Sol B. River
Writer / Director / Producer
About
Residences include: Writer in Residence at the Leeds Playhouse - Talawa Theatre Company - Associate Director, Contact Theatre, Manchester. The collections - River Plays 1 and 2 are published by Oberon Books/Bloomsbury.
Television & Radio: Work for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service includes both drama and documentary. For BBC television - directing, producing and presenting work includes various current affairs films as well as factual entertainment and documentary for Channel 4 television.
Academic work: Royal Literary Fund Fellow and Advisory Fellow at University College Chester, Leeds Trinity University, York St John University and the Arden School of Theatre.
Awards include: The BBC London Short Film Festival - Race In the Media Award RIMA – Lodz Media Festival Poland, International Festival Der Filmhochschulen Munich - Cablefax Awards 2020 Best Overall Content by Genre Winner - The Telly Awards Silver Winner 2021 General – Television - shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Award - RTS.
Writes like Beckett on amphetamines.........
The Guardian
River's power and authority makes one eager to see what he's going to do next.........
Time Out
River, a Leeds-based actor, playwright, filmmaker, Radio 4 scriptwriter and smartypants.........
Total Film Magazine
Such delight to be had in River’s clever and original way with words - it had me on the edge of my seat.........
The Independent (Two Tracks and Text Me)
One of the most thought provoking performances I’ve ever seen. Modern, moving and mighty.........
BBC Online (Two Tracks and Text Me)