Stephen Jordan (writer)

Stephen Jordan (born 5 August 1986) is an English science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy writer, playwright and director.

Career

In 2009, he co-founded ManMoth Productions, a theatre production group, with Patrick Baker.^[1] In 2011, he co-wrote, directed and ManMoth produced 'A Hero's Journey', a surreal comedy play about 'the constant turmoils and failures of being a writer'.^[2] The play opened at the Etcetera Theatre in 2011 as part of the Camden Fringe Festival, to sold-out audiences. In 2012, Jordan returned to the Etcetera and the Camden Fringe with his first solo production, a science fiction comedy play called 'Dead Static', about two strangers who have an hour to live in deep space.^[3] The production played to sold-out audiences and was well received, being described as a 'splendidly thoughtful and hilarious production',^[4] 'even funnier a space comedy than Red Dwarf',^[5] with its brand of comedy likened to that of Blackadder and Men Behaving Badly.^[6] Dead Static's second run took place in December 2012, at the Hen and Chickens Theatre in Islington.^[7] In 2013, Jordan debuted 'Pilgrim Shadow' at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden, London as part of the 2013 Camden Fringe Festival.^[8] The science fiction comedy play and sequel to Dead Static was about two petty criminals on the run and in search of mythical lost treasure.^[9] Like its predecessor, the show received acclaim from critics who described the show as a 'hilarious, unusual Sci-Fi excursion'.^[10] A sequel to 'Pilgrim Shadow', called 'King Chaos', debuted in 2015, completing The Future Boys Trilogy.^[11]

In 2013, Jordan co-founded a new theatre production group, Bad Bat Productions, with Ellen Gallagher. Bad Bat's first theatre production was Jordan's 'The Probleming', a horror comedy that debuted as part of the 2014 Camden Fringe Festival.^[12] Jordan made his stage debut as a performer in Bad Bat's sketch show Global Mega Incorporated, which he also directed.^[13]

Jordan holds a BA in Creative & Media Writing, and an MA in Creative Writing within Science Fiction & Fantasy, both from Middlesex University. His humorous fantasy short story 'The Good Death Guide' won a 2014 Watty Award, presented by online writing community Wattpad.^[14] He has also contributed a short story to Paul Finch's Terror Tales series,^[15] appearing in an anthology that was nominated for a British Fantasy award in 2015.^[16]

In 2016, he co-produced Kim Newman and Sean Hogan's horror play 'The Ghost Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore'.^[17] He also co-hosted the Film Wars podcast, an entertainment podcast about films, with Gareth Alexander. ^[18]

Plays

• A Hero's Journey (w/ Patrick Baker. Etcetera Theatre, 2011)
• Dead Static (Etcetera Theatre & Hen and Chickens Theatre, 2012)
• Pilgrim Shadow (Tristan Bates Theatre, 2013. The Dugdale Centre, 2014)
• The Probleming (Tristan Bates Theatre, 2014)
• King Chaos (Tristan Bates Theatre, 2015)

Comedy

• Global Mega Incorporated (sketch show w/ Ellen Gallagher, Adam Joselyn & Graeme Hurry. Etcetera Theatre, 2015)
• Super Global Mega Incorporated: Turbo (sketch show w/ Adam Joselyn. Leicester Square Theatre, 2016)

Short Fiction

• Sheep (KZINE, issue 4, ed. Graeme Hurry, 2012)
• Heat (KZINE, issue 8, ed. Graeme Hurry, 2014)
• The Offspring (Terror Tales of Wales, ed. Paul Finch, 2014. British Fantasy Award nominee for Best Anthology in 2015)
• The Good Death Guide & Other Tales (collection of three stories for Kindle, including Watty Award winner The Good Death Guide, 2015)
• Descent (For Kindle. 2016)

Podcast

• Film Wars (w/ Gareth Alexander, 2016)

References