Carl Grose

Carl Grose’s plays include Grand Guignol, Superstition Mountain, Gargantua, Horse Piss For Blood, 49 Donkeys Hanged and The Kneebone Cadillac.

For the past twenty-five years he has worked with the internationally acclaimed theatre company, Kneehigh, as actor and writer. Writing for Kneehigh includes Tristan & Yseult, The Bacchae, Blast!, Cymbeline, Hansel & Gretel, The Wild Bride, Dead Dog In A Suitcase (and other love songs), The Tin Drum and most recently, UBU! a singalong satire.

Carl is also co-artistic director of Kneehigh alongside its founder, Mike Shepherd. Other writing includes The Dark Philosophers and Never Try This At Home for Told By An Idiot, Oedipussy (Spymonkey), Wormy Close (Soho Theatre), Faust (Vesturport/Young Vic), The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (RSC at Latitude) and The Hartlepool Monkey (Gyre and Gimble).

He is currently writing a play for the RSC and several new shows for Kneehigh, including a musical about America’s first (and only) blind five year old phone hacker, Joybubbles.