Ross Willis

Ross is a playwright from Bristol. His debut play WOLFIE premiered at Theatre503 to critical acclaim setting him out as “a fresh and fearless voice” in British theatre. The play won Best New Play at both the Writers’ Guild Awards and the Off-West End Awards 2020 and also earned him a nomination for Best Writer at the 2019 Stage Debut Awards and Most Promising Playwright in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. His next play WONDER BOY premiered at the Bristol Old Vic in March 2022 directed by Sally Cookson and won a Writers' Guild Award for Best Play, and the production will tour the UK in 2024. Ross won the 2019 Royal Court and Kudos Fellowship, the 2019 Channel 4 Playwright Award and the 2020 Jerwood New Playwright Award. He was an Associate Artist at Pentbabus Theatre Company and he is currently under commission to the Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Paines Plough, English Touring Theatre, The Almeida Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions and the National Theatre.