John Roman Baker

John Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist mainly associated with the work of Aputheatre (formerly AIDS Positive Underground Theatre). He was winner of the Brighton Festival award for Best Theatre for his play 'The Ice Pick' which has since been staged on multiple occasions in the UK and mainland Europe as well as in the US at the Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles. As a playwright his work is characterised by a focus on contemporary issues presented from a homosexual point of view. His first play 'Limitations' launched the first season of the Gay Sweatshop Theatre company. John spent his childhood and much of his adolescence in Brighton, England. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris, where for several years he worked at the British Institute. His poetry was encouraged by the then director of the British Institute, Francis Scarfe. In 1997, he moved to Amsterdam, where he continued the work of Aputheatre until 2008. Since then he has devoted his time to writing fiction. He is currently working on his series of novels: 'The Nick & Greg Books' which chronicle the lives of two gay teens growing up in Brighton and London in the 1950s and 60s. The first book in the series 'Nick & Greg' was published in September 2016. The second and third books: 'Time of Obsessions' and 'Dangerous Seas' will be published early in 2017.