funded by a Science on Stage and Screen award from the Welcome Trust. I have also researched MAGIC as Pearson Creative Research Fellow at the British Library.
Understanding the process of writing fascinates me as much as applying the rigour and craft necessary to refine a polished piece of work.
It’s a pleasure to be able to share the wild workings of my imagination and endless spirit of investigation that spurs on my work as a writer and teacher.
Enjoy!
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