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Nick Drake

Story Consultant

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Nick Drake is a prize-winning poet, screenwriter and librettist. Poetry collections include The Man in the White Suit (Waterstone’s/Forward Prize for Best First Collection), The Farewell Glacier (inspired by a voyage in the Arctic to observe climate change), Out of Range and Ghost Forest.  Librettos include Between Worlds (Barbican, 2015) and Cave (ROH/London Sinfonietta, 2018) both by Tansy Davies. Collaborations with composer Rachel Portman include The Gathering Tree (BBC/Last Night of the Proms).  Screenplays include One Life (long-listed for BAFTA Outstanding British Film). Plays include All the Angels (Faber/Globe Theatre 2017).