The only two children born in a North Yorkshire village for a generation cannot imagine ever being apart, but as their lives shift, so too do the ties that bind them.

Charley Miles' outstanding debut play Blackthorn explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

Blackthorn was a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn prize in 2017 and is premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2018.

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Charley Miles' debut play, Blackthorn, premiered at the Leeds Playhouse in September 2016. Blackthorn was a 2016-2017 finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Spilt was commissioned by the Royal Court and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and was performed in Cardiff and at the Gate Theatre London in 2018. Charley was Channel 4 Writer in Residence at Leeds Playhouse in 2017 and is Paines Plough Fellow, 2018. Charley is from Kilburn, North Yorkshire.