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Alex Jones
Alex Jones is an actor and playwright from the Black Country. His plays have been performed around the UK at the Swan Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Watermill Theatre, Belgrade Theatre, Stephen Joseph Theatre, and the Soho Theatre amongst others. He has had international success with his play RIVERS UP and NOISE in Europe and most recently in Los Angeles with CANNED PEACHES IN SYRUP. His Radio plays for Radio Four include THE RIVER SEVERN POEMS (narrator Jane Lapotaire), THE WORCESTER PILGRIM (critic’s choice Guardian & Radio Times), A MIRACLE IN NO MAN’S LAND (critics choice most Nationals).
He wrote the short film WHISTLE (A Jim Crace adaptation) as well as the shorts FASTER, HARDER, LONGER (Best Comedy Short Nomination at Kino Film Festival), RHUBARB AND ROSES (BAFTA-nominated) and GREASY which were all shown at the Birmingham Film Festival. GREASY was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival. He is currently in development as writer/director of the feature film NOISE based on his stage play.
Alex has been selected onto the Digital Shorts Scheme by Screen West Midlands with the project Adult Chat
Adult Chat is a short film about the way British students in the last decade have been abandoned to a life of debt and worry in order to get a decent degree. EMMA has been lured into prostitution by a pimp well versed in the nature of student debt. In escaping from this world of sexual humiliation and harm EMMA gets home to find her mother is trapped in another form of exploitation. Adult Chat deals with a serious and real subject, but stitched into the very fabric of the film is the real love between a mother and daughter. It’s a story of poignant humour as well as the heart-breaking realisation that life can be really cruel sometimes...