Vincent River

Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London where he still lives and works. As well as three books for adults - and the highly acclaimed screenplay for the The Krays feature film - he has written five other adult stage plays: The Pitchfork Disney, the multi-award-winning The Fastest Clock in the Universe, Ghost from a Perfect Place, Leaves of Glass, and the highly controversial Mercury Fur, plus a further five plays for young people; Karamazoo, Fairytaleheart, Moonfleece, Sparkleshark and Brokenville.

The dark subtleties eddying beneath its surface tug fiercely at the emotions and the imagination. The Times Philip Ridley's devastating two-hander has lost none of its glinting edge in the seven years since it premiered ... his writing is among the very sharpest in British theatre. Time Out London