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Colin Pink lives and works in London, England. He studied Philosophy and Politics at the University of Southampton. He also studied the history of art for many years and completed a M.A. in the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London.
He has been a prize winner in the London Writers’ Competition three times. In 1999 for his one act play Crawling (judges Paul Sirett and Richard Shannon), in 2005 for his radio play about Georg Trakl, An Imperfect Atonement (judges Jane Edwardes and Daniel Hill) and in 2006 for his one act play The Waiting Room.
Colin has trained in play writing at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool and the Soho and Chelsea Theatres in London. His plays have received rehearsed readings at Soho Theatre, the Unity Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA). His one act play Stakeout was produced in Brighton in June 2002.
In the U.S.A. his plays have been produced in New York City, San Diego and Los Angeles (Malibu). His full-length plays The Inner Circle (Sande Shurin Theatre, June 2001) and Minotaur (Pantheon Theatre, April 2003 and Kraine Theatre, Nov/Dec 2003) have been performed by the New York City theatre company The Luminous Group.
His short play Touch (directed by Don Most from ‘Happy Days’) was praised as the hit play of the 2nd Malibu International One Act Play Festival held in November 2002. A short film of Touch is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles.
Colin recently completed his latest novel, The Confraternity, and is currently working on his new novel, Tree of Dreams .
On The Inner Circle:
“Colin Pink expertly draws you into the dark side of the art world. His characters are brilliant and talented, disturbed and dangerous. You won’t forget them.” – Bill Hoffman of the New York Post.
On Minotaur:
“British playwright Colin Pink has found real pertinence in the legendary tale of Theseus and the Labyrinth; his new play, Minotaur, is scarily resonant . . . scenes are reminiscent of Calderon's Life is a Dream, and—with a similarly tragic end ordained by mythology—give this Minotaur real stature. The contrast between him and his more powerful relatives above ground is stark and disturbing.” Martin Denton in NYTHEATRE.COM.
“Colin Pink’s Minotaur combines the story of Theseus’s triumph over the half-bull, half-man, mythical creature with a portrait of a dysfunctional royal family . . . While the plot is from Greek mythology, the characters are as contemporary as you can get . . . Pink captures to a T the internecine family dynamics. . . Pink is an excellent writer from the U.K. who commutes across the pond to his ‘resident’ company. Let’s hope he keeps up the trips!” – John Chatterton in Off-Off Broadway Review.