Chris Bond has written more than 30 plays, the first of which was Sweeney Todd (at the Queen's in 2009), and the latest It’s a Fine Life!, the biography of his mate Lionel Bart, which the Queen’s premiered in 2006.

He has also directed over 100 shows in the UK, Europe and the USA, including Alice on the Underground at the Queen’s in 2004.

He lives in West Cornwall with his wife Nicky Croydon and his youngest three children.

February 2009