Chris Goode (playwright)
{{Short description|British playwright (1973–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
Chris Goode (27 May 1973 – 1 June 2021){{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/playwright-performer-chris-goode-died_54181.html|title=Playwright and performer Chris Goode has died|date=3 June 2021|website=What's On Stage|language=en-GB}} was a British playwright, theatre director, performer, and poet. He was the artistic director of Camden People's Theatre from 2001 to 2004,{{Cite news |date=2014-03-11 |title=Camden People's theatre – a sanctuary, playground and repair shop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/11/camden-peoples-theatre-20-anniversary |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} and led the ensemble Chris Goode and Company until its closure in 2021.{{Cite news|date=11 March 2014|title=Camden People's theatre – a sanctuary, playground and repair shop|language=en-GB|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/11/camden-peoples-theatre-20-anniversary|access-date=9 February 2017|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news|author=Preface Studios|title=Chris Goode & Company - house|language=en-US|url=http://housetheatre.org.uk/companies/chris-goode-company/|url-status=dead|access-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075451/http://housetheatre.org.uk/companies/chris-goode-company/|archive-date=11 February 2017}} His second theatre company was named Ponyboy Curtis, after the protagonist of S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders. Kate Bassett, the theatre crtiic for The Independent, said he was known as "British theatre's greatest maverick talent" {{Cite web |date=2009-05-23 |title=Close-up: Chris Goode |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/closeup-chris-goode-1689020.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
A regular performer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he won four Fringe First awards for Men in the Cities, Monkey Bars, Neutrino and Kiss of Life.{{Cite news|url=https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-big-idea-the-new-order/|title=The Big Idea: The New Order - Royal Court|newspaper=Royal Court|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-US}} His commission for Queer Up North festival resulted in "The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley".{{Cite web |date=2009-05-23 |title=Close-up: Chris Goode |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/closeup-chris-goode-1689020.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}} The Face characterised his work as "either community-focused or one-man shows, in which he performed stories of suicide, bruised men and homosexuality. Praise rolled in from Britain’s biggest critics, along with industry accolades".
Goode hosted the regular podcast Thompson's Live, in which he curated discussions with other theatre artists about their practice.{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thompsons-live/id564973025?mt=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913200640/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/thompsons-live/id564973025?mt=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2017|title=Thompson's Live by Chris Goode on iTunes|website=iTunes|language=en|access-date=9 February 2017}}
His plays are published by Oberon Books.{{Cite web|url=http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/chris-goode|title=Chris Goode {{!}} United Agents|website=www.unitedagents.co.uk|language=en|access-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123185909/http://www.unitedagents.co.uk/chris-goode|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=dead}}
After his death, it was revealed that he used his professional status to abuse and disguise his abuse of young men.{{cite web |last1=Levesley |first1=David |title=Ponyboy Curtis: how a cult theatre director disguised abuse as art |url=https://theface.com/society/ponyboy-curtis-how-a-cult-theatre-director-disguised-abuse-as-art-chris-goode |website=The Face |access-date=22 April 2024 |date=13 October 2022}}
Personal life
Goode was gay and married sound designer and theatre artist Griffyn Gilligan (born 1994) in July 2018.
Goode died by suicide on 1 June 2021. He had been arrested on 5 May for possession of indecent images of children.{{Cite web|title=Chris Goode arrested for possession of indecent images prior to death|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/chris-goode-arrested-for-possession-of-indecent-images-prior-to-death|access-date=4 June 2021|website=The Stage|language=En}}
Work
= Solo shows =
- Mirabel (2018). Premiered at Ovalhouse Theatre, London.{{cite web |last1=Caird |first1=Jo |title=Mirabel review at Ovalhouse, London |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2018/mirabel-chris-goode-review-ovalhouse-london/ |website=The Stage |access-date=16 November 2018}}
- Men in the Cities (2014). Premiered at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/aug/01/edinburgh-festival-2014-review-men-in-the-cities-lee-rigby|title=Edinburgh festival 2014 review: Men in the Cities – fierce portrait of violence|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=1 August 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- God/Head (2012). Premiered at Ovalhouse Theatre, London.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/feb/28/god-head-review|title=God/Head – review|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=28 February 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley (2009). Premiered at Contact Theatre, Manchester.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/16/review-adventures-wound-man-shirley|title=The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=15 May 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- Hippo World Guest Book (2007). Premiered at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/aug/13/theatre.edinburghfestival20074|title=Hippo World Guest Book|last=Costa|first=Maddy|date=13 August 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
= As playwright =
- Mad Man (2014). Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatreroyal.com/whats-on/2014/mad-man/|title=MAD MAN - Theatre Royal Plymouth|website=Theatre Royal Plymouth|language=en|access-date=9 February 2017}}
- Infinite Lives (2014). Premiered at Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/07/infinite-lives-tobacco-factory-review|title=Infinite Lives – review|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=7 February 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- Monkey Bars (2012). Premiered at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/aug/16/monkey-bars-edinburgh-festival-review|title=Monkey Bars – Edinburgh festival review|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=16 August 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- The Loss of All Things (2011). Part of the Bush Theatre's Sixty-Six Books.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/sixty-six-books/|title=Sixty-Six Books|website=www.bushtheatre.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=9 February 2017}}
- King Pelican (2009). Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/feb/28/theatre-king-pelican-drum-plymouth|title=Theatre preview: King Pelican, Plymouth|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=27 February 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- Speed Death of the Radiant Child (2007) Premiered at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/may/25/theatre1|title=Theatre review: Speed Death of the Radiant Child / Drum, Plymouth|first=Lyn|last=Gardner|date=25 May 2007|via=www.theguardian.com}} Revived at the Warwick Arts Centre (2017).{{Cite web|url=https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/2017/wuds-present-speed-death-of-the-radiant-child/|title=WUDS present Speed Death of the Radiant Child|website=Warwick Arts Centre}}
= As director =
- Jubilee (2017) adapted from Derek Jarman. Premiered at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalexchange.co.uk/whats-on-and-tickets/jubilee|title=JUBILEE - Royal Exchange Theatre}}
- Every One (2016) by Jo Clifford. Premiered at Battersea Arts Centre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/whats-on/event-169180-every-one|title=Every One - Event Listing All In London}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatrebubble.com/2016/03/every-one/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307155739/http://www.theatrebubble.com/2016/03/every-one/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=7 March 2016|title=Theatre Bubble Every One|date=4 March 2016 }}
- Landscape and Monologue (2011) by Harold Pinter. Premiered at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/feb/08/landscape-and-monologue-review|title=Landscape and Monologue – review|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=8 February 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=9 February 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
- Glass House (2009). Premiered in the Clore Studio, Royal Opera House.
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