CHRISTOPHER ADAMS-COHEN is a writer, dramaturg, and collaborative deviser working in the mediums of theatre, performance, and multimedia installation. They devise text-based, interdisciplinary performances which subvert and expand classical theatrical forms, platform underground performance practices, and centre Queer perspectives, history, and pleasure. An LA native and London resident, they live and work between the UK, US and Germany.

Most recently, Adams-Cohen's play ‘The Mad Gay King’ was hosted for staged readings at Soho Theatre (London), Omnibus Theatre (London) and Garvanza Gardens (LA). Their play ‘The Dew Collectors’ has been developed through readings and workshops at Soho Revue Gallery (London), Navel (LA) and Soho Warehouse (LA). Other plays include their 2019 Berlin debut at the historic Theater Im Delphi, ‘Hecate House’—“an experimental experience that will stimulate all your senses” (I Heart Berlin); and their 2016 Los Angeles debut ‘SALOME’—”a steamy gay fever dream with a subversive sense of humor” (Showmag)—in which Adams-Cohen played the titular role.

As a deviser, Adams-Cohen recently presented their performance text ‘Pins & Ribbons Constricting my Bursting Strands’ in collaboration with Samantha Robinson at Carlye Packer Gallery in LA. While in Berlin, they were a guest company member with Gob Squad, and participated in the development of ‘Creation (Pictures for Dorian)’ at HAU2. An “impossible, beautiful, courageous and epic theatrical experience” (The Guardian), the production premiered in 2018 and has since toured international venues including at LIFT Festival (UK), Brighton Festival (UK), and REDCAT (LA).

Adams-Cohen co-founded and served as Artistic Director at Montserrat, an interdisciplinary performance space in Downtown Los Angeles from 2016-2019. Montserrat specialised in the curation of collaboratively built, immersive theatre productions. There, Adams-Cohen co- founded ‘Ostbahnhof’,  an underground queer performance series which has gone on to become an established activism-focused nightlife collective. Adams-Cohen also served as Associate Director on the immersive reimagining of ‘Carrie: The Musical’ (LA Drama Critics Choice Award 2017), and Literary Manager for the interactive theatrical drinking game ‘TinyRhino’ (Best of LA, LA Weekly 2016).

They received an M.A. in Dramaturgy & Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths, University of London; and a B.A. in Theatre Directing from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.