MOIRA BUFFINI. Plays include Handbagged for the Tricycle Theatre; West End transfer and Olivier Award Winner for Best Off West End play. Welcome To Thebes and Dinner (Olivier Award nomination Best Comedy) for the National Theatre, Dying For It (adapted from Nicolai Erdman’s The Suicide) and Marianne Dreams (adapted from Catherine Storr’s book) for the Almeida, A Vampire Story for NT Connections, Loveplay for the RSC, Silence for Birmingham Rep (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Gabriel for Soho Theatre (LWT Plays On Stage Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award) as well as Atlantic Theater Company Off Broadway, Blavatsky’s Tower for the Machine Room and Jordan with Anna Reynolds for The Gate (Writers Guild Award for best fringe play). Screenplays include Tamara Drewe directed by Stephen Frears, Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukanaga and Byzantium, adapted from her play A Vampire Story, directed by Neil Jordan. Next up is Sutton Hoo, directed by Susanne Bier starring Cate Blanchett, filming Autumn 2014. Moira recently directed her first short film, Father.
