Chris Bush (born 3 July 1986) is a British playwright and artistic director. Overview Bush was born in Sheffield, England. She studied at the University of York and currently resides in London. She is best known for her 2007 work TONY! The Blair Musical, which enjoyed sell-out runs and critical acclaim at the York Theatre Royal and Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to the Pleasance Islington as winner of the inaugural Sunday Times NSDF Award for a successful off West-End run. Its sequel, Tony of Arabia, debuted at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh in 2008, running in rep with the original show. In 2012 Bush made her full-length debut as a writer/performer with The Loves I Haven't Known, a musical comedy performed with regular composing partner Ian McCluskey. In 2012-13 Bush completed a writer's attachment at the National Theatre Studio, and was the 2013 Pearson Playwright-in-Residence for Sheffield Theatres, where she wrote The Sheffield Mysteries, a contemporary take on the medieval Mystery Plays, directed by Daniel Evans. Bush has been an Artist in Residence for the Oxford Playhouse and Sheffield Theatres, and a member of the Orange Tree Theatre Writers' Collective. She has won both the Perfect Pitch Award and Kevin Spacey Foundation Artist of Choice Award for Musical Theatre. She has stated on numerous occasions that her favourite colour is Periwinkle. More recently, she was among the writers to receive first-look deals with ViacomCBS International Studios to start a program to amplify diverse voices. Selected stage works TONY! The Blair Musical (2007) York Theatre Royal, Pleasance Tony of Arabia (2008) Theatre Royal, Wakefield, Oxford North Wall, Pleasance WOLF (2009) The Theatre, Chipping Norton and Latitude Festival The Loves I Haven't Known (2012) C Venues, Edinburgh 20 Tiny Plays about Sheffield (2013) Crucible Theatre Studio The Sheffield Mysteries (2014) Crucible Theatre Poking the Bear (2014) Theatre503 Be|Spoke (2014) Sheffield Hallam University/Welcome to Yorkshire, Tour de Yorkshire Larksong (2015) New Vic Theatre A Declaration From the People (2015) Royal National Theatre A Dream (2016) Crucible Theatre What We Wished For (2017) Crucible Theatre Steel (2018) Sheffield Theatres The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (2018) Theatr Clwyd Pericles (2018) National Theatre The Changing Room (2018) National Theatre Connections The Last Noël (2018) The Old Fire Station Standing At The Sky's Edge (2019) Sheffield Theatres Faustus: That Damned Woman (2019) Lyric Hammersmith Kein Weltuntergang (2021) Schaubühne, Berlin Rock/ Paper/ Scissors (2022) Sheffield Theatres Political views Despite