Based on his play of the same title, Freddie Machin wrote the feature film Chicken, which received its UK cinema release in May 2016. Mark Kermode included it in his best films of ...view moreBased on his play of the same title, Freddie Machin wrote the feature film Chicken, which received its UK cinema release in May 2016. Mark Kermode included it in his best films of that year for the Guardian, and it received its network premiere on FilmFour.
Freddie’s plays include Party Pooper (Drama Studio London), The Real Estate, Candy Cansino Checks In (Italia Conti Academy of Dramatic Arts), Nailhouse (Old Red Lion), Winston on the Run (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/UK tour), The Revenge of Martha G. (Chichester Festival Theatre), Don’t Waste Your Bullets on the Dead (Vault Festival), Chicken (Southwark Playhouse), and Twelve Miles from Nowhere (Action Transport Theatre).
Freddie trained as an actor at Manchester School of Theatre, and has taught both acting and playwriting for Shakespeare’s Globe, the Almeida Theatre, the Royal Opera House, and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama amongst others.view less