Robin French

Robin French is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His first play, Bear Hug, won the Royal Court Young Writers' Festival and was produced at the Royal Court, where it earned an extended run. Subsequent productions include Gilbert is Dead (Hoxton Hall), The Red Helicopter (Almeida), Heather Gardner (Birmingham Rep), The Get Out (Royal Court), and Musical Differences (National Theatre Connections). His new play Crooked Dances will be produced by the RSC in summer 2019, followed by another new play Rebel Music at Birmingham REP in September.Robin's short film Crocodile won awards at Cannes, Encounters and Guanajuato Festival in Mexico, and was BIFA-nominated for Best British Short. Alongside his friend Kieron Quirke, Robin co-created and wrote five series of the hit BBC sitcom Cuckoo, starring Greg Davies, Andy Samberg, Taylor Lautner and Andie MacDowell. Cuckoo was BBC3's biggest-rating comedy launch and garnered nominations both at BAFTA and the British Comedy Awards. Their credits also include creating and writing thirteen-part US sitcom series Roommates (ABC Family) and eight-part mystery drama Trinity (ITV2).Robin is currently writing a feature film about David Bowie and Iggy Pop, as well as developing new drama projects for television. When not writing, he enjoys working on his indie/samba band Sugarcane.