Patrick Marmion is a playwright, journalist and Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent. He is currently working on an adaptation of Will Self’s GREAT APES for Stepping Out Theatre. Previous plays include THE DIVIDED LAING (Arcola Theatre), TERMS AND CONDITIONS (White Bear), PIETA – AFTER CHEKHOV (Finborough & Print Room), OSTERLEY (Urban Scrawl), THE INSTITUTE (Etcetera). Screenplays include MUSHROOM SOUP (Sam Mendes/Renaissance Films), Kids FM (Working Title Television), MAID MARION (Chnannel Four Films), ARCHIE TANNER & THE DODO (Children’s Film & Television Foundation) and THE DEAD GUY (based on novel of same title).