Marcus Romer
Marcus Romer is a British actor, director and screenwriter. Romer wrote and directed the 2014 feature film The Knife That Killed Me. He was the Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre in York, England from 1993 - 2016. Directing. Theatre. As a stage director, Romer has won three Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for productions of "Lord of the Flies", and "Beautiful Thing" (2005). Other directing work includes "Sing Yer Heart Out For the Lads", by Roy Williams, "Road" by Jim Cartwright, "Bloodtide" by Melvin Burgess, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin McDonagh, "Kiss of the Spider Woman" by  Manuel Puig, "Mirad a Boy from Bosnia" by Ad de Bont, "Rumble Fish" by S. E. Hinton, "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne, "The Elephant Man" by Bernard Pomerance, "Fungus the Bogeyman" by Raymond Briggs, "The Twits" by Roald Dahl and "Looking for JJ" by Anne Cassidy which won the TMA award in 2008 for best production for young people. He has directed work at York Theatre Royal, Lyric Hammersmith, Octagon Theatre, Bolton, the Unicorn, London, Swan Theatre, Worcester, Harrogate Theatre and Oldham Coliseum as well as directing work that has toured to Nottingham Playhouse, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Birmingham  Rep, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Richmond Theatre, London, Artsdepot, Contact Theatre, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool Everyman, Haymarket Theatre, Jersey Opera House, Belfast Grand Theatre, Northampton, Sheffield Lyceum, Wakefield Theatre Royal and Winchester Theatre Royal. Romer directed a 2014 Pilot Theatre version of "Antigone" adapted as a contemporary street drama by Roy Williams. It premiered on 22 September 2014 at the Derby Theatre and received positive reviews. In July 2018 Romer co-directed a new production for National Theatre Wales. 'As Long As The Heart Beats' This production formed part of the National Health Service's 70th birthday celebration festival in 2018. Wales  Arts Review Screen and play writing. He is a published playwright; his work includes "Rumble Fish", (published by Dramatic Publishing USA), "Out of Their Heads", "Taken without Consent", (translated as "Crash Kids" in Germany), "Looking for JJ", "Fungus the Bogeyman" and "Bloodtide".