August to October 2022
My play Sick Children Karaoke is longlisted for Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate and the Royal Exchange Theatre's Bruntwood Awards, reaches the last 30 of the Papatango Prize, and makes the top 1% of the submissions to the BBC's DramaRoom initiative.
September 2021
I took part in a Digital Sandbox, investigating the use of VR, mixed media and Augmented reality in the future of theatre, working alongside BrightBlack and the University of Portsmouth's XR department
July 2017
My play Alkaline is shortlisted for the Papatango Prize. A year later I am shortlisted for their Writer in Residence position.
January 2016
The faction presents adaptations of Metamorphosis, Faust and Dogs Dialogue staged as the evening Transformations
August 2015
Dawn State produced The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster played at the Pleasance and transferred to the New Diorama in January 2016, followed by a national tour in 2019
"A brilliant return to the Fringe from this fantastic young, upcoming company."
★★★★★ British Theatre Guide
"Amy Blair, Dan Nicholson and Christopher Birks give pitch-perfect performances in Dan Coleman's beguilingly simple production... Chilling and heartbreaking, this is the best kind of history lesson"
★★★★ The Scotsman
"This fabulous young cast fizzle with energy... Gareth Jandrell's script is a masterclass in character development, conflict building and subtext."
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Fringe Review
January 2014
The Faction produce my adaptation of the Theban plays at the New Diorama Theatre. The production transferred to the Greenwich Theatre in February 2014 and was selected in The Stage's plays of 2014. It received its American debut at the Wallis Annenberg Centre, Beverley Hills in June 2017.
“Jandrell elegantly weaves the writings of Sophocles and Aeschylus into an admirably condensed two-act play that sparkles with his own unique voice.” The Stage
“Gareth Jandrell’s text cuts to the chase and brings out Thebes’s political shifts at an amazing speed.” A Younger Theatre
“The brilliance at the heart of Jandrell’s script is in its structure and conception.” Andrew Haydon
December 2014
Gareth's debut play, Pure O, has a short run at the Kings Head Theatre
"Explores complex issues in an unflinching, intelligent and ultimately sympathetic manner"
A Younger Theatre
Awards
Won
Bolton Octagon Top 5 2017
Little Brother Productions Big Opportunity 2015
Tobacco Factory ScriptSpace 2010
Shortlisted
offwestend.com Adopt A Playwright 2021
Papatango Writer in Residence 2017
Papatango Prize 2016
HighTide Escalator Plays 2012
Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh Season 2012
Longlisted
Verity Bargate Award 2022
Bruntwood Prize 2022
Heretic Voices Prize 2017
Television
Glassman Films - March 2016
Developed two TV pitches to full bible and pilot script stage.
Little brother productions – March 2015
Developing an original series to full bible with the company.
cbbc new voices scheme – May 2015 - October 2015
Chosen as one of eight writers to take part in the CBBC New Voices Scheme. Developed ideas for CBBC shows, wrote sample scripts and gained experience of working on set and within the writers room system under mentor Neil Jones