Katherine Chandler

Katherine Chandler is an award-winning Welsh writer working extensively in theatre, film, radio and television.

Twice a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn prize with her plays Before it Rains and Parallel Lines. Katherine was awarded the judges prize in the Bruntwood prize for playwriting for her play Bird. Bird was co produced by Manchester Royal Exchange and Sherman Theatre and received critical acclaim. Katherine’s other plays include Thick As Thieves, Lose Yourself, The Silly Kings, Step 9, Peggy’s Song and The Bankrupt Bride.

Katherine was the inaugural winner of the BBC and National Theatre Wales, Wales Drama Award and has worked a number of times with both companies. BBC iPlayer released Katherine’s first film Tag, in the drama launch of BBC3/BBC iPlayer. She has worked with BBC drama on both EastEnders and Casualty and was a series writer on the award winning BBC 4 radio drama Tracks.

Currently Katherine is working with companies such as The Royal National Theatre, National Theatre Wales, Clean Break, Birmingham Rep and BBC Drama.