Carl Grose

Carl Grose’s plays include: Grand Guignol, Superstition Mountain, Gargantua, Horse Piss For Blood, The Kneebone Cadillac and 49 Donkeys Hanged. For twenty-six years he worked with the internationally acclaimed Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh, as writer, actor and co-artistic director. Writing for Kneehigh includes: Tristan & Yseult (with Anna Maria Murphy), Hansel & Gretel, The Wild Bride, The Tin Drum and Dead Dog In A Suitcase (and other love songs) – a new Beggar’s Opera. Other writing includes: The Dark Philosophers and Never Try This At Home (Told By An Idiot); Oedipussy (Spymonkey); Wormy Close (Soho Theatre); The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (RSC) and The Hartlepool Monkey (Gyre and Gimble). He also wrote the book and co-lyrics for Bristol Old Vic’s West End musical The Grinning Man, and Princess & Peppernose, a short film directed by Joe Wright.