Elijah Young

Elijah Young is a North-East based playwright from Teesside. He is an Associate Artist at Live Theatre, and his play The Cold Buffet was staged in October 2023 for their 50th Anniversary programme. He received the Young Writer Residency Award for his play Isolation at The Customs House and was named by North East British Theatre Guide as "Most Promising Newcomer 2019". He has also worked with several other theatres and companies in the region as a writer/dramaturg, his most recent work in 2022...See more

Elijah Young is a North-East based playwright from Teesside. He is an Associate Artist at Live Theatre, and his play The Cold Buffet was staged in October 2023 for their 50th Anniversary programme. He received the Young Writer Residency Award for his play Isolation at The Customs House and was named by North East British Theatre Guide as "Most Promising Newcomer 2019". He has also worked with several other theatres and companies in the region as a writer/dramaturg, his most recent work in 2022/23 being Remarkable Robin's Christmas Adventure (Alnwick Playhouse), Worlds Apart , Am I alone in this? , Father Unknown (Northern Stage). He was a part of the cohort for North East Voices BBC Writers Room in 2021 and in 2023/24 developed a TV development deal for the BBC in collaboration with Candle & Bell. See less