James Graham’s theatre work includes Labour of Love which was chosen as Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2018, Ink which was nominated for Best Play at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and The Culture – A Farce in Two Acts performed as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Previous plays include This House at the National Theatre, Privacy, which transferred from the Donmar Warehouse to Broadway, and The Vote, which was broadcast live on election night 2015. His first feature film, X+Y, was released in 2015 and won the Writers’ Guild Award for Best Debut Screenplay.
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