Marcelo Dos Santos (writer)

Marcelo Dos Santos is a Latinx British-Brazilian-Australian playwright and screenwriter.

His play Backstairs Billy won him the 2023 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright, jointly with Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini.

Selected works

 * 2010, Southwark Playhouse – Lovers Walk
 * 2011, Liverpool Playhouse – Cheer Up, This is Only the Beginning
 * 2013–2015, Bristol Old Vic, Tricycle Theatre, London and world tour – Lionboy (adaptation with Complicité of Lionboy by Zizou Corder)
 * 2014, RADA – New Labour
 * 2022, Summerhall, Edinburgh and 2023, Bush Theatre, London – Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
 * 2023, Duke of York's Theatre – Backstairs Billy