Craig Baxter


Craig is a playwright living in Cambridge, UK. He studied Zoology at Sheffield University and Playwriting at Birmingham University. His original plays include St James and the Tattoo Man, Taking Liberties, The Ministry of Pleasure, The Animals, Big Bang, Relics and Spearcarriers for the stage and The Thrill of the Chaste, Monogamy and Like Confessing a Murder for radio. His work with Menagerie includes Missing Mass, Hard Sell, Signor Castiglioni, Re:Design and Let Newton Be!. His play The Altruists was winner of the 4th STAGE International Script Competition for plays about science or technology.


In his monologue for Hotbed 2012, The Apologist, a high flying banker attempts unsuccessfully to apologise on three separate occasions: during a press conference, a restorative justice meeting and a therapy session. Craig has drawn inspiration for the piece from some of the great apologisers of history including Abraham Lincoln, Tony Blair and Dr Liam Fox.

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