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Phoebe Eclair-Powell

Phoebe Eclair-Powell is a British playwright from South-East London. Her plays include WINK (Theatre503) and One Under. As an actress, she appeared in Peckham: The Soap Opera at the Royal Court. Her play Fury was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award at Soho Theatre. In the summer of 2016, Eclair Powell had three new shows running: Fury, at Soho Theatre, Torch at Underbelly and Epic Love and Pop Songs at Pleasance, both at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2019, Eclair Powell won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting for her play Shed: Exploded View.

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Phoebe Eclair-Powell
Born1989 (age 36–37)
Camberwell, London, England
OccupationPlaywright
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Children1

Phoebe Eclair-Powell (born 1989)1 is a British playwright from South-East London.2 Her plays include WINK (Theatre503) and One Under (Pleasance Below).3 As an actress, she appeared in Peckham: The Soap Opera at the Royal Court.4 Her play Fury was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award at Soho Theatre.5 In the summer of 2016, Eclair Powell had three new shows running: Fury, at Soho Theatre, Torch at Underbelly and Epic Love and Pop Songs at Pleasance, both at the Edinburgh Fringe.6 In 2019, Eclair Powell won the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting for her play Shed: Exploded View.7

Eclair-Powell's mother is comedian Jenny Eclair.8 She studied English at Oxford University.6

Plays

  • TORCH
  • Epic Love and Pop Songs
  • Fury
  • WINK
  • One Under
  • Mrs Spine
  • Bangin' Wolves
  • These Bridges
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References

  1. "Celebrity MasterChef – Jenny Eclair: I can't trust food not to make me fat". Radio Times. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2024. Just after I had my daughter in 1989 ... I put on a huge amount of weight, more than I had when I was actually pregnant.
  2. "Phoebe Eclair-Powell". doollee.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. "Nick Hern Books – Phoebe Eclair-Powell". nickhernbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. "Peckham: The Soap Opera at The Royal Court Theatre". royalcourttheatre.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. "Phoebe Eclair-Powell". Soho Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016.
  6. Love, Catherine (7 July 2016). "What it means to be a woman: the writer finding answers with Miley and Patti". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  7. "Phoebe Eclair-Powell's Shed: Exploded View wins Bruntwood playwriting prize". The Guardian. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. "'I am such a mini-me of my mother': Jenny Eclair's daughter is". Evening Standard. London. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.