Playwright
Love Them To Death
A mother keeps pulling her chronically ill son out of school. But is everything as it seems? School Attendance Officer Kelly isn’t so sure.
A play about who is telling the truth, how we come to that decision, and whether the truth even exists most of the time. This gripping two-hander asks where we draw the lines – between sickness and health, between obsession and care, between normal and not - and who gets to decide.
Directed by five-time Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow, Love Them To Death debuted at the Fringe in 2022 where it won The Stagey Place Award for Best Play and Best Script, and was nominated for a 2023 Offie Award.
Max’s third play ‘Kin’ was published by legendary theatre publishers Samuel French in July 2018 and subsequently debuted at the Fringe. In Edinburgh it was named as critic’s choice in The Independent, The Guardian and Theatre Weekly. The play continues to be performed by professional companies across the country.
Kin
“A taut and riveting examination of the complex nature of sibling love.’
- The List
The Man on the Moor
Max’s second play, ‘The Man on the Moor,’ debuted at Edinburgh in 2017 where it was named critic’s choice in The Times, The Skinny, The Guardian (Lyn Gardner) and The Metro. It was a critical hit gathering twelve separate four- or five-star reviews. It went on to complete a national tour in 2018.
A great mystery, expertly told.”
– Ann Treneman, The Times ★★★★
Max’s 2016 show, ‘The Trunk’, was a funny and moving one-man play, was a critical hit at the Edinburgh festival receiving several 4 and 5 star reviews.
The Trunk is ‘A resonant story of rediscovering a lost past told with engaging charm’, says Gerald Berkowitz in The Stage, who later picked the show out as one of their top critics’ picks of the Edinburgh Festival. British Theatre Guide herald The Trunk’s balance of ‘Humour with snatched moments of real emotion…A mystery well worth seeing through.’ Whilst The Scotsman hails it as ‘a beautifully crafted story…told with subtlety and compassion through all its twists and turns.’
It was named by Theatre Weekly as one of their top ten theatre shows of 2016.