Joseph Wilde

In 2011, his debut play Cuddles won the Capital Theatre Award for Best New Play.[1] Cuddles was then staged at Ovalhouse in May 2013, directed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord (theatre director). The production was nominated for multiple Off-Westend Awards[2] and subsequently toured the UK before transferring to 59E59 Theatres in Manhattan in 2015[3] where it was awarded a New York Times Critic's Pick[4] and named as one of the best theater shows of 2015 by both the New York Times[5] and the New York Post.[6] In 2016, the production was nominated for two Manchester Theatre Awards[7] for Best Production and Best Performance. Actress Carla Langley won Best Performance for her role as Eve in the production.[8]

His first radio play The Loving Ballad of Captain Bateman won the 2014 Imison Award for UK radio drama writing.[9]

Since 2013, Wilde has written for long running BBC Drama series Doctors.[10]

In May 2016 Nicole Kidman and her production company Blossom Films announced that she had optioned the rights to "Cuddles" and that Wilde would be adapting the play for screen.[11]

One of Wilde's early plays, Last of the Pigs, was inspired by his home town's fight against a planned Tesco store.[12] Supported by Hightide Festival, it documented the contrasting motivations of different generations - 20 somethings struggling in austerity Britain, who wanted jobs, and their parents' interest in maintaining a traditional town. The play became associated with the local council's decision to block the Tesco development in 2013.[13] Local journalists even speculated Wilde's writings may have affected Tesco's sales.[14]