Chris James Thorpe (b. 6th September 1974 in Leigh, Greater Manchester) is an English playwright, performer and musician.

Theatre

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Thorpe is a founding member of Unlimited Theatre – who have devised, written, produced and performed experimental theatre since graduating. Their honours include two Edinburgh Fringe firsts for ‘Static’[1] and ‘Neutrino’,[2] and shows that have been toured worldwide.

An Air Cadet in his youth, Thorpe is a keen pilot. Much of his work documents his interest in aviation, physics and minutiae.

Chris Thorpes notable theatre work includes Presumption (2007) [3], Parts for machines that do things (2008) [4], Neutrino (2001) [2] and Static (2000) [1]

Chis has enjoyed mixed critical acclaim from the LA Times describing Static as : "Achingly vital and a must see event - LA Times[5]" to FEST magazine describing 'Safety' at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh 2002, in which he played one of the characters, Sean: "the over earnest Sean could have been more challengingly portrayed than as the stereotypical Northern nob-end"


Music

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A flexible musician, Thorpe is a member of folk act Little Neemo , noise trio Pig Village and Moss Side’s Panfire Steel Band.


Radio plays

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  • Radiohead (2008)[6]
  • Reunion (2006) [7] [8]
  • Static (2001)


References

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  1. ^ a b "Unlimited Theatre - Static by Chris Thorpe". Unlimited Theater. Retrieved 2010-09-01. Cite error: The named reference "unlimited1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Unlimited Theatre - Neutrino by Chris Thorpe". Unlimited Theater. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  3. ^ "Third Angel - Presumption". Third Angel. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  4. ^ "Third Angel - Parts for machines that do things". Third Angel. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  5. ^ Nichols, David C. (2006-08-16). "Theater Review". LA Times. LA Times. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
  6. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Friday Play - OK Computer". BBC. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Friday Play - Reunion". BBC. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  8. ^ Daoust, Phil (2007-11-06). "Pick of the Day". Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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