The Priory

A few friends. People we like. No craziness. The days of a big blow out are over. Kate is delighted when she finds a house in the country to escape to for New Year's Eve. Gathering together a select group of her closest friends, she is keen to start the coming year afresh. But successful, stressed-out thirtysomethings in search of a good time can make for one very fearsome party . . . and some surprising resolutions. Michael Wynne's The Priory premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in November 2009.

Michael Wynne was born and brought up in Birkenhead. His first play, The Knocky (Meyer-Whitworth Award - Best New Playwright and Best New Writer Nomination - Writers' Guild), was produced by the Royal Court. His other credits for the Royal Court include Who Cares, The Priory (Olivier Award - Best New Comedy), The People Are Friendly, The Red Flag, Friday Night Sex (with Alecky Blythe) and I'm Not Here - The Living Newspaper. Wynne's work also includes the first new play at the rebuilt Liverpool Everyman, Hope Place, and Canvas (Minerva Theatre, Chichester), Sell Out (Best Off West End - Time Out Theatre Awards) and Dirty Wonderland (both Frantic Assembly), Tits/Teeth (Soho Theatre), The Boy Who Left Home (Actors Touring Company), We Are Here (La Mama, New York) and The Star (Liverpool Playhouse). He has also written extensively for screen, including My Summer of Love (BAFTA - Best British Film, Evening Standard Film Awards; Best Screenplay, the Michael Powell Award for Best British Film at the Edinburgh Film Festival; joint winner of the Directors' Guild Award for Best British Film), Lapland and Being Eileen for the BBC.