Max Wilkinson
playwright/screenwriter
Max is an award-winning writer for stage and screen, fascinated with cities and characters trying to navigate an increasingly absurd world. His hit ★★★★★ play, Rainer ('Brilliant,' The Guardian, 'Original, bold Writing,' the Stage, 'Voted Best Show of the Year', Spy in the Stalls) about a voyeuristic delivery rider, is in development with production company Featuristic Films as a mini-TV series. His recent, critically-acclaimed play, Union ('Acidly Funny', Financial Times) is being developed for BBC Radio Four as a radio drama; both plays are published by Methuen. He has also been staged at the Arcola Theatre, Theatre 503, the Red Lion and the King's Head for sold out runs.
He is also working on several film and TV original screenplays, such as Olympia, about East-London hipsters living in a world threatened by war and his play Ghost Fruit, which was optioned by Pennway Films as a play, is now being commissioned as a feature film by the same company. His new play Storms Over Peckham, a black comedy about people and community, searching for meaning in a dissolving world, is in development and his other new play Night City, a symphony of invisible people, is optioned and will be staged at the Southwark Playhouse for four weeks in February, 2026.
Max was also a finalist for the Nick Darke Award, the Off West End Awards, Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award and Samuel French's Off-Broadway Awards. He also teaches screenwriting and playwriting at the Met Film School and Central School of Speech of Drama on their Masters courses.
He is repped by Berlin Associates.
For commissions and collaborations, please contact his agent
Charlie MacVicar: Charlie@berlinassociates.com
