Max Wilkinson

Max is a writer for stage and screen fascinated with cities and characters trying to navigate an increasingly absurd world. 

His hit ★★★★★ play, RAINER ('Brilliant' - The Guardian, 'Original, bold Writing' - The Stage, 'Voted Best Show of the Year' - Spy in the Stalls) about a voyeuristic delivery rider, is in development with production company Featuristic Films as a mini-TV series. His recent, critically-acclaimed play, UNION ('Acidly Funny' - Financial Times) is being developed for BBC Radio Four as a radio drama. And his new play NIGHT CITY, a symphony of invisible people, will be staged at the Southwark Playhouse for four weeks in September, 2026. Max is also developing STORMS OVER PECKHAM, a blackly comic play about people and community, searching for meaning in a dissolving world. 

For screen, alongside various new projects, he is currently developing original screenplays for Petit Films and his play GHOST FRUIT has been optioned and commissioned as a feature film by Pennway Films. 

Max was also a finalist for the Nick Darke Award, the Off West End Awards, Theatre Uncut's Political Playwriting Award and Samuel French's Off-Broadway Awards. He teaches at different universities (CSSD, Met Film) and offers a writing consultancy service with details on his website; link on the right.