Christopher Adams is a British-American playwright and screenwriter based in London, UK. His plays include the award-winning Tumulus (VAULT, 2018 | Soho Theatre, 2019), Antigone (Actors of Dionysus, 2017), and Cooked (Bread & Roses Theatre, 2015). His play Progression was shortlisted for the George Devine Award (2024), received an Honorable Mention from the Relentless Award, and was a finalist for the Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting (2024). His plays Lynchburg (2013) and Haunts (2015) were long-listed for the Bruntwood Prize. He currently has a television project in development with FilmNation and a film project in development with Hirsch-Giovanni. His short film script Dads’ Day Out was a semi-finalist for the Final Draft Big Break 2024 competition.

Writing groups include the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers Programme (2011) and Studio Writers Group (2013), the Arcola Theatre’s writing group (2015), the Orange Tree Collective (2015-2016), and Criterion New Writing (2024). His numerous short plays include the commissioned A Stronger Arm for Theatre503 and Workers for the Royal Court Theatre. He has taught scriptwriting at Royal Holloway University of London, the University of Reading, the University of Southampton, and Theatre Academy London.

In his academic life, Christopher holds a PhD in mid-twentieth century queer publishing history from the Institute of English Studies, University of London. He is a co-editor of The Collected Works of John Ford: Volumes II & III (OUP). He has taught on the ‘Introduction to the Principles of Descriptive Bibliography’ course at Rare Book School (University of Virginia), and has written on John Ford for the Globe Theatre. He is a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.  

Christopher is represented by Alex Rusher at Independent Talent.